Brandy is made from early grapes in order to achieve higher acid concentration and lower sugar levels. Base wine generally contains smaller amount (up to 20 mg/l) of sulphur than regular wines, as it creates undesired copper(II) sulfate in reaction with copper in the pot stills. The yeast sediment produced during the fermentation may or may not be kept in the wine, depending on the brandy style. Brandy is distilled from the base wine in two phases. In the first, large part of water and solids is removed from the base, obtaining so-called "low wine", basically a concentrated wine with 28–30%
What Love Is Made Of three minutes and fifty-five seconds (3:55), "What Love Is Made Of" is an uptempo dance and house track that has been described as "rave-y" and "trance-y". Its instrumentation contains the sounds of pianos and synthesizers. Jordan Sargent of "Spin" observed that it continued the musical style first introduced in Katy's 2012 extended play (EP), "Danger EP", which was "straight-forward house". Idolator's Sam Lansky compared her performance in the song to recording artist Siobhán Donaghy. Critical response to "What Love Is Made Of" was generally positive: most critics noted Katy's vocal performance and commended its sound. Siân Rowe from "NME" was