'The face played short samples from album tracks when you clicked it.' He released a mobile app, Alien Ride, on the same day which features an arcade-style objective where the spaceship has to destroy asteroids.

To coincide with this question-and-answer session, his website was changed to redirect to a page featuring a talking alien face, based on the Apple emoji. On March 7, 2014, Skrillex took part in an 'ask me anything' online Reddit post. Rolling Stone later ranked it at number 22 on their 50 Best Albums of 2014 list. It charted in multiple countries worldwide and became his highest-charting release in the United States and the United Kingdom. Recess received mixed reviews from music critics. It was recorded between 20 whilst Skrillex was touring around the world.

Recess is the debut studio album by American record producer Skrillex, released on March 14, 2014, by Owsla, Big Beat Records, and Atlantic Records.