Buyisela i- Maroon 5 futhi lapha sibona isiqeshana se-single «I-Payphone«, eyokuqala ye-albhamu yakhe elandelayo yesitudiyo 'Kudalulwe ngokweqile', ezoqala ukudayiswa ngoJuni 26 ozayo. Itimu, eseyivele iphumile iTunes futhi ifinyelele isikhundla sokuqala sokuthengisa, inezwi lomrepha u-Wiz Khalifa njengesivakashi. Ngenkathi isiqeshana sisekelwe kumahlaya enziwe ngu-Adam Levine ngokwakhe.
Njengoba sesivele sikutshelile, lo msebenzi omusha weqembu laseCalifornian waqoshwa e-Los Angeles ngonyaka odlule futhi uzoqukatha izingoma eziyi-10. Umdidiyeli omkhulu we-albhamu ngu-Max Martin, umhlanganyeli ojwayelekile ka-Britney Spears, nezingoma ezididiyelwe ngu-Benny Blanco noRyan Tedder.
Maroon 5 yasungulwa eCalifornia edolobheni laseLos Angeles, ngo-1994. Yize igama layo lokuqala laliyiKara's Flowers, ngo-2001 nokufakwa kwengxenye entsha, leli qembu laqanjwa kabusha ngaleli gama abaziwa ngalo njengamanje. Nge-albhamu yabo yokuqala ethi 'Songs About Jane', ekhishwe ngoJuni 2002, bakwazile ukuthola amarekhodi egolide, e-platinamu nakathathu e-platinum emazweni amaningana emhlabeni.