Hard II Love: Usher announces new album after four years

Usher is dropping his eighth studio album Hard II Love in September after four years.

Usher is back with a new album, Hard II Love, the follow-up to 2012’s Looking 4 Myself.

Singer Usher arrives at the The Voice Season 4 premiere screening in Los Angeles in 2013. (REUTERS)

He is dropping his eighth studio album Hard II Love in September after four years.

The title was initially reported as UR, and later Flawed. The R&B heavyweight debuted two new singles in June: the Young Thug-featuring No Limit and falsetto-soaked slow jam Crash. Both songs appear on Hard II Love, out on September 16, reported the Entertainment Weekly.

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The musician has been teasing fans about the album since 2013.

Usher last released 2012’s Looking 4 Myself, which debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200.