Ne-Yo’s last album came out four years ago, but now the wait is over.
The R&B singer will release his eighth studio album, Self Explanatory, on July 15. The 13-song set includes singles with Jeremih (“U 2 Luv”) and Bleu (“Stay Down”) that have already been released, as well as collaborations with Trippie Redd (“Push Up”) and Zae France (“Layin’ Low”). Ne-Yo released a video for his sultry single “You Got the Body” last month.
He told Jalen Rose, “I want people to take away from this album just music to live life to and music to feel some emotion to.” “We reached a point in music where the feeling had kind of died down a bit. Everyone is really tough and really cool. People are scared of being weak. That openness, that ability to get inside someone else’s heart, is what brings us together.