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Actor and singer Usher Raymond poses at the premiere of “Burden” during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP) Usher has announced that he plans to “wake up R&B,” which many fans believe is a teaser for his long-anticipated new album. Taking to TikTok on Friday (March 10), Usher shared a video of himself strutting through the halls of what appears to be his home in a white bathrobe and black slippers. “Me on my way to wake up R&B…,” he captioned the video. There’s long been a conversation surrounding the current state of R&B, especially in the mainstream space. In a 2020 interview with BBC News, Usher’s longtime friend and collaborator Jermaine Dupri said there was a “big gap” in the industry for R&B’s return. The singer’s last solo album was 2016’s ‘Hard II Love’, which features the singles “No Limit,” “Crash,” and “Missin U.” He also dropped a collaborative album with Zaytoven in 2018 titled ‘A’.
