Dj Prostyle debuted Ciara’s new song “I’m Out” featuring Nicki, the opening track off “Ciara”! Listen below:

We finally know the name of iTunes bonus track from upcoming “Ciara” album! The song is called “Backseat Love”. Pre-order the album if you haven’t yet. Just 47 days left until its release!

Ciara: ‘Body Party’ and Soul

Via Advocate.com: The princess of Crunk&B opens up about her newfound sense of self, the inspiration behind her upcoming album, and why she thinks the hip-hop community will embrace openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.

She’s sold more than seven million albums, won multiple awards, and collaborated with superstars like Missy Elliot, P. Diddy, and Justin Timberlake. Yet, for all her success, Ciara admits she has never felt completely comfortable in her own skin — until now.

Her self-titled fifth studio album (available July 9) showcases a renewed performer who is at ease with both herself and her craft. Nevertheless, it’s the struggles she has endured throughout her career that the singer credits with helping her achieve a newfound sense of self-confidence and part of what has endeared her to many LGBT fans as well.

With her latest single “Body Party” currently burning up Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Ciara spoke with The Advocate about her love of the LGBT community, her affinity for Ball culture, and why she thinks the hip-hop community will embrace openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.

The Advocate: Ciara is your fifth studio album. What inspired you to go with a self-titled album at this point in your career?
Ciara: It just felt right. I’ve been able to tap into and discover so many new things about myself. I’m so much more comfortable in my skin than I’ve even been in my life and career. More than anything, I’m having more fun than I’ve ever had and I’m allowing myself to be free in the universe. For me, it’s beyond the music. It’s about the new experience and the journey. (more…)

Future recently called into Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show on Power 106. He talked about his relationship with Ciara, her upcoming self-titled album, charging her for work on a song, how they met & her beef with Rihanna. Listen below:

FUTURE 2 – HENDRIX & CIARA RELATIONSHIP by radiobigboy
FUTURE 3 – CHARGING CIARA FOR TRACK by radiobigboy
FUTURE 4 – MEETING CIARA by radiobigboy

Thanks FutureFanz.com!

Watch above Ciara interview with Jammin’ Z90, San Diego. CiCi visited the radio station in April.

Ciara is a cover girl of Georgia Music Magazine Issue 32. You can buy it here, read the article below:

Bringing Sexy Back: Ciara Breathes New Life into R&B

By DeMarco Williams

R&B as we know it has been on life support. There’s no other way to put it. It’s wobbly. It hardly has a pulse on the charts. Hell, touch it—it’s ice cold.

Atlanta, once a proud incubator of the sound, has all but abandoned it, focusing all of its creative energy on hip-hop, a genre as vibrant now as it was 10 years ago.

But even though R&B’s prognosis isn’t the greatest, all hope isn’t lost. Modern-day ambassadors of smooth Miguel and Trey Songz are still crankin’ out the hits. Beyonce is still poppin’ up on the nightly news. Closer to home, acts like Keri Hilson and Usher are also doing all they can to keep the genre vibrant—Mr. Raymond’s 2012 smash single “Climax” can still get the club good and sweaty whenever DJs drop it.

Another homegrown talent who isn’t giving up on the sound is Ciara. And if anyone should know about its current well-being, it’s her. Ciara Princess Harris—an Austin-native-turned-A-town-repper—has seen pretty much every side of the industry. She’s been to the commercial mountaintop—her debut single, “Goodies,” was No. 1 in America for seven weeks in ’04—and has had her career dissected after subsequent commercial failures. But through it all, she remains hopeful that the genre she loves and cherishes will thrive again.

“One thing about Atlanta [music],” begins the Grammy-nominated siren, “I don’t know if I’d so much say that something was missing. There is never a dull moment [in the city]. Right now, Atlanta is more hip-hop dominated. There’s a moment where R&B isn’t the most common [sound]. It all just rotates and it goes in a circle.”

And as a show of just how much confidence she has in that last statement, Ciara is releasing her fifth album, a self-titled effort, in June. Some have rumbled as to why she’d record another CD after her last two projects, ’09’s Fantasy Ride and ’10’s Basic Instinct, failed to make a commercial dent. But Ciara is going with her gut, which is telling her that now is the time to get back out there with new material for the dance floor and the bedroom. (more…)

The show is over! Ciara didn’t say nothing new during the interview, but it was definitely worth to watch! CiCi talked about working with Nicki Minaj, her love for Future and her friendship with Kim Kardashian. I will update this post when somebody uploads the video :) Watch the interview above!
CiCi posted a beautiful photo before the show on her Instagram, click here to see it!

