John Legend新专辑《Muse》10月23日发行：Pharrell Williams全碟制作，16首曲目
歌手John Legend的新专辑《Muse》10月23日通过Republic Records发行，数字版同步上线各大流媒体平台，并推出CD与黑胶版本。这是John Legend的第11张录音室专辑，由Pharrell Williams全碟制作并参与创作，是两人相识20多年来的首个完整合作项目。专辑共16首曲目，先行单曲为《Daylight》与《Fireflies》，后者由Pharrell Williams创作并献声，其音乐视频由Paul Hunter执导、9月25日发布。
据唱片公司介绍，项目源于John Legend在Clipse回归专辑《Let God Sort Em Out》中《The Birds Don't Sing》一曲的演唱，促使Pharrell Williams提议围绕他的嗓音打造整张专辑；两人2025年1月起在Pharrell Williams位于巴黎Louis Vuitton总部的工作室写作录制。John Legend表示，他想跳出钢琴抒情的既有公式，「做一些新鲜的东西」，并罕见地录制了数首由Pharrell Williams独立完成的作品。
专辑曲目包括同名曲《Muse》、《Pray For Ya》、《Her》、《Get Back》、《Are You OK?》、《Bodies on the Floor》（Clipse献声）与结尾曲《Sail Off》等，音乐上融合福音、doo-wop、灵魂乐、经典标准曲、Afrobeat与嘻哈，并以管弦编排与现代节奏结合，John Legend称其概念为带有「黑色James Bond美学」的电影感作品。《Pray For Ya》此前已亮相Louis Vuitton 2026秋冬男装秀。
John Legend Releases 'Muse' on October 23: A 16-Track Album Produced in Full by Pharrell Williams
John Legend's new album 'Muse' was released on October 23 through Republic Records, arriving on streaming platforms alongside CD and vinyl editions. It is Legend's 11th studio album and the first full-length project produced entirely by Pharrell Williams, who also serves as co-writer — the pair's first complete collaboration in more than 20 years of friendship. The 16-track set was preceded by the singles 'Daylight' and 'Fireflies,' the latter written by and featuring Williams, whose Paul Hunter-directed video arrived on September 25.
According to the label, the project began after Legend's vocal on 'The Birds Don't Sing' from Clipse's comeback album 'Let God Sort Em Out' prompted Williams to build an album around his voice. The two wrote and recorded beginning in January 2025 at Williams's studio at Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris. Legend said he wanted to shake up his piano-ballad formula and 'do something fresh and new,' and recorded several songs written entirely by Williams, something he said he almost never does.
Tracks include the title song 'Muse,' 'Pray For Ya,' 'Her,' 'Get Back,' 'Are You OK?,' 'Bodies on the Floor,' featuring Clipse, and the closing 'Sail Off.' The album weaves together gospel, doo-wop, soul, standards, Afrobeat and hip-hop with orchestral arrangements over a modern backbeat — a concept Legend described as a cinematic 'Black James Bond aesthetic.' 'Pray For Ya' was previously featured in Louis Vuitton's Fall-Winter 2026 men's show.
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图片来源：John Legend在2026年Montreux爵士音乐节演出。（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0，EGilham）John Legend performs at the 2026 Montreux Jazz Festival. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, EGilham)
