Raven said that she and Larsen had always agreed they would keep performing together as long as they were having a good time, and they ended because it was not fun anymore, also saying that while they had been inseparable as children, as 18-year-olds they had become quite different. A greatest hits album, The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M, was released in 2003. M2M sold over 2 million albums; 1.5 million albums were sold in Asia by April 2002. Both Larsen and Raven went on to pursue solo careers. Raven released her debut solo album Here I Am in 2005, an alternative rock album considered to be a major change from her musical style with M2M. Her debut single "Break You" (2005) remains her highest charting solo song, reaching No. 9 in Norway. In 2006 she featured with Meat Loaf on a cover of the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", which found international success including reaching No. 1 in Norway. In 2014 she released her third studio album, Scandal, Vol. 1. Larsen released her debut solo album, Under the Surface, in 2006. K. Ross Hoffman from AllMusic said the album drew equally from "folk, pop, and country". Her fourth studio album, When the Morning Comes, was released in 2014. Three of her singles have reached No. 1 in Norway, including "If a Song Could Get Me You" (2008), which also reached the top spot in Germany and Austria. Critical response and musical style M2M wrote many of their own songs and played their own instruments, even when performing live, which is considered rare among teen pop artists. In 1999 Ron Shapiro from Atlantic Records said "What was extraordinary about them from the beginning was that they had an incredibly accessible pop sound and contemporary visual for what's happening today, coupled with a truly organic song writing and musical instrument prowess (...) It's rare to find truly mainstream contemporary pop artists today who are also extremely skilled live performance artists and talented songwriters". That same year Stephanie McGrath from AllPop.com said M2M's music "breathes fresh, brusque Norwegian air into the world of pop music dominated by Britney Spears wanna-bes and Orlando-born boy bands", noting that instead of typical teen subjects like true love or candy, M2M's songs were about "taking things slow or not betraying your friends." Reviewing Shades of Purple, Michael Paoletta from Billboard