 Robyn's debut studio album Robyn Is Here was issued in Sweden in 1995, followed by a North American release two years later. The record sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, per sales reports provided by BMG Sweden, and spawned the releases of the top-ten singles "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love". Robyn Is Here also achieved a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million units. In 1998, Robyn returned to Sweden after spending nearly 12 months on tour in North America. She told Billboard, "I returned [to Stockholm] from my year in the U.S. [and] I was so extremely tired of everything, including myself and my music." She then began working on her second studio album, to be titled My Truth. Robyn enlisted Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé, Christian Falk, Billy Mann, Cherno Jah, Masters at Work, Ken Fambro and Internal Dread to produce the project. She had previously collaborated with Lindström, Ekhé and Falk on Robyn Is Here.
