A variety of reports in recent days have revealed that The Black Eyed Peas, Florence + The Machine, and Kelly Clarkson are preparing to release new music in 2015.
No, thankfully, they’re not collaborating with one another.
In a recent radio interview, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am revealed that his group, which hasn’t released new music since 2010’s The Beginning, is working on something new for fans – but stopped short of describing whatever’s coming as their seventh studio album.
“We’re gonna have new music, we’ll have a bunch of new experiences, I don’t wanna call them albums,” he said to the Capital FM Breakfast Show (via MTV UK). “We’ll have experiences and a bunch of stuff to get the PEAbodies, and the folks that supported us, that got us to this point, all the support the love, the encouragement and listening to and sharing our music.”
Florence + The Machine appears to be mastering their first new album since 2011’s Ceremonials. A now-deleted photo sent from the South London ensemble to a fan account revealed that Florence’s new album is in the final stages of being put together. According to @FATMFanClub, the album’s producer asked that the photo be taken down after it was leaked.
Fans of Florence probably assumed this was coming, since the band has already announced several 2015 tour dates overseas.
Finally, Kelly Clarkson took to Twitter over the weekend to share a couple of hints about her next studio album. “People keep asking. My next album is pop,” she told her nearly 10 million followers. “But I am always influenced by music I love, which is pop-rock/country/r&b/dance #whoknowswhatsnext”
“2 clues for the first single ….Proof of life & Dr. Dre #TheNextEpisode,” she wrote in a separate tweet. In another tweet, Clarkson hinted that she has a duet with someone on the new album who she’s worked with before.