Beyoncé: 'New album mixes genres'

Beyoncé has revealed that her new album will reflect her diverse taste in music.

The singer, who is gearing up for the release of her I Am...World Tour DVD, said she intends to mix together the genres of music that inspire her for her next record.

"I wouldn't say I'm inventing a new genre, I'd say I'm mixing every type of genre that I love - and I'm inspired by every type of genre," she told MTV.

"I'm not putting myself in a box. It's not R&B, it's not typically pop, it's not rock - it's just everything I love mixed together. It's my own little gumbo of music."

Discussing the album's influences, she revealed: "Definitely The Stylistics... Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder and of course Michael Jackson's Off The Wall. All of those kind of things I'm mixing together.

Beyoncé recently said that she will record her new album using live instruments.