Can we expect some surprises on your new solo album?
"Absolutely. Because I've just worked with The Dream and Tricky and it is cohesive, we've created a sound. We found a sound. We found a Nicole sound. So when you hear a couple of the songs you'll be like, 'Woah, that doesn't sound like any other artist out there. Any other formula of song out there. Any other beat out there.' I feel like it's DNA'd to me."
How would you describe the Nicole sound?
"Midtempo, supercool, super-vibey, some of it's a little throwback to Janet Jackson Velvet Rope and some of it has early essences of Sadé, but it's current."
So her "style" is midtempo, interesting/ This album better be out this year, I die to hear it so bad