With Usher’s eighth album rumored to release later this summer, he is opening up about the highly anticipated project. During his press stop at the Cannes Festival in France, the R&B legend sat down with media personality Ryan Seacrest to talk about his new album, which is titled Flawed.
During an intimate discussion, Usher explained his inspiration behind the album title. “I find the inspiration every time I find a word: what is ‘flawed?’ It’s something that is not perfect,” he said. “It’s a future relic of some sorts, to grow and blossom and gain texture. But it is those things, those tumultuous occurrences and things that happen in your life that define what it is, and in our country and us as people. All of these things are standards, and I became the inspiration. Now I cant tell you yet at the end what it’s gonna be, and but right now it’s Flawed.”
When asked about the album release date, Usher said, “You know, I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.”
The 37-year-old also dished on his upcoming tour. “Touring is definitely on the horizon,” he said. “I mean, obviously: single, video, album and tour. But this time around, I’m doing things a little bit different. I don’t know if you’ve seen the picture of a piece of art from a collaboration between myself and this artist Daniel Arsham. An interest in art and artist affiliation in something I’m very interested in and is very new to me. I’ll be doing pop-ups, something that represents an immersive experience so you can get really into the idea and what music is saying and the art is really dictating.”
Earlier this month, Usher dropped two singles: “No Limit” featuring Young Thug and “Crash.” The latter song received video treatment, which was released last week.
In other news, it was recently revealed that Usher has hired Scooter Braun to be his manager. Braun’s roster of clients include Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Tori Kelly and more.
(Source: Billboard)
