The story focuses on the issue of homeless teenage runaways. The album was produced by Joan Jett of the Runaways. He had been a fan of the Runaways and Jett for years. Jett became a founding member of the Runaways, alongside drummer Sandy West. Jett was an executive producer for the film "The Runaways", which chronicled the Runaways' career. Nico is traumatized by those events and temporarily walked away from the Runaways. Sandy West was portrayed by actress Stella Maeve in the 2010 film "The Runaways". Joan is outraged, and the Runaways are finished. Mancha, however, rebels and joins the Runaways. Currie performed at the Runaways' reunion in 1994 with other Runaways Fox and West. Afterwards, she landed a role in the film "The Young Runaways" (1978). She went to live in Los Angeles with Vicki Blue, former bassist of The Runaways. He also played Jonah on "Marvel's Runaways". Casting for the Runaways and the Pride were revealed in February 2017. In May 2017, Marvel released teasers with the characters of the Runaways.