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Justin Bieber: 'New album will be inspired by Justin Timberlake'
Published Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 16:42 BST | By Lewis Corner | 3 comments
Justin Bieber has revealed that his new album is inspired by Justin Timberlake.
Although the singer is currently preparing to release his festive set Under the Mistletoe on November 1, he has listed Timberlake as a major influence on his sound for the proper follow-up to My World 2.0.
Speaking to MTV News he explained: "What's happening is, get off this tour, and then my [holiday] album's coming out, so I have to go back out and promote that album... and then after that... it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again.
"We've already started [working on it], but we're going to be going in every day and working with new people and trying to find the best sound, because I'm going to be recording different styles, different things until I find a solid 15 songs that I love."
The 17-year-old said that the album release schedule is currently listed as "soon... early next year".
When asked what direction he plans to go in with his new material, Bieber said: "I'm trying to create a new sound that people aren't really used to hearing, so it might sound weird at first, but it's going to be like when Justin Timberlake did FutureSex/LoveSounds.
"It was a new sound ... acoustic guitar over hard drums. I want to find something that's going to suit me and my fans are going to love and older people will like and younger people will like.
"But I'm always trying to keep my core fanbase, because the young people are what make everything cool. Old people look to young people, so trying to keep everyone happy."
Bieber has teamed up with a collection of artists for his new Christmas album including Usher, Boyz II Men, Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey.
> Justin Bieber to rap on Under The Mistletoe Christmas album
> Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey for duet 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'
Watch the music video for Justin Bieber's new single 'Mistletoe' below:
Although the singer is currently preparing to release his festive set Under the Mistletoe on November 1, he has listed Timberlake as a major influence on his sound for the proper follow-up to My World 2.0.
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Speaking to MTV News he explained: "What's happening is, get off this tour, and then my [holiday] album's coming out, so I have to go back out and promote that album... and then after that... it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again.
"We've already started [working on it], but we're going to be going in every day and working with new people and trying to find the best sound, because I'm going to be recording different styles, different things until I find a solid 15 songs that I love."
The 17-year-old said that the album release schedule is currently listed as "soon... early next year".
When asked what direction he plans to go in with his new material, Bieber said: "I'm trying to create a new sound that people aren't really used to hearing, so it might sound weird at first, but it's going to be like when Justin Timberlake did FutureSex/LoveSounds.
"It was a new sound ... acoustic guitar over hard drums. I want to find something that's going to suit me and my fans are going to love and older people will like and younger people will like.
"But I'm always trying to keep my core fanbase, because the young people are what make everything cool. Old people look to young people, so trying to keep everyone happy."
Bieber has teamed up with a collection of artists for his new Christmas album including Usher, Boyz II Men, Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey.
> Justin Bieber to rap on Under The Mistletoe Christmas album
> Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey for duet 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'
Watch the music video for Justin Bieber's new single 'Mistletoe' below:
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