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Erykah Badu is teasing a long-awaited return to recording new music.
The R&B legend, who has not released a full album since 2010, says the decision to drop a full-length project now feels “natural.”
Badu, who was honored with the icon award at Billboard’s Women in Music ceremony Saturday, told the outlet on the red carpet leading up to the event that she was happy to be recording again, but that touring was also an important element to her art.
“It feels good, it feels natural to me,” she said of working on the album. “I tour for a living, so I’m a touring artist … as a touring artist, we create moments. As a recording artist, I create memories.”
Badu announced the new album, which will be made in conjunction with hip-hop producer The Alchemist, earlier this month. The news was music to fans’ ears, who have been waiting 15 years for a more comprehensive project. Since 2019, Badu has opted for features on other artists’ tracks and live mixtape releases, rather than a full studio album to join her catalog of five.
Badu created memories for those in the room when she was honored last year at the CFDA Fashion Awards as the night’s fashion icon recipient.
“Can y’all dress? Well, I can, and that’s why I’m here,” Badu as she received her CFDA honor, a topper on a music and fashion career that’s filled with toppers of her own: hats, turbans, head wraps and the ilk. “Because (fashion is) a sport for me. … I don’t feel right if I don’t leave the house and my (style) is not together, you know what I mean? It’s just something I need to do. I want to do. It’s my therapy. It’s my workout. It’s my husband. No offense,” she said to ex and musician André 3000, who introduced her.
Billboard Women in Music ceremony honors Erkyah Badu, Doechii, Ángela Aguilar
The Billboard Women in Music Awards, which honored rapper Doechii as the woman of the year, alongside Ángela Aguilar as a breakthrough artist and Aespa as group of the year, also featured a performance from Badu.
“I’m overwhelmed,” Badu said of receiving the icon award. “Everything’s happened so fast since 1997. I’m excited and I’m definitely grateful and I don’t take it for granted.”
Aguilar spoke to USA TODAY on the Billboard blue carpet about using her voice to empower the Mexican American and Latino community. “Seeing the injustices that are happening doesn’t sit well with me, and if I can do something about it, and if I can give something back to my people, I’m always going to be doing that,” she said.
After taking the stage to perform her viral TikTok hit “I’m Sorry, I Love You,” Gracie Abrams accepted the songwriter award, using her time on stage to shoutout Victoria Monét and Taylor Swift.
“I’ll never stop pinching myself,” Abrams said after the audience went wild at her mention of Swift. “I’ll never stop thanking her for the gift of her pen, which very much raised me.”
Contributing: Pamela Avila, Anika Reed
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