The rapper and singer, famous for being one seventh of K-Pop group Got7, will release 'Magic Man 2' in four chapters throughout 2025.
The project will explore the artist's emotional world, building on themes of identity, loneliness and self-doubt that were introduced in 2022's 'Magic Man', while also reflecting on betrayal and self-acceptance. In a statement to fans, Wang wrote:
"I created ‘MAGIC MAN’ to figure out my pain, as a mask representing my darkest emotions, my internal emotions. I told the world ‘Find Your Magic’—they cheered. As I took roughly a year away from the scene, I kept asking myself and I realized I have never honestly asked myself that.
"As ‘MAGIC MAN’ came to its end, I have experienced nothing but the crucial reality of what humanity is. I was in a very dark place mentally and physically. I thought I could never recover. I went through stages of avoiding it, facing it, being destroyed by it, letting myself rot, picking myself up and trying to accept it. The only way I could release it was by writing in my diary.
"Writing down how and why I was feeling the way I felt. And for the first time, I put my world into my music. This album represents being true to myself, listening to my heart and accepting all the good and the bad. This is ‘MAGIC MAN II'."
The news will be followed up by the release of the introspective first single, High Alone, which will arrive at 4pm GMT today (February 12).
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