With a sound that joins childhood songwriting influences like Sheryl Crow and Grace Potter with later emo-pop inspirations, Charlotte Sands rose to fame in 2020 when she went viral with "Dress," a song about a highly publicized Harry Styles fashion cover shoot. The track was included on her debut EP, Special, in 2021. Sands' first Top Ten entry on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart came the following year in the form of "Loved You a Little," a collaboration with Taking Back Sunday and the Maine.