Claim: Good Charlotte faced "a lot of criticism from all sides" and felt out of place in the current pop scene and the pop punk genre they had come from, the members internalised this while they made the album.
Evidence: The group faced "a lot of criticism from all sides" and felt out of place in the current pop scene and the pop punk genre they had come from. The band's members internalised this while they made the album; Joel Madden said they were "ready to move on and make a statement", wanting to do "something grand."