Usher brought the campaign for his new album to a screeching halt in 2014 after a number of the singles it spurned failed to produce fireworks on the charts.

And after sitting out much of 2015, it seems as though the New Year will finally bring fresh material from the 37-year-old superstar.

While performing at a Samsung event recently, the crooner previewed a selection of tracks from the LP (which previously had a working title of ‘UR’).

Check ’em out below….

The first song roused us more than the second. It sonically seems to pick up where the funkified sound of ‘Good Kisser’ left off. Promising.

What do you think of the new music Usher’s been cooking up?

Your thoughts?