In the fall of 2016, Melina Mellé spent a week in Los Angeles writing and recording songs for her debut album at Universal Music Publishing Group. Melina Mellé collaborated with creatives such as Grammy Award Winning Producer Carlos “Los Da Mystro” McKinney (Usher, Mariah Carey, The-Dream), Grammy Award Winning Producer Malik Yusef (Kanye West, Beyoncé), platinum Producer Tearse “Kizzo” Person (Ne-Yo, T.V. Show Empire), Songwriter and Producer Tim Bullock, and Grammy Award Winning Writer Vincent Barry (Beyoncé).