Panic! at the Disco went on record many times saying that the group's second album would be completely different from A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, as Rolling Stone wrote in an article: "The group cemented its next direction with their first single, called "Nine in the Afternoon."
Panic! at the Disco mengatakan beberapa kali bahwa album kedua grup akan sangat berbeda dari A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, di mana Rolling Stone menulis dalam sebuah artikel: "Grup ini mengukuhkan haluan baru dengan singel pertama mereka yang berjudul "Nine in the Afternoon".