I just want it to be over takes on new meaning for R&B diva Keyshia Cole.
Nearly 17 years after the GRAMMY-nominated songstress first cracked the Pop charts with her introductory hit ‘I Changed My Mind,’ she has seemingly changed her mind about wanting to continue pursuing her career in music.
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Taking to Twitter Wednesday (March 17), Cole left fans stunned with the announcement she was retiring. The statement was made in response to an encouraging fan who was noting the growing buzz afforded to the singer’s latest single, ‘I Don’t Want to Be in Love.’
As news of her announcement made its rounds, many of her supporters reacted in disbelief. In response, Keyshia confirmed the tweet did not come from a hacker nor was she joking.
Concerned fans immediately wondered about the status of Cole’s forthcoming eighth studio album (for which ‘I Don’t Want to Be in Love’ serves as the first single of).
Bringing the conversation full circle, some alluded to the commercial nonperformance of ‘I Don’t Want to Be in Love’ being the catalyst for Cole’s decision as the song has yet to crack the Hot 100 over a month after its release.
However, Keyshia suggested family matters were her inspiration.
Needless to say, Twitter did NOT take the news well of yet another beloved singer/songwriter (under 40-years-old) announcing a permanent hiatus.
@KeyshiaCole AHT AHT SIS!!! YO ASS BET NOT RETIRE!!! WE NEED ONE MO TOUR WHEN THIS PANDEMIC IS OVER & A FEW MORE BOPS!!!! IM NOT READY FOR YOUR ASS TO RETIRE!!! pic.twitter.com/DaakS2ZYrc
— Dri Terel ♎️ (@Truth_87) March 18, 2021
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In a year she’ll say….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbE1qz8wktQ
🤣🎶❤️
Still obsessed with the Queen, I see. Judging from your username.
Go team!
Tomorrow Keyshia’s playlist “I Changed My Mind”…she’s just out for some clout.
Right. Like gurl sit down ya full of s***
Y’all always want ppl to continously drop albums that yall ain’t buying nor streaming for free. Even piracy is down. Y’all have ruined the damn music industry and still out here asking artist to struggle?
Sooo. Where are the lies?? ☕️
Ooohhh Chile…. the truth of it all…
Ok gurl🙄
Do anything for clout
Gurl bye 💅🏿💅🏿 It has to do with that infamous versus karaoke backlash. My gurl Ashanti killed her career 🤳🏿🤳🏿
Period. 💅🏾
And then two new albums will drop.
Sad thing is she is a great artist!
In the last her promo has been little to non existent and it seems her label isn’t willing to pour money into her projects. However why can’t Keyshia spend some of her own money and believe in herself enough to know that eventually she will see the return. Additionally where are the snatch my soul songs at? Remember when diddy kept making Keyshia sing from her gut on their song together and kept making her sing her part over and over until he felt her soul! Give us those jams! Believe in your craft and invest in yourself. Do heavy promo make videos. You have great tracks on your albums but they never get the single treatment.
Agreed! 💯
Love her but she has definitely released the wrong single on the last couple albums.
Current single is good but no promo
Keyshia is retiring from sucking ghetto mad 🍆, now she is trying to be a classy lady 💅🏿💅🏿
I imagine it’s discouraging to pour a lot of hard work into putting an album together and heavily promote it only for it not to sell. I suspect she’s ready to do new things and is trying to get in front of the inevitable: her label will be dropping her soon.
Her new single is actually pretty good it’s not being promoted though
If you can’t take the heat…
Artists need to wake up and realize the more they can do for themselves, the more money they can pocket.
Keyshia is from the old school and she’s used to a machine pushing and working for her. This is the age of multifaceted artistry. She’s popular enough to go independent. But she said she wants to take care of her kids instead. Nothing wrong with that. 🙂
Just don’t expect your fanbase to be as understanding if you choose to return Keyshia. Look at Tamar.