Miguel's album explores divorce, hiatus and Mexican heritage

If you wondered why Miguel didn't release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing. I had to get my (expletive) together.”

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Since 2017's “War & Leisure,” the world has experienced a variety of globally-impactful events: a second Donald Trump presidency, a coronavirus pandemic, an American social justice movement, an ongoing three-year war between Russia and Ukraine. “We're just seeing, I think, a big question mark of humanity being asked in real time every day,” Miguel said. “I needed to go away and recalibrate and just get in touch with my anger and figure out how best to move forward with that in a productive way... I'm really glad that I did because it’s what informed this album.”