Engxoxweni yakamuva, uChad Smith, oshaya isigubhu sika upelepele obomvu obabayo, unikeze izindaba ezibalulekile mayelana nephrojekthi elandelayo yeqembu laseCalifornia. Embikweni wephephabhuku iBillboard uveze kuleli sonto: "Njengamanje sibuyela ekubhaleni izingoma futhi sibuyela ekushintsheni kwezinto ngemuva konyaka wonke wamakhonsathi emhlabeni jikelele.".
USmith wengeza: “Lesi yisikhathi engisikhonzile. Sebenza ngobuchule, bheka imibono. Lokho mayelana nokufika kusenesikhathi esitudiyo unokuthile engqondweni yakho, uqale umsebenzi phakathi kwawo wonke umuntu namahora amathathu kamuva yiba nengoma ngayizolo ibingekho nakhona". NgokukaSmith, kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi singalindela noma yiziphi izindaba ezimayelana nokuthi uzozwakala kanjani ozongena esikhundleni se-'I'm With You' (2011).
Umshayi wesigubhu wacabanga ngakho: “Iqembu lihlezi lizama ukushintsha futhi sikhule ngokomculo, senze izinto ezintsha. Ngeke neze senze irekhodi elisha elizwakala njengeleminyaka emithathu edlule. Sizokwenza okuhluke kakhulu futhi okwamanje asazi kahle ukuthi lolu shintsho luyoba njani. Kumanje ngizwa izinto ezintsha engaziyo ukuthi abantu bakithi bazozithanda, kuzozwakala ngathi kodwa kuzohluka impela kunalokhu esikwenzile.".