 Weeks before the release of Independiente, Arjona published an open letter concerning his past relationships with recording companies. He revealed the circumstances surrounding his first contract ("a producer, friend of mine, told them [the record label] that if they did not sign me in, they won 't sign two artists he had [at that time]"), explaining that he received the "minimum royalty percentage" from his most successful albums. Independiente is Arjona's first independent release on his own label: Metamorfosis, a company he created to refocus his career. The company is headed by Arjona and several friends (including photographer – director Ricardo Calderón, Universal Music México executive Humberto Calderon and BMG's Miriam Sommerz), and is based in Miami and Mexico City. Arjona asserted that his independence represented compromise more than freedom: "Inside the word' Independent ', even when it sounds like extreme freedom, there's a big amount of compromise and the responsibility of being able to administrate, in the best way possible, such independence". Billboard noted that while other groups have released independent albums following contracts with major labels, Arjona is the foremost Latin pop artist to do so. Although the album is marketed by the new label, its distribution is handled by Warner Music.
