Ciara may be pregnant with baby #4, but that isn’t putting a pause on her musical hustle.

The GRAMMY winner unleashed her new EP ‘CiCi’ on August 18 and has had fans spinning the 7-song set on repeat.

Home to lead single ‘How We Roll (ft. Chris Brown),’ the project also features Lil Baby (‘Forever’) and Big Freedia (‘Winning’).

Rather than rest on her laurels, the 37-year-old sat down with Apple Music to discuss the project and her musical journey of independence.

Waxing candid, CiCi opened up about her rollercoaster run with labels and the emancipation she felt by launching her own imprint, Beauty Marks Entertainment.

Watch the insightful interview with Nadeska below…

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Ciara‘s ‘How We Roll‘ may have rolled onto the current Billboard charts as one of the top-selling R&B songs of the week, but just two weeks after delivering that Chris Brown-assisted bop she is rolling on to its follow-up: ‘Forever.’

“Everyone’s hatin’, goin’ half on a baby / They think that I’m crazy / ‘Cause one night only can be enough / Some say I’m hatin’ because I be sayin’, “Love is amazin,'” she opens in verse 1 of the Jaydot-produced cut.

Enlisting help from fellow chart-topping Atlantan Lil Baby, ‘Forever’ comes as the latest cut from the diva’s August 18-released EP, ‘Cici,’ to get the video treatment.

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Ciara may have spent the last year dropping gems like ‘Jump,’ ‘Better Thangs,’ and ‘Da Girls‘ as teases of what was to come on her new body of work, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s ‘Beauty Marks,’ but – to the surprise of her dedicated fans (affectionately called the #CSquad) – the project’s tracklist was devoid of these titles.

Instead, the GRAMMY winner is thrilling music lovers with a collection of never-before-heard cuts assembled for the new EP, ‘Cici.’

Kicked off by the release of the Chris Brown-assisted single ‘How We Roll,’ the 7-song project – which also features guest appearances from Lil Baby and Big Freedia – is delivered via the diva’s own imprint, Beauty Marks Entertainment, in partnership with Uptown and Republic Records.

Stream it inside courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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The countdown is officially on to the release of Ciara‘s ‘CiCi’ EP.

Comprised of seven tracks, the set sees the stage blazer team up with a number of notable names.

Led by Chris Brown collaboration ‘How We Roll,’ the project is also home to ‘Forever’ featuring rapper Lil Baby.

The song’s video will be arriving in tandem with the EP on August 18.

To whet appetites, Ciara has teased with a trailer of the track’s accompanying music video.

Check out the wedding-themed preview below…

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Ciara and Chris Brown are drumming up all sorts of buzz with their new single ‘How We Roll.’

Lifted from the songbird’s incoming EP ‘CiCi’ (due August 18 via Beauty Marks Entertainment), the release has been ignited in earnest by its high-octane music video.

With the visual having racked up over 5 million views already, a pregnant CiCi and C. Breezy are showcasing the hard work and dedication that went into its creation.

Watch part 2 of the making of the ‘How We Roll’ visual below…

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Ciara sprung quite the surprise on fans moments ago.

For, fresh from debuting her single ‘How We Roll’ with Chris Brown, the GRAMMY-winning stage blazer has announced that she’ll be releasing a brand new EP.

And the masses won’t have to wait too long to hear it.

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Ciara and Chris Brown fans (the #CSquad and #TeamBreezy) have been calling for an official duet between the Southern R&B stageblazers since they first burst on the scene with their debut albums in the mid-noughties.

And while their shared stage time and admiration over the years have only further fueled that request, they have finally answered the longtime call with the joint single ‘How We Roll.’

“He say that I blow his mind every time I’m activated / You just tryna catch a vibe, CiCi got you fascinated / Jump up in a brand new ride, BM-dub, we ridin’, baby (Yeah), I ain’t gonna tell you lies.” they croon on the opening of the Deli Banger-produced bop.

