Rihanna Hot New Album Release News Update 2014: Ne-Yo Reveals Working with 'Stay' Singer
Ne-Yo recently teased collaboration with Rihanna on her highly anticipated upcoming eighth studio album.
While sitting down with U.K. hit music radio station Capital FM's host Max on Monday, the fedora-wearing R&B singer first admitted meeting up with the Barbadian star but insisted that they did not talk about music. "I actually have seen Rihanna recently," he said. "The conversation wasn't really music, it was just reuniting and how you been. We didn't really talk music."
The "Let Me Love You" hitmaker, who previously collaborated with RiRi for emotional love track "Hate That I love You" off her 2007 third studio album "Good Girl Gone Bad," then revealed that the "Stay" singer has some big plans coming up, hinting that he might be involved.
"I went into the studio for her not too long ago to do some stuff, I don't know what's being kept or whatnot. I noticed she's got a few things coming, she's got a new album in the works," he said. "She's doing a lot of stuff all at one time right now."
The latest news about the follow-up to Rihanna's 2012 platinum-selling "Unapologetic" comes after Canadian singer-songwriter Kiesza claimed last week that she has written two songs for her and is hoping at least one of them will make the final cut.
"She recorded a couple of my songs. It's crazy. I don't know if they're definitely going to make the album, but she seems to be holding on to them," she told OfficialCharts.com. "Sometimes you let a few people record your songs, but they sound enthusiastic and they told me not to give the songs to anyone else."
The "Hideaway" singer then detailed one track that has a "very strong message." She said it is "really mellow -- almost vibey" -- and "was reproduced for Rihanna and now it has a lot more bounce to it. It almost sounds like a completely different song, despite the melody and lyrics being the same."
"It's one of my favorite songs I've ever written. It's one of those songs where the lyrics and melody just came out together out of nowhere, kind of like 'Hideaway,'" she added. "I'm really surprised she chose it, it was so unexpected to me. It's an honor when people like Rihanna want to record your music."
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