- I-Pitchfork Ucebise ukuba 'uLusu olunothando' lumalunga 'noChristy,' uBon Iver owayengumphathi wentombazana yangaphambili kaJustin Vernon. UVernon akavumelani: 'Ukuthi' Ulusu Oluthandayo 'malunga noChristy ngekhe kuchane ngokupheleleyo. Siye sathandana kwaye ungumntu obaluleke kakhulu endandihlala naye ixesha elide, kodwa malunga nelo xesha kubudlelwane endandihamba nabo; usebudlelwaneni kuba ufuna uncedo, kodwa ayisiyiyo le nto kufuneka ubenobudlelwane. Kwaye loo nto ibhityile. Ayinabunzima. Uthando olucekeceke alunathuba kuba alondli. ' UVernon wongeze wathi: 'Inxalenye yengxaki nothando oludala, kukuba i-f-ks kunye nothando lwakho lwekamva, kwaye ingalahlekisa kwaye / okanye ilalele ubudlelwane bakho.'
- 'Ulusu oluthandekayo' yayingowokuqala ukukhutshwa kwi-albhamu yokuqala kaBon Iver, NgoEmma, ngonaphakade . UJustin Vernon wabhala kwaye wabhala i-albhamu kwigumbi likayise elikumantla eWisconsin, apho wayebuyele khona emva kokuqhawuka kobudlelwane kunye neqela lakhe langaphambili, uDeYarmond Edison, kunye ne-mononucleosis.
- 'Ulusu olunothando' lwalugutyungelwe ngumculi waseBritane, uBirdy, ngoJanuwari 2011. UBirdy wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesine kuphela ngexesha lokurekhoda.
