the first single "cheerleader" was eight years in the making. omi stated in an interview with "billboard", “i woke up humming the melody one morning when i was 21,” says omi, who still lives in clarendon, the sleepy village he grew up in, a stone’s throw from kingston. “it was like a little jamaican nursery rhyme, like ‘one, two, buckle my shoe,’ that kind of thing – ‘ring game’ is what we’d call it. the rest of the song just fell into place like a jigsaw puzzle.” he also stated “people are expecting 15 [versions of] ‘cheerleader,’ but it’s going to be pretty diverse, with a few features and songs written from different perspectives.”