Hidden in plain sight within the stylized capitalization of TEmPTaTiON lies a three-letter homage: 'mai,' picked out in lowercase as a nod to the maimai series itself. This typographic puzzle is the first hint at a song that carries deliberate design touches throughout, from its 'TEmPTaTiON CORE' genre label to the physically demanding 24th-note spin that closes its MASTER chart. Composed by かねこちはる (Chiharu Kaneko) for maimai でらっくす, the track marked the artist's return to the franchise since their earlier contribution SILENT BLUE during the MiLK PLUS era. At 160 BPM, TEmPTaTiON blends energetic core-style beats with a driving rhythm that earned it some of the game's highest difficulty ratings. The accompanying music video was produced by HDLV (Kodai Endo), whose kinetic visual style matches the track's intensity. TEmPTaTiON initially debuted as an unlockable track in the Heaven Area (天界ちほー) in December 2019, requiring players to accumulate 2000 m of in-game distance before they could play it. It became freely available from the Splash update onward and has since expanded beyond maimai into CHUNITHM SUN, ONGEKI bright, Arcaea, and GROOVE COASTER WAI WAI PARTY!!!!, making it one of the more widely licensed original tracks from the maimai DX era.