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Usher will release his seventh album, Looking For Myself, on June 12 via RCA. The disc has already been preceded by the single “Climax,” which was made with collaborators Redd Stylez, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Diplo.
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Usher is still in the studio putting the finishing touches on the disc, but RCA confirmed today that the album will feature work with Salaam Remi, Diplo, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin and Max Martin. The album will follow 2010’s Raymond v. Raymond, which has sold 1.3 million copies and featured the singles “OMG” and “Lil Freak.” Usher also released an EP called Versus in the second half of 2010 as a supplement to that album.
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“Climax” is currently at No. 40 in the Billboard Hot 100 this week and its video has over 5.8 million views on Vevo. You can watch that video below to get you excited for Usher’s new album:
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Diplo told MTV News of his work with Usher on the single, “We got really luck on that one. We just had great chemistry. I was super-nervous working with him the first two days… The way we did it, it was just a super-open format. He was down to do whatever we were excited about.” The producer added, “I’m an Usher fan. I love him for records like Confessions Pt. II and Burn, those are some of the first R&B records from my generation that are still lasting forever. And we did some uptempo stuff too. I don’t know what’ll make the album, but I think there are definitely three songs that’ll make it.”
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For more from Usher head to his Myspace Radio channel here.
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