Greene described “Soft” as a good example of his intention to write “pop songs first; never experimental for the sake of being experimental.” He went on saying: “I absolutely love soundscape-y music, so I tried to take a piece of that and squeeze it into a pop format. If I had included a five-minute soundscape instrumental without a beat, the album would have come across very differently. I guess in the end I never want to bore the listener. I want to entertain.”