Build a Problem is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter dodie. Though it is her first full-length album, dodie has been releasing original songs on her YouTube channel since 2011, and has released three extended plays of original music; Intertwined, You, and Human. Following multiple delays, the album was released on 7 May 2021 through dodie's label doddleoddle and The Orchard. Build a Problem was preceded by six singles: "Guiltless", "Boys Like You", "Cool Girl", "Rainbow", "Hate Myself", and "I Kissed Someone (It Wasn't You)". Upon release, the album received positive reviews and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, her third top ten and highest-charting release on the chart. Dodie first announced that she was working on her first full album in a video on February 7, 2019. The songs of "Build a Problem" were written by dodie over the course of two years. Of the writing process dodie said, "I think I was going through a crisis actually. I was very unsure of who I was and I was trying to figure it out in music. So I think it’s quite unstable of an album - but it’s definitely honest." The standard edition of Build a Problem consists of mostly unheard material except for "When", "Rainbow", and "Cool Girl" which were uploaded to her YouTube channel in 2016, 2018, and 2020 respectively. "When" also appeared as a live version on her 2016 EP Intertwined. The deluxe edition bonus tracks contain song demos released to dodie's YouTube channel during the CO