Dialogue is the third album in a trilogy of electronic releases from veteran British electropop artist Howard Jones with multi-media project Engage coming out in 2015 and studio album Transform out in 2019. Howard says, "Dialogue was musically conceived during the pandemic and lockdown but I really didn't want to commit to any lyrics during that time out of fear that they maybe a bit down beat (not my style!). I started lyrics as things were returning to normal and I wanted them to reflect the themes of how important it is for us to communicate and talk, address our lack of confidence emerging from the isolation, and reminding ourselves of how amazing it is to be alive now even though civilization is going through unprecedented existential threats."