Former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard has revealed the tracklist for her upcoming solo album Blackheart, which you can check out below. The album is set for release Jan. 15 and will be Richard's first since the abrupt break-up of Danity Kane this past summer, which was the second time the group had split up since its initial formation in 2005 on the TV series Making the Band 3.
You can check out the tracklist for Dawn Richard's Blackheart here, via Vibe:
01. Noir
02. Calypso
03. Blow
04. Billie Jean
05. Adderal / Sold
06. Swim Free
07. Titans
08. Warriors
09. Projection
10. Phoenix
11. Choices
12. The Deep
13. Blackheart
Blackheart will be Richard's third solo album overall, her first since 2013's Goldenheart. Richard has also released two EPs: Armor On and Whiteout, both released in 2012.
"Blackheart is purely falling into the electronic world," Richard told Billboard in October about the album's sound, "and pushing the envelope."
The album was reportedly planned immediately after Goldenheart, but had to be postponed when Danity Kane reunited in 2013.
"It came out of left field," Richard said of the Danity Kane reunion, "and it was hard at first, because the momentum was really great and it would have been perfect to drop Blackheart, but I wasn't looking at it for selfish reasons. My girls asked me to come back, and I had to pay homage to the fact that there wouldn't be Goldenheart if there wasn't Danity Kane."
Once Danity Kane abruptly split up following a in-studio scuffle in August, however, Richard got back to work on Blackheart.
"This album is the most experimental album of my career," Richard told Singers Room, "as well as my biggest risk taker ... This project is very special to me. We set out to redefine the term independent and really push the limits on what could be done."
You can check out Dawn Richard's music video for "Blow" from Blackheart here:
