It’s been a minute since former Future’s Little one member Kelly Rowland launched a full-length pop album. Far more than a minute, truly, extra like over a decade. However on the Kelly Clarkson Present on Friday (Feb. 23) “Kisses Down Low” singer defined her lengthy absence from the studio and why she’s gearing as much as get again to it.
When Clarkson requested if there was any new music on the horizon, Rowland coyly answered, “coming… later,” because the host and viewers broke out into applause concerning the tease of the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s Discuss a Good Recreation LP.
“I’m lastly impressed,” Rowland defined. “I’m lastly impressed, you may’t simply be like writing about something and I don’t need simply one other horny music. I need to discuss so many various issues and I’m actually excited concerning the subject this album [unintelligible].”
The singer was on the present to advertise her co-starring function within the new Tyler Perry Netflix authorized thriller Mea Culpa alongside Trevante Rhodes (Birdbox), and he or she agreed with Clarkson’s riff about the necessity to “break up the monotony” of the music business grind to maintain your inspiration and keenness burning. That may clarify why Rowland, 43, who additionally co-produced the movie, has been off the music radar for a bit.
After releasing her debut solo album, Merely Deep, in 2002 and launching the No. 1 Billboard Sizzling 100 single “Dilemma” (feat. Nelly) and the singles “Stole” and “Can’t No one,” Rowland has been ping-ponging between music and movie within the years since. She appeared in 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason, 2012’s Assume Like a Man, 2020’s Dangerous Hair and 2022’s The Curse of Bridge Hole, whereas additionally dabbling in actuality TV mentoring on Conflict of the Choirs, X Issue UK (and U.S.), The Voice Australia and a visitor spot on ABC sitcom Grown-Ish as Edie final 12 months.
She adopted up her solo debut with 2007’s Ms. Kelly and 2011’s Right here I Am after which Discuss a Good Recreation, on which she co-wrote all however one of many 12 tracks. Although her solo album output has slowed, Rowland has continued to drop one-off singles over the previous decade, together with “Immodest” (2016), “Crown” (2019), “Loopy” (2020) and “Black Magic” (2021).
Watch Rowland on the Kelly Clarkson Present beneath.
