initially, the album was to be titled "innocent girl" and set to be released on 27 august 2001, but was released on 1 october. beckham revealed that she felt she had "a lot to prove" with the album's release: "when i started recording this album, i had a lot to prove. i want to prove i can sing and dance and have a vision. i'm really baring my soul on this. i hope people like it. when i was with the other girls i never did a lot of the singing, so this is the first time that people are going to see me and what i am capable of". she added that she hoped the album would do well "and i can have a successful solo career".