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Background
During her childhood, Roberts spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia Roberts's films. These experiences sparked a desire in Emma, from the age of five, to follow her father and aunts into the film industry. In 2004, Roberts starred as the lead character Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September of that year. Because her character on the series wrore songs and played guitar, Nickelodeon managers soon considered a career in music for Roberts. After she recorded a track titled "If I Had It My Way" for the Ice Princess (2005) movie soundtrack, Columbia Records signed Roberts for a record deal. Unfabulous and More was released on September 27, 2005 as the singer's debut studio album and soundtrack for the Unfabulous TV series. Following the release of the album, Roberts stated that she "love[d] doing music" and noted, however, that her career would be mainly focused on doing movies. Later in 2009, the singer commented that her "musical career is indefinitely on hold. I don't like people who become like 'actor slash singer.' I think people should be one or the other because usually you’re not going to be great at both. You're going to better at one, so you might as well stick to the one you’re good at. I'm going for acting."

Recording and composition
Recording sessions taking place in several locations such as House of Blues on Encino, California and Phase One Studios on Toronto, Canada. Roberts worked with record producers Marshall Altman and Brian Malouf on the album's production. Altman was responsible for the production of "Punch Rocker" and "This Is Me"; he was also the vocal producer to all the tracks of Unfabulous and More. American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule wrote several tracks of the album, such as "Punch Rocker" and "94 Weeks (Metal Mouth Freak)". "New Shoes" was co-written with Unfabulous creator Sue Rose, while "Mexican Wrestler" is a cover of Sobule's track included on Pink Pearl (2000). The album's genre is mainly described as pop rock. However, several tracks were influenced by teen pop, such as "Dummy", and by synthpop, such as "I Wanna Be" and "Say Goodbye to Jr. High". Roberts is also credited as a co-writer to "This Is Me", while pop singer Vitamin C wrote "We Are Gonna Happen".