On January 22, 2020, Tedder announced over Instagram that the new album would be wrapped by March. On March 10, 2020, the band announced their next single "Didn't I", which was released on March 13, 2020. "Human" was announced on the same day to be set for release on May 8, 2020. "Better Days" was released as the fourth single from "Human" on March 25, 2020 with all proceeds donated to MusiCares. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic "requiring band to distance from each other and [fans," in a statement to social media on April 8, 2020, the band announced the release of "Human" to have been postponed. It was "delayed indefinitely until fall." It was then delayed until 2021.