On July 5, 2020, KONNECT Entertainment officially announced a comeback with a surprise teaser video.^[s] While CYAN showed bright and refreshing colors, MAGENTA shows strong and powerful colors that capture the beginning and end of summer from its blazing intensity to calm simplicity.^{[s] [s]} In Daniel’s July 8 V LIVE, he said he tried to interpret summer and the color magenta in a different way. He recommended listening in the track list’s order based on the emotions and mood. In each song, he was fully involved in producing the melody line, whether that be through the melody, which voice register to use, or delivery. He commented that the title track has the most difficult dance he has ever had. After revealing the track list on July 15, he commented on each of the songs in V LIVE: “Flash” = story, “Waves” = passion, “Who U Are” = annoyance, “Runaway” = exciting, “Movie” = feelgood, and “Night” combines the words evening, sunset, and Han River.^[s]

Shortly after DAN1TYST, Daniel’s debut anniversary Ontact fanmeeting, he went on V LIVE to talk about MAGENTA. Opening song “Flash” is about energy that will draw power, and its highlight is the unexpected calming part. He recommended starting with “Flash” and ending with “Night” and said each song has its own charm.^[s]

As soon as he heard “Waves”, he thought it would be great if strong artists were involved so he personally reached out to Simon Dominic and Jamie, who both accepted. “Waves” is a trendy latin style that is not typical K-pop. In an interview with singer Jamie, she shared that she was rooting for Kang Daniel, so as soon as she got the featuring offer, she listened to the song and thought it was so good, she had to do it. She also expressed her gratitude with the many people that recognized her colors through the collaboration and considers it to be a meaningful work.^[s]

Immediately after “Waves” was released, Daniel went on V LIVE to talk about the song. He deliberately pronounced 소나기 (sonagi) differently. After hearing Jamie and Simon D’s powerful delivery, he wanted to build up to those parts and recorded his part in a way so that the feeling was getting higher as the song went on. In the radio show Love Game, he said it was revised the most with three times. He chose “SA, IL, EE, SAAM” as the intro since he thought it sounded cool. Daniel revealed his favorites songs in the album are “Flash” and “Runaway”. Since “Waves” had already been released at the fanmeeting, Daniel confessed he was not nervous about the release of “Waves” but felt the weight of the album release on August 3.^[s]

In Dingo Music, Daniel said CYAN had fresh and sparkling songs, while the purpose of MAGENTA was to represent the passionate and burning hot summer with “Runaway” as the climax. He wrote most of the song lyrics and contributed to the title track. Daniel explained during the Oricon interview that he was working on MAGENTA during CYAN promotions when he first heard “Who U Are” and decided on including it. During the Love Game radio interview, Daniel said he was involved in most of the production process. This included logo and cover design, versions, M/V tone and costume concept, sets, song screening, etc. He met up with the content and production team every day. He said he does not like to just do whatever is given to him. In “Flash”, DANITY represent the indispensable compass helping Daniel on his way. “Runaway” is a song for friends who feel exhausted and have the desire to run away to have fun. “Movie” was a strong contender for CYAN‘s title track. It was a song he kept since “TOUCHIN'” era but since he did not think it suited winter, it ended up being the first to record for MAGENTA. He described the song as a musical and was especially happy he got to express his love for movies with the line, “I can show you that movie!” In his countdown live, Daniel said “Night” was the last addition received while the other songs were in the mastering stages. He wanted a lonely yet warm song to end the album since many people say autumn is somehow the season of loneliness. The biggest reason “Night” was included was he listened to the lyrics before going to sleep and could not fall asleep as he was reminiscing old times and wondering how others were doing.