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Its been six years since Christina Aguilera dropped her last album,Lotus.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The album is calledLiberation.
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Or when you feel like youre stuck in a stagnant place.
So Im getting back to that and getting back to my own personal truth.
Its almost like a new shedding of skin.
Its been six years since weve had an album from you.
What accounts for this break?Having kids definitely slows things down [laughs].
I do take that job very seriously.
I only felt like I could truly focus once theyre in bed and after the house was quiet.
Thank god I have a home studio.
But joiningThe Voiceand being on television was a comfortable place almost too comfortable after a certain amount of time.
Just sitting in a chair all day is not personally, artistically rewarding.
Doing TV is super time-consuming, especially on competitive shows.
Youre juggling a team and you wanna be there for them and I take that very seriously.
It was getting too far away from the person I am or the person I ever wanted to be.
You have a song on the album called Sick of Sittin.
Is that about those red swivel chairs onThe Voice?
[Laughs] Its not to be taken so literal.
But trust me, there were days I think we all got sick of sitting in that red chair.
The video for your first single, Accelerate, has you being covered in some clear liquid.
Lube?Its glycerin [laughs]!
I kept my mouth shut the entire time.
Its not that fun but it feels really cool on your body.
Accelerate and the song Maria are both produced by Kanye West, whosmade some polarizing statementsrecently.
Then, he went on tour.
Look, hes always said things that have stirred controversy and attention.
Im not getting involved in what hes saying or anything like that.
I know him as an artist.
I do know that when we sat down and he played me these tracks, he got me.
I think hes an artist first and foremost and were not always going to agree with artists.
I loved our initial meeting and we totally clicked.
I found him to be very endearing.
You also teamed up with Demi Lovato for the duet Fall in Line.
Why did you want to work with her?I respect women who are no-nonsense and ballsy.
She has a past that shes overcome and I relate to that a lot.
I appreciate when women support each other.
But I love the fact that Im sharing this with Demi.
We just fit together like an Oreo cookie.
Shes so cute and amazing and we had so many similarities.
Like, were the same height.
Shes the dark-haired version and Im the blonde-haired version.
I needed someone who was gonna lock their knees and dig in deep and grind in there.
Youre also going on tour with this record.
Its exciting for me to experience putting on a show like this.
Everything Im doing right now is almost approaching things as a new artist with a fresh perspective.
This is a different chapter in my life.
Its gonna be fun.
Its gonna be challenging.
But I just gotta get back out there and do what Im meant to friggin do already.
Sick of sittin [laughs]!
And I wanna keep going.
I dont want to take another long gap either.
This is like getting my feet wet.
Im getting back in my artist body, which is what Ive needed to do for so long.
Shes everyones favorite little badass.
Your fellow pop stars Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are doing Vegas residencies.
Would you ever consider that?Im not gonna rule anything out.
Im a very spontaneous person.
It would really have to make sense.
Id have to do it completely different in my way.
Ive never been a Vegas-y kind of girl [laughs].
I like to hit it and quit it.
Get in and out.
I need the comforts of home.
I am a cozy queen.
Like cushion-y soft, candles.
Dont get it twisted thats not being a diva, thats just being comfortable [laughs].
But will you wear your leather chaps from Dirrty on theLiberationtour?Maybe a modernized version.
Chaps will never go out of style.
