after placing second on "idol," crystal was signed to a deal with jive records and rca's former sister record company 19 recordings. originally, crystal wanted to delay the release of the album until early 2011, but ended up moving the release date to december 14. she is also to cover the buffalo springfield song "for what it's worth," stating "its lyrics are relevant no matter what era it is, whatever war we're in and issues in the world," she said. "the song is always relevant." it was revealed that chad szeliga, who is well known for his drumming for bands such as breaking benjamin and ourafter, has contributed drum tracks to the songs "arlene", "finally got it right" and "hold on" which was written by nickelback's chad kroeger.