Set to line Cici’s highly anticipated yet-titled eighth studio album alongside previous singles ‘Jump,’ ‘Da Girls,’ and ‘Better Thangs,’ roll inside to hear ‘How We Roll’ in full.

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Indonesian singer-dancer Agnez Mo dropped ‘Get Loose,’ her first release of 2023, with a bang by enlisting fellow stage-blazer Ciara to assist.

“Having to say this is probably my best work so far is one thing, but the amount of joy this song brings me is on another level,” Mo said of the June 30-released ‘Loose’ in a statement. “It’s almost ‘spiritual’!! Creating fearless and boundless music is exactly what this journey is all about. AND THEN to be able to share and experience all that with Ciara? MAGICAL.”

Bringing the high-octane track to life with an equally sizzling music video, Ci and Mo turned heads from bars and rooftops to hotel lobbies and underground bunkers in the dance-heavy clip directed by Loris Russier.

Weeks after first garnering critical acclaim for the “meeting of worlds”-inspired clip, Mo lifted a behind-the-scenes look at how the magic came to be.  Look inside to see it.

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Despite having already amassed quite a collection of collaborations (see: ‘Iced Out My Arms,’ ‘Picasso,’ ‘Pajama Pants,’ and more), Atlantan Hip-Hop superstars Quavo and Future recently added a new entry to the trove with their latest link: ‘Turn Your Clic Up.’

Produced by Atake, Basobeats, Sluzyyy, and MacShooter49, the hard-hitting cut was delivered Friday (July 14) and made headlines for featuring a diss to NFL star Russell Wilson (the stepfather of Ciara and Future’s child).

“Big dawg status, bill hopper / I ball in his mall for my brothers / Goyard bag, tote the cutter I got it out the field, f-ck Russell,” he raps on the track set for Quavo’s new album ‘Rocket Power‘ (dedicated to fallen Migos star Takeoff). “Go and ask Lori about the Patek, then go and ask Jordan, ask Dess Phillipe water, tryna drown a b-tch, it’s a habit trickin’ on a b-tch.”

Shortly after the tune’s arrival came its official music video filmed in Miami.  See the Magic City action inside.

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Monica sent her diehard fans into a frenzy June 30 when she dropped her latest single, ‘Letters,’ with little warning.

Believed to be the latest taste of new music from the GRAMMY winner’s serially delayed 9th studio album ‘Trenches,’ ‘Letters’ was penciled atop real-time sales tallies just 24 hours after its inaugural listing on streaming and digital download platforms – a reign it enjoyed well into the week.

As a result, its weeklong commercial performance saw the Ciara, Alicia Renee Williams, and Brian “Killah B” Bates-penned tune enter the updated Billboard R&B sales chart as the week’s top premiere.

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Monica dropped jaws Friday (June 30) by releasing her new single, ‘Letters,’ with little warning.

Co-penned by fellow GRAMMY winner Ciara, the tune – reportedly among the gems set to line her long-awaited ninth studio album ‘Trenches‘ – tells the tale of missing the love of a man serving a prison sentence – a tale many know is close to Mo’s personal story.

“Тhеу ѕее уоu аnd ѕее а thug / І ѕее уоu аnd ѕее mу lоvе / Yоu rоll uр thеу runnіng ѕсаrеd / Вut mе І’m runnіng tо уоu wіth mу fеаrѕ / Аіn’t fоund nо оnе thаt саn mеаѕurе uр tо уоu,” she croons on the Tasha Catour-produced cut.

Just hours after she began raking in critical acclaim for the new cut, the songstress lifted the lid on its official accompanying music video starring Rap superstar The Game.

Conceptually reminiscent of her 2004 smash hit ‘U Should’ve Known Better’ (starring rapper Young Buck), see the cinematic ‘Letters’ visual inside.

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Cop a gander at Monica!

The veteran R&B diva, in full promotion mode in celebration of the June 24 premiere of her long-awaited Apple Music Radio show ‘Mo Talk,’ is expecting to hear even mo talk about the happenings of her career thanks to a stunning spread in ‘Essence‘ and the premiere of a brand spankin’ new single, ‘Letters.’

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