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It’s been seven years since Nelly Furtado released a new album, and she’s marking her comeback with ‘7.’ The renowned singer, known for delivering hit after hit, opens up about her experiences recording ‘7,’ including having her daughter watch the process. She also discusses the resurgence of her classic hits on TikTok, Kamala Harris using “Maneater,” seeing Taylor Swift at The Eras Tour, her upcoming tour, and more!

Lyndsey Havens:

Hey, what’s up? I’m Lindsey Havens for Billboard News, and we are here with the icon, the legend, Nelly Furtado. Thank you so much for coming in. 

Nelly Furtado:

Hi! Thanks for having me. 

We are such big fans of yours, and congratulations. You have an incredible new album, ‘7.’ It has been a minute since your last album. I believe it was 2017, so tell me about how you knew that this was the time to come back and why you wanted to release an album now. 

It just felt like the right time. I had taken some time to just live and go through a lot of personal things, and so I had a lot to write about A. And then B, I felt really called back to the industry. I started hearing a lot of my music on, you know, social media, especially TikTok, a lot of different DJs started remixing a lot of my old materials. I did really feel authentically that it was time to make some new music and some new vocals for everyone to remix. The music on this album is really informed by like me going out playing shows, reconnecting with audiences, brand new audiences as well, kind of really reflecting that in the sound of the album. Just kind of, I feel like I gained, like, a solid understanding of why people like my music and particular music that they love, and why, and I kind of really did keep that top of mind when I was recording this new album. 

Makes sense that you said you’re kind of going out and having fun and living life because I get that in the production and the beats of this music, but then the songwriting goes so deep into everything else that you were experiencing.

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