Lights goes on to say about dEd: 'After each of my last four albums I've released acoustic counterparts, it's something that fans expect at this point. But 'PEP' never felt like an acoustic thing to me. I actually haven't picked up my acoustic guitar in a long time, it's just not right for this era. 'PEP' is alt, hyper and vibrantly sarcastic, visually extravagant and exaggerated in all forms, so I wanted its counterpart to be the absolute opposite: dark, chill and electronic. I enjoyed really developing my production toolset, digging into the chill step genre, using heavy bass tones set on dreamy soundscapes. If 'PEP' is for dancing and feeling yourself, 'dEd' is for driving and making out. After all, 'dEd' is 'PEP' turned upside down - even the track list is reversed'.