[2] On November 10, via a video posted on the band official Facebook page, den Adel announced the creation of the project.

[4] After a period of two years composing for herself, she then decided to share the material publicly and apart from her band, and entitled the project My Indigo.

[5][6] The process of composing was cited as introspective and soul-searching, as the fear of a permanent creativity loss was recurrent for den Adel during this period.

[7] According to the singer, the name of the project came from the "light" but also "moody" feeling that the color provides her, as she considered it has fitted well the main atmosphere of the songs.

[8] While working with the project, den Adel stated that new inspiration came for creating new songs with Within Temptation again.