Check out videos of Ciara arriving to the studio and meeting the fans:

Listen above to the Ciara’s interview with Rod 2.0. She discusses “Body Party”, “Ciara” album and many other things. She said she’s getting ready to shot a music video for the next single! We also need to keep checking her official webiste OnyCiara.com where the information about the tour will be posted “not too far from now”.

I have a couple of questions, mostly around the music video of “Body Party.” Four point five million views in one week. How do you feel about that?

It’s definitely pretty cool to be loved by fans and to see that they love what you do. That feels great.

Did you come up with the concept for the “Body Party” video?

I had in my mind the idea and the feeling for what I wanted to accomplish with Director X. We spent literally hours talking about it and fine tuning the concept. We both wanted to make sure that everything we needed was there.

It’s a beautiful video and of course the song is very nice. It reminds me of MJ and the 1990s. Is that what you were going for?

Well, I won’t say I was trying to go for anything that I’ve seen—but I wanted to feel that funk. It makes me feel good that you think that. I do [believe] that with that song there is an expression of where I am. I wanted to go back to when guys weren’t too cool to slow dance and everyone had the best time. A great house party—not the largest house party but just fun. (more…)

Ciara will be a guest on The Wendy Williams Show on Wednesday, May 8th! She will tell Wendy about her new single, “Body Party” and upcoming album. CiCi’s appearance was announced today on Williams’s website with an attached photo from “Ciara” promo shoot. Love it!

Last time Ciara visited Wendy two years ago to promote “Basic Instinct”.

Via MuuMuse.com: Earlier today, I got on the hotline and spoke with the Thrower of Body Parties, Giver of Fantasy Rides and all-around Crunk-R&B Queen herself, Ciara. You know, as one does.

Why? Well, I wanted to talk about her upcoming record Ciara, obviously—but mostly because I had to get to the bottom of this whole “He Reads” business from the “Body Party” video. I also wanted to know why she’s apparently featured on her own song (“Super Turnt Up”). Oh, and to demand that “Overdose” be released as a single.

I managed to accomplish all three. Let’s get it started.

Hi, Ciara!
How are you?

Good, how are you?
Awesome!

Perfect. I just want to thank you so much for joining me and having this little body party with me right now.
(Laughs) That’s hilarious!

So, the new album is finally coming in July. My question is, at what point did you realize that the album is no longer One Woman Army, but Ciara? Like, was there a certain song that did it?
I feel like it was, more so than anything, a feeling. (more…)

VIA MTV NEWS: Nicki Minaj and Ciara had such chemistry creating for the Young Money Barbie’s “I’m Legit” that they decided to do it again on Ciara’s upcoming self-titled album. The as-of-yet unheard “I’m Out” once again pairs Nicki and CiCi, and if you let the Atlanta singer tell it, it’s worth the wait.

“The energy of the record is so dope, and it’s really for the ladies, and Nicki she just killed the verse,” Ciara told MTV News on Monday. “She literally murdered it, like she got that throw-back, that thing that she does that’s so special. She went in.”

Nicki also gushed about Ciara’s upcoming album when we spoke to her at the top of the month. “I was supposed to only do one song for her album and I think I’m going to end up doing two,” Minaj said. “I just love what she’s doing and I’m so proud and I’m really excited for people to hear it.”

On Nicki’s “I’m Legit,” the pair rap and sing about being at the top of their respective game, even when they aren’t in full makeup or diva garb. It’s quite the girl anthem. As of now, only “I’m Out” is the only Nicki-collab slated to appear on Ciara, but CiCi confirmed that there may be another. “It’s looking like it. She’s actually finishing up one now that’s really it’s a monster too,” she said. “The moments that we have had so far have just been crazy. It’s just been magical, it’s been something special and I feel like the fans have always wanted to see she and I rock together.”

Ciara discusses “Body Party”, its music video & upcoming album “Ciara” with Carrie Keagan. Watch above.