Smokey Robinson not too long ago introduced his first new album in nearly a decade. It’s known as Gasms. The Motown legend’s most up-to-date album was 2014’s Smokey & Associates, which noticed him collaborating with the likes of Elton John, James Taylor, and John Legend. He’s additionally shared the album’s lead single, “If We Don’t Have Every Different.”
“I selected this track as the primary single of my new album as a result of it’s completely different musically and has a slide dance feeling to it … which is completely different from what I’ve ever performed earlier than,” Robinson stated in a press release. “It additionally has a present rhythm of in the present day that I like, and I hope everybody else does too.”
Subsequent month, Robinson and Berry Gordy will probably be honored with the MusiCares Particular person(s) Of The Yr Award at a ceremony that may happen the Friday earlier than the Grammys.
Try his new single beneath.
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