Ciara reinforces her passion for music with new album 'CiCi'

Ciara delivered a new bundle of joy on Friday, but it’s not the fifth child her husband publicly flirts with her about. “It's time. Honestly, I’ve been working on this album for almost five years,” said the R&B-pop superstar, “I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, as they would say, into this project ... I literally gave birth to two babies while I was making this project, too. So, a lot has happened.”

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Expanding her 2023 seven-track EP “CiCi,” it’s the Grammy winner's first album since 2019's “Beauty Marks," her first as an independent artist. “I was still actively putting out music on the project. So, it’s not like I was five years chillin,” said the “Level Up” artist. “If I ever stop loving the process and experience, then I'll stop. But I have so much passion for it and I just feel so fortunate that 21 years later, from my first album ‘Goodies’ to now, that I still have the same excitement I had as a little girl.”