"Rolling Stone" magazine published on January 25, 2018 an interview with MGMT regarding their fourth album "Little Dark Age". MGMT admitted that their two previous albums were so poorly received that they thought they could never have reached peak popularity as they had with the release of their first album. Since their separation, the two core members began working long distances on the album via e-mail. "Little Dark Age" was in part shaped by this unique, distanced relationship between the two musicians, who later decided to meet and jointly work together again.