Stevie Wonder has shared two new songs and signed a new record deal with Republic Records.
The veteran singer dropped the tracks ‘Where Is Our Love Song’ and ‘Canāt Put It in The Hands Of Fate’, which you can view below, during a virtual press conference this evening (October 13). He also announced he was leaving Motown after nearly 60 years.
He has launched his own imprint – So What The Fuss Music. āI had a great conversation with Monte Lipman, the (Republic) president, and I spoke with India.Arie, who had signed with Republic,ā Wonder said.
Wonder had been a Motown Recording artist for his entire career, since he signed with the label as an 11-year-old in 1961.
āEven though I have left Motown, I never leave Motown. Thatās Detroit. So Iām sure that we can figure out how we can do some things at Motown. Maybe Iāll do my ‘Gospel Inspired by Lula’ with Motown. Weāll work it out,ā he said, referring to a gospel project named after his late mother he announced in 2013.
The musician also said that he is working on potentially putting out a compilation EP that would include the two new songs, and will be releasing a new solo album ‘Through the Eyes of Wonder’.
Of the two new tracks, he said of āWhere Is Our Love Songā: “It is a song that really I started working on when I was 18, not even knowing what the song was going to be about, but I had the melody. Then this year came all the confusion and all the hate and all the east versus west, left versus right.
“Itās just a heartbreak. And those who say āThis is what God has saidā¦ this is my religion,ā itās just a lot of confusionā¦ Iām watching all this and say, āHold up, how can you be talking about God and there be hate in your spirit?ā.”
Of the latter track, ‘Canāt Put It In The Hands Of Fate’, Wonder added: “I was thinking about where we are in the world. And I was thinking about how this is most crucial time. Not just Black people or people of colour but young people everywhere are going, āThis is not acceptable.ā Change is right now. We canāt put it in the hands of fate. Aināt nobody got time to wait.ā
Earlier this month, he opened up about racial tensions in the US and the failings of Donald Trump in an impassioned new video.
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