André released his debut solo album ‘New Blue Sun’ last year André 3000 has new music in the pipeline, the singer-songwriter and rapper has revealed. READ MORE: Listen to Romy and Sampha team up to cover André 3000’s ‘Me & My (To Bury Your Parents)’ The former OutKast star, real name André Benjamin, released his debut solo album ‘New Blue Sun’ in November last year – if ‘The Love Below’ from OutKast’s 2003 double LP ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ is discounted – and it surprised some fans by consisting of instrumental flute tracks rather than the funk and jazz-influenced rap of his previous output. In an interview with Amazon Music, Benjamin was asked what an “André 3000 vision board” looks like as we enter 2025.
Not commenting on whether or not he’d be returning to rap, he replied: “New music for sure, new ways to distribute and express ...
I don’t wanna pinpoint what it is, but I just want to express more ...
put it like that.” Check out the interview here: Andre 3000 announces new music on the way 🚨 pic.twitter.
com/NJ4WGwfWWC — Amazon Music (@amazonmusic) November 18, 2024 Over the weekend, Benjamin performed ‘New Blue Sun’ in a set at Tyler, The Creator ’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival , and spent the autumn on a US tour, taking in cities including San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Salt Lake City . Earlier in the year, he played a few shows in the UK and Europe, including at London’s Jazz Cafe , and supported Loyl.
