Usher is lighting up Las Vegas with his revered residency at Dolby Live.
And while the concert series is proving the hottest ticket in Sin City, the R&B veteran isn’t resting on his laurels.
Stopping by Big Boy in the Neighbourhood, the Diamond-certified singer chopped it up about Vegas, his love for the likes of Michael Jackson and Chris Brown, his upcoming Paris residency, and his long-awaited new studio album.
Watch after the jump…
Speaking on the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Hard II Love,’ Usher said:
“I’m getting ready to launch my next album.
I wish I could tell you (more). I can tell you only so much. You’ve got a piece of it with ‘Glu.’ Me and L.A. Reid and Keith Thomas (my A&R), we’re working on something really incredible. It’s going to be an amazing piece of history in my mind.
Every album, I’m trying to create something for “that” moment. I ain’t really thinking about the past. I am mindful of it, but I want to create something that I feel is connected. And I’ve been working on this album for some time. The pandemic obviously put a hold on a lot of things and I’m methodical in the sense of wanting to make a cohesive body of work. Visuals. Music. And all those things that go together. By the end of this year, you’ll have that album.”
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We’re ready for new Usher! Are you?