Stevie Nicks teases emotional new album impressed by Prince | Music | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Stevie Nicks has revealed she is engaged on her first solo album in over a decade, tentatively titled The Ghost Record.

Speaking on April 16 throughout her induction into the Pollstar Live Hall of Fame, the Fleetwood Mac icon stated: “I’m actually making a record right now.”

“I call it the Ghost record because it just kind of happened in the last couple of weeks,” she defined. “I have seven songs and they are autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life.”

Unlike her earlier lyrics, which she described as extra ambiguous, Nicks stated this new materials is direct and grounded in her personal experiences.

“They’re not airy-fairy songs that you’re wondering who they’re about, but you really don’t get it. They are real stories, memories of mine, of fantastic men.”

One of the important thing inspirations for the album is a second she shared with Prince in 1984 on the premiere of Purple Rain. Nicks recalled leaving the movie halfway via after a scene that upset her.

“I watch it, it gets to the middle, he slaps Apollonia, I freak out… And I go to the fancy bathroom and sit there for the rest of the whole movie.”

After the screening, she provided Prince a pure gold necklace as a present. “I don’t want your necklace,” he advised her. “You always bring me a gift. You never bring me you.” Nicks stated the remark later turned a reference level for her writing on The Ghost Record.

The album started to take form throughout a 92-day resort keep prompted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Isolated and away from house, Nicks targeted her vitality on songwriting, in the end creating a group of tracks she says are a few of her most private up to now.

During her Pollstar speech, she additionally playfully referenced former associate and music govt Jimmy Iovine, hinting that he could also be featured within the album’s lyrical content material: “You’re next”.

No launch date has been introduced, however the album marks a big return to solo work for Nicks, who final launched a studio file in 2011.