Oh well, Kelly is fine! and she literally burns up this editorial. I really love her Afro.

The R&B singer tells the mag that her fourth solo album will be strong, conceptual and for the ladies. To mentally prepare, she revisited her favorite R&B records by legendary artists including Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

“What triggered it all was when I was on tour last year with Chris Brown,” she says. “I stopped by Hitsville U.S.A. [the nickname for Motown’s first headquarters in Detroit], and saw all of this history; it filled my soul up to the point where I wanted to tell my story. To me, it’s really about having something to say, and people love that. That’s what’s so great about Adele: She is a storyteller.”

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