Latto Will Appear On Usher's Upcoming New Album

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on January 19, 2024951 Views

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - AUGUST 19: Latto performs onstage during Day 1 of the Afro Nation Detroit Festival on August 19, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

The new album will drop the night of his Super Bowl performance.

Just as sports fans are gearing up to see the two best NFL teams play in the Super Bowl next month. But music fans are arguably just excited. The Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the biggest stages any music artist can get and this year R&B legend Usher is due to take the stage. He's already been dropping teasers for his upcoming performance. The "Yeah!" singer is promising big things after claiming in a recent interview that he wants it to be perfect.

But the performance isn't the only reason for Usher fans to be excited. He's also releasing his highly-anticipated 9th studio album the same night. His last official solo album Hard II Love dropped back in 2016. He followed it up with A a collaborative project with Zaytoven two years later. The project is already off to a strong start with "Good Good" featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker. The single has been Usher's biggest hit in years and is still hovering on the Hot 100 months after its release. The singer recently took to social media to announce yet another artist who will be appearing on his new album. Check out who it is below.

Latto And Usher Collab Coming Soon

Latto has a pretty busy 2023 highlighted by her song "Put It On Da Floor." The song got off to a decent start out of the gate but because a huge hit once Cardi B joined in for a collaboration. Together they delivered "Put It On Da Floor Again" which shot up to the top 20 of the Hot 100. The song stuck around for much of the year as well landing in the Year End Hot 100.

She also made an appearance on one of the biggest hit pop songs of the year. Latto lent a guest verse to K-pop star Jung Kook's single "Seven." The track debuted at number one on the Hot 100 which made her the first rapper to appear on the top spot in 2023. What do you think of Latto appearing on the upcoming new Usher album? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.