Yvette Marie Stevens aka Chaka Khan aka the “Queen of Funk” announced on Monday that she will return with her first new studio album since 2007, when Hello Happiness arrives on February 15th via Dairy/Island Records. Monday’s announcement included the debut of the music video for the album’s title track, which also acts as the second single along with the recently-released “Like Sugar“.
According to the announcement via press release, Hello Happiness will be “an album which sets Khan’s timeless vocal to an empowering collection of songs with cutting-edge production.”
The latest single set to appear on the album is filled with energizing glitz and retro swagger, while subtly using modernized production techniques to help bring Khan’s trademark sound into 2019. T
he forthcoming album will be the famous funk singer’s first batch of new recordings since Funk This arrived back in 2007, which ended up impressively peaking at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart in the U.S.
“Like Sugar” was shared initially as an exclusive Record Store Day release last spring. It earned enough attention however that Khan decided to give it a full release, including a three-track EP that featured a pair of remixes.
Khan also teamed up with notable pop-music director Sam Pilling for the equally entertaining music video to go with the new dance-friendly track, “Hello Happiness”. The five-minute video takes viewers back to 1970’s Los Angeles, where some shady characters all wind up weaving into each others’ lives in one way or another for an outcome that is filled with enough drama to fill at least one season of Real Housewives. Fans can tune into the new video seen below to watch all the funk go down in full.
Chaka Khan – “Hello Happiness” – Official Video
[Video: Chaka Khan]
Khan currently has no tour dates lined up in support of her forthcoming album, but she did make notable appearances at events in 2018, including Suwanee Hulaween and the all-star 75th birthday concert for Joni Mitchell back in the fall.
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