Showrunner Brett Matthews told
Entertainment Weekly that: "We had done a musical episode in season 1, so that was sort of the test run and we just loved that episode.
"[Executive producer] Julie [Plec] and I have always been looking for a way to talk about
The Vampire Diaries, which is difficult in absentia in some of the actors."
The publication also has a handful of stills from the upcoming episode, which show off Josie as Elena Gilbert, among others in
TVD costume.