Victoria Justice has announced that she will be releasing her first solo album this year. [1] The first single "Gold" will be released on June 18, 2013.
History and Development
The songs for the album began writing process in 2010.
In March 2011, Justice spoke with Paradise Magazine about the album, stating that "there are so many different types of songs and I write about anything and everything. I’m just flushing out as many ideas as possible." [2]
In October 2011, Victoria told a magazine: "I think my solo music will be different from what people hear from Victorious. When I do my own music, it will be a little more mature and finding my own path."
On October 2012, Justice revealed that the album will be released in 2013. [3]
On March 2013, Victoria told Famous: "I'm going to start writing my solo album, so I'll definitely be focusing on that. Songwriting is something that I'm very passionate about and I can't wait to express myself as an artist and for people to get to know me differently than just a girl who sings music in Victorious. I'm looking forward to break away from that and doing my own thing."
Songs composed for the album
- Gold
- Rollercoaster
- Ain't Nobody Else
- Solo
- Love Zombie
- Beautiful Day
- Caught Up In You
- Better Than You
- Shake
Note: Except for Gold and Shake, the songs listed above were confirmed thru ASCAP or the Harry Fox Agency.
Genres
"It's going to be classified as pop, but I'm not exactly sure yet. I'm still figuring out what direction I want to go in because I feel like my taste in music is so eclectic.I love organic soul music and I love dance music so I have to find exactly what lane I want to go down. I'm definitely going to be writing all of it." - Victoria on the album.
Trivia
- In an interview, Victoria stated that the songs in her album will be as catchy as her songs on Victorious but a bit more mature. She described the album as "having a 90's Annie Lennox feel".
- The album is under Columbia Records and is in finalization stages.