"Ready to Fly" was a song that Didrick and Young initially produced in 2013. On 8 January 2018, the day before the song's official release, Didrick wrote a statement on
Instagram clarifying why exactly the song was shelved for five years before its official release, writing that various circumstances made it difficult for him to release music for the last couple years. Following the release his 2014 song "A Part of You", he was sued by some people he previously worked with to keep him from releasing his own music. Although the song was initially produced in 2013, it was further re-produced into various different versions. In 2017, Didrick was "finally free from all of the old contracts that were holding me back" and was finally able to start releasing music freely. On 2 January 2018, Monstercat announced that the label would be split into two brands –
Instinct and
Uncaged – to represent the music released under either brand. Uncaged was to feature the "heavy-hitting and bass-fueled side" of music while Instinct was to feature the "pop-infused faction of music". Monstercat announced that Adam Young of
Owl City and Didrick would be releasing music under the Instinct brand in 2018, alongside various other artists such as
Conro,
Vicetone,
Stephen, Rogue, and
Grabbitz. Monstercat released the song as the debut of
Monstercat: Instinct. When speaking about the release of the song, Didrick described working with Young as a "dream come true", writing: "Ready to Fly" was featured on
Monstercat's thirty-fifth
compilation album titled
Monstercat Instinct Vol. 1 released on 15 June 2018. It was the sixth track on the album, which also includes 39 songs by various artists and two album mixes. ==Critical reception==