The Intro (EP)

Ruth B had initially gained popularity by posting six-second snippets of her singing on Vine; she was encouraged by her fans to write a full-length song, so she wrote "Lost Boy", which ended up being her first hit.^[5][6] The song entered the Top 100 of the iTunes chart "with no promotion", and B began receiving offers for recording contracts from various record labels. She signed to Columbia Records and shortly after began recording music for "The Intro."^[5][7] B stated in an interview with Rookie that being signed "felt really validating and cool that people in the business thought that I could do it, not just my friends and family."^[7]

Ruth B began writing music after being signed to her record label; she stated that she wanted to take an "honest, real, and vulnerable" approach when writing the music.^[7] Ruth B self-produced her entire EP,^[7] and wrote 14 songs for the EP, selecting 4 to be included on the release.^[3] Three of the EP's songs ("Lost Boy", "Golden", and "2 Broke Kids") were written prior to Ruth B's signing to the record label; she wrote "Superficial Love" shortly after being signed. The EP was recorded in two days at a music studio in Brooklyn.^[8]

The album was released as an MP3 on 27 November 2015, and re-released on CD in 2016, following the success of "Lost Boy".^[9]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic[5]

Andy Kellman, writing for AllMusic, calls the lyrics "elegant and direct" and concludes that the EP is "all aching love songs that are nonetheless comforting."^[5]

The EP debuted at number 20 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart.^[10] and number 52 on the US Billboard 200.^[11] The Intro also reached number 7 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart.^[12]

Adapted from AllMusic. All songs written by Ruth B.^[3]