Leon Thomas at IHeartRadio Jingle Ball (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
Leon Thomas has been cooking within the studio, however he hasn’t but reached the purpose of hanging in combination the follow-up to his Grammy-winning album, Mutt. Talking to Rolling Stone, he finds he has about 30 songs written, with a purpose to finish between 60 and 100 earlier than beginning a brand new frame of labor.
“I’ve were given a protracted laundry checklist of songs I gotta end,” he says. “A few of them were simple to complete whilst I’m at the street, however I’m doing my easiest to stick ingenious as a result of I do know that is this type of momentous time in my lifestyles and it must be documented no longer simply thru visuals, but additionally thru track.”
He notes he is been running with a couple of big-name collaborators who approached him after he took house Grammys for easiest R&B album and easiest conventional R&B efficiency on the 2026 display. One among them is Pharrell, whom he was once photographed in a Paris studio.
“I used to be doing my easiest to not geek out the entire time,” Leon says. “And in addition it’s essential to be an actual ingenious and be like, ‘Howdy guy, let’s do that concept. Let’s do this.’ You’ll be able to’t be a ‘sure guy’ within the studio with Pharrell. You were given to be actual, you recognize? It was once great growing with him, and he’s similar to me, guy — he’s a fellow alien within the recording studio. He spoke my language.”
Leon is about to excursion with Bruno Mars beginning April 10.
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