While working on materials with their bandmates for their upcoming album, G-Dragon and T.O.P began to experiment with different styles. According to G-Dragon, the members were trying new "combination[s]" with their music, in which the vocalists —
Taeyang,
Daesung, and
Seungri — were to record their own music as a trio while G-Dragon and T.O.P were to branch off as a duo since they "hadn't been with [their] fans for the past two years." G-Dragon and T.O.P co-wrote the majority of the lyrics to the album, noting that as "rappers [...] we'd like to tell more stories for our fans to listen." which was broadcast live on
YouTube. All three singles preceded the release of the album and were commercial successes: "High High" was a chartopper while "Oh Yeah" and "Knock Out" peaked at number 2 and 3 respectively. They also performed at a Christmas party hosted at a club in
Gangnam, Seoul for
SK Telecom's "Christmas T Social Party" in addition to the SBS music show
Inkigayo. Pictures of the two on the set of their music videos were also released online ahead of the album release. The album was released on
Christmas Eve, and debuted at number one with pre-orders of 200,000 copies. ==Track listing==