Nelly Furtado has turned off the light on pop music — at least for the moment. On her third album, “Loose,” due 20th June (North America) 12th June (Rest of the World) via Geffen, she makes a concerted effort to get jiggy.
“For a long time I kind of denied my R&B and hip-hop roots,” the Canadian singer/songwriter tells Billboard.com. “All that rap and R&B I listened to as a kid made an impression on me; I used to write R&B songs in my bedroom that sounded like Mariah Carey songs. Now I’m tapping into that again, and I’m like, ‘Wow, I didn’t know I could go back there.’ It feels so good.”
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