Beyonce: 'I Have Poured My Heart & Soul' Into New Album

Access Hollywood - October 3, 2008 7:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK, New York -- It's been two years since Beyonce's Grammy-winning "B'Day," but don't call the pop star a slacker when it comes to her new album.

"I have worked on this album for close to one year," she wrote in a letter to fans on MySpace. "I have taken the time so I can create my sound. I have poured my heart and soul into it. It is my baby."

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In discussing the album, which is due on Columbia Records on November 18, Beyonce admitted it was the "most time I have spent on any project" since her teenage days in Destiny's Child, Beyonce has apparently been putting her days in the studio to good use.

"I have recorded over 70 songs and have created a sound that reveals all of me," she wrote. "The music is upbeat for the dance, fun side and it is reflective, passionate and serious for the personal side."

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And fans should be prepared to hear something they're not expecting.

"I have taken risks here," she wrote. "I am not afraid and my music will explain it all. There is no label or tag on my sound."

Listeners will get a taste on October 7, when two new singles, "If I Were A Boy" and "Single Ladies," will be released to radio. Beyonce will take her new sound on the road in 2009, with a North American tour in the works for early summer after international dates in the spring, according to Billboard.

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  • Cami
    HI_HaTaS ! y r yall knockin B and what she do, personally if u ain't tryna give props or point out facts y yall wastin yo time hatin. dat shows yall envy & r miserable doin it. git on yo job n go find sum bidness. Beyonce' iz hurtin da industry n big ups 2 her!
    report abuseposted November 17, 2008 2:01 PM PST
  • zenia
    i love you !!!!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted November 16, 2008 11:30 PM PST
  • __A_YAHOO_USER__
    Beyonce is a damn copycat she copy old school music but do it in a different way but some of her songs alright but she needs to stop copying music and just be REAL.
    report abuseposted October 17, 2008 1:31 AM PDT
  • LOVELY
    I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS BEYONCE IS THE %@!*#!!!
    report abuseposted October 16, 2008 8:01 PM PDT
  • daniel b
    Dangerously in love was good and B day was really good. but i dont think this new album will be as good as the first 2. Where is the dancing and shaking. I think shes changing her music. but im sure it will be good.
    report abuseposted October 14, 2008 6:43 PM PDT
  • mrs s.
    no offense from hearing the first two songs it is really awful no matter what she sings it is awful she sounds like she is screaming at the top of her lungs she needs to stick to what she knows best being a fake
    report abuseposted October 13, 2008 10:25 PM PDT
  • Hanna S
    GAAAH! i cant wait! B is gonna rock the world one more time!
    report abuseposted October 9, 2008 10:07 PM PDT
  • Hanna S
    GAAAAAH! cant wait! queen B is gonna rock the world one more time!
    report abuseposted October 9, 2008 10:03 PM PDT
  • jerry c
    I can't wait to see her perform at the 2009 Allegan County Fair in Allegan, Michigan. I got front row tix
    report abuseposted October 6, 2008 10:27 AM PDT
  • Fix You
    YAY!
    report abuseposted October 5, 2008 10:01 PM PDT
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