She said last month that she was still in the "research and development stage" or whatever which means she hasn't started recording or even writing yet. It took her 11 months to finish SPIRM (she ended up finishing it faster than she thought she would, remember she said that they originally didn't think they'd be able to start the era/release Roar until February 2014 which would have been 15 months of recording). October is 7 months from now, so unless she's secretly been recording for the past few months (which I doubt since we don't even have a single picture of her entering/exiting a recording studio) than I doubt it's coming this year
If it does come out this year, then she will follow the SPIRM release schedule. Anyone expecting the lead single before August (which is the very earliest it would come out) is setting themselves up for disappointment
