And, given the expansive nature of the collection, it will be a double album, fronted by the third single, out now, the roller disco jam “All She Wanna Do” with Saweetie. In a video describing the vibe of the song, Legend said he was going for a Michael Jackson-era feeling mashed-up with a Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” groove.
“Until this point, I’ve never used an aspect of my name as the title of an album,” Legend said in a statement about embracing his iconic name for the first time in an album title. “I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music. And this is me saying, I’m proud of who I am, I’m confident in the work I’ve done, and I’m just going to declare it.”
Legend dropped two earlier singles from the album, “Honey” with Long and “Dope” with rapper JID. The singer will kick off the second leg of his Las Vegas residency, “Love in Las Vegas,” at The Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood on Friday, with shows running through Oct. 20 and then Oct. 14-29.
Does anyone need a “Double Album” from John Legend? Or maybe he made it to help the CIA with interrogations of terrorists.
Never will