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After a showcase in New York City, Alexz met with several labels and producers including Martin Terefe, Guy Sigsworth, and Marius DeVries. Eventually, Johnson chose Capitol Records, which allowed her to work with Paul Buckmaster though her brother was the main producer of the material at the time. In writing songs for the album, she had worked with UK writers Martin Terefe and Sacha Skarbek as well as producer/songwriter Brio Taliaferro. On June 25, 2007, Alexz appeared on the MTV Canada. She confirmed that all of her songs had been written and recorded. She planned on shopping for a label over the next few months and hoped to release the album in the winter.

The producer for the album became Greg Wells after Johnson was introduced to him through his brother Rob Wells, one of the songwriters for Instant Star. The new arrangement with Epic Records also affected the line-up of artists for the Instant Star 4 soundtrack, as the record label allowed her a maximum of four songs on Instant Star 4. In her MySpace blog of February 15, 2008, Alexz Johnson indicated that she was planning an extensive tour around her new album, saying of her songs that, I can't wait to perform them live! Looking forward to seeing all of your faces! Johnson also began working with multi instrumentalist Luis Conte and legendary strings expert Paul Buckmaster. Five songs were posted on her MySpace page by her record company on June 11, 2008. These songs were supposed to appear in her upcoming album and were entitled: Easy , Swallowed , Chicago , Golden , and Running With the Devil .[5]

The independent release will be by the company which also runs her website - Laydee Spencer Music, Inc. On August 27, 2009, Johnson released a list of songs that are going to be on her album in alphabetical order,[9] and later requested fans to go through the clips of five upcoming songs on her site, and to recommend which should be the lead-off single. The tracks posted were: L.A. Made Me , Hurricane Girl , Voodoo , A Little Bit , and Trip Around the World . On December 1, 2009 it was announced that her debut album Voodoo would be released on March 30, 2010. The debut single, Trip Around The World, was released on February 2, 2010. Alexz shared in an interview that her favourite songs off Voodoo are Look At Those Eyes , Voodoo , and Gonna Get It .[10]

Shortly after, it was announced through AlexzJohnson.com that, due to overwhelming fan response, that Trip Around The World would be the first single from the record. While putting the final touches on the album, Johnson flew to New Orleans in January for the filming of the music video with music video director Michael Maxxis. After several days of filming, Johnson flew to Toronto and shot the album photoshoot with photographer Brendan Meadows and did several recorded performances and promotional radio interviews.[5] Later, Johnson worked with Re:Form AVW, a Canadian design firm, to create the album artwork.[6] It was then announced that the album was completely mastered and complete, and sent off to be manufactured February 22, 2010.[7] The album cover was revealed through her official site several days later.