Santigold is a fiercely innovative artist always looking to break from the limitations of the music business, Spirituals is the first Santigold album released on her own label Little Jerk Records and distributed by Secretly Distribution / Inertia Music. The album captures the feeling of surviving in the modern world while elevating yourself to new places. It was mostly recorded during the 2020 lockdown.

Santigold struggled but succeeded in defining a space in which she could center herself and collaborate virtually with producers and contributors: Rostam, Boys Noize, Dre Skull, P2J, Nick Zinner, SBTRKT, JakeOne, Illangelo, Doc McKinney, Psymun, Ricky Blaze, Lido, Ray Brady, and Ryan Olson.