Kelly Rowland recently sat down with HuffPost Live to speak on a variety of topics, most important of all her departure from Universal Republic. You can see the full interview above, but here’s what she had to say about those specific topics below:

On leaving her label:
I feel like right now, I just needed something new. And I’ve earned the right to make my own choices and make my own decisions. I wished them well and they wished me well. No hard feelings. I just needed a fresh new start.

There are different offers on the table. I’m grateful for that, very grateful for that. But at the same time, I just want to see what it feels like right now. I’m just in the studio, on my own, just having a really good time just being creatively free.

On her new album:
A fifth album is coming! I’m in the studio right now. I just actually got started last week. It’s been wonderful so far. A fresh new, like, spin on everything with writers and producers. Just being inspired, you know what I mean? Creativity. Creativity is an amazing, an amazing tool I’m able to use every day.

A small-but-committed group of writers, bloggers and videographers that (mostly) exist and function all over the D.C. Metro area.