{"id":13309,"date":"2019-10-28T16:21:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2019-10-30T08:38:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T08:38:30","slug":"ne-yo-talks-upcoming-album-good-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/10\/28\/ne-yo-talks-upcoming-album-good-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Ne-Yo Talks Upcoming Album \u2018Good Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last month, R&B singer Ne-Yo released a new single, \u201cGood Man,\u201d from his upcoming album of the same name that releases in June. In an exclusive interview with EBONY, the crooner spoke about his new music, being monogamous and learning from his mistakes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

EBONY: Why did you name your upcoming album Good Man?\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> I named the album <\/span>Good Man<\/i>\u00a0because this album is kind of a snapshot of where I am now in my life.\u00a0 I am currently 38 years old, happily married for two years, I have three children and one on the way. My priorities have changed. This album is kind of a lead by example in regards to what it is to be a good husband to your wife, a good boyfriend to your girlfriend, a good brother to your brother and just a good guy to the world.<\/p>\n

You know just what it is to genuinely give a damn about someone else\u2019s well-being other than your own. Other than just you and yourself.<\/p>\n

I feel like we\u2019re right on time with this album because, you know, with sexual harassment case[s] here and rape charge[s] there, I feel like it is time for us as men to be reminded what it is that we\u2019re supposed to do in regard to these women and how\u00a0we\u2019re supposed to respect them and treat them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve definitely made mistakes in the journey to get to where I am now. I feel like the plight of a good\u00a0man is to know when you make a mistake, realize that you made the mistake, learn from said mistakes so that you don\u2019t repeat said mistake. That\u2019s that\u2019s kind of where I am now and in my mind and in my heart. Everything about me kind of personifies that at this point.<\/p>\n

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Cover of Ne-Yo\u2019s \u201cGood Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

EBONY:<\/strong> How much of that do you think comes with age?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> Had you asked me this question maybe two years ago, I would have said that age plays a part but, to be honest with you, I don\u2019t necessarily know that it does, so much as just maturity in itself.<\/p>\n

I feel like everybody sees that old guy in the club. He ain\u2019t old, he\u2019s just a little too old to be in the club. With that being said, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s age so much as it is just maturity and personal decision. You know what it is to be a good man is to make a decision within yourself. To decide that I\u2019m going to give 100 percent of myself to this relationship or I\u2019m going to genuinely love this person in the right way.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a decision that you as a man have to make. Women will love you to death, but I need every woman on the face of the planet to know that there is no changing a man. You may inspire him to change, but ultimately he\u2019s going to have to change himself.\u00a0 I feel like that maturity and experience are some of the things that help you make this decision.<\/p>\n

EBONY:<\/strong> It\u2019s been around three years since your last album, Non-Fiction.<\/em> Other than starting a family, what have you been up to?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> Well, I\u2019ve been\u00a0taking my writing to the next level. I feel like I\u2019ve pretty much [mastered] what it is to tell a story in three minutes and 20 seconds, which is a great thing, but now I want to learn how to tell a story in two hours. I want to know how to write a screenplay or a script.<\/p>\n

I love the acting thing; I have a love and respect for it. I\u2019m actually a student of it right now. I\u2019m learning how to be a better actor; but to be honest, my passion kind of lies behind the camera.<\/p>\n

I want to write, I want to direct and I\u2019ve been I\u2019ve been learning how to do so over the last few years.\u00a0You know, I\u2019ve gotten to the point where I feel like I can write a pretty good script. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s as good as I would like it to be before I give it to the world, but I\u2019m definitely moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n

EBONY:<\/strong> Th<\/b><\/span>at\u2019s awesome.\u00a0 To me, that just speaks about like longevity in this business.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> This writing thing, it definitely will help in regard to the longevity of my career, but on the other side of it, I\u2019m passionate about it.\u00a0 I want to learn how to do it; I want to do it well.\u00a0It\u2019s more about me further finding myself through art. That\u2019s what it\u2019s about.<\/p>\n

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Credit: Universal Music Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

EBONY:<\/strong> Let\u2019s go back to what you said about a good man making mistakes and learning from them. What are you talking about in particular?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> There\u2019s one song on the album that I always go to when I\u2019m asked this question.\u00a0It\u2019s a song called \u201cApology.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in this place now where I understand the importance of monogamy. Not just that kind of overwhelming feeling of obligation that comes with monogamy, not just that.<\/p>\n

W<\/span>hen you understand what monogamy is, it makes you want to be monogamous versus feeling like you have to be monogamous because that\u2019s \u201cthe right thing to do in a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be the first person that tells somebody, \u201cListen, if monogamy is not what you feel, then don\u2019t be monogamous but also don\u2019t be in a relationship if you\u2019re not ready to be with just one person.\u201d It\u2019s really that simple.<\/p>\n

You know, I\u2019ve been that guy that would say whatever it is I felt like she wanted to hear to get what I wanted. I\u2019ve been that guy before<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not proud of that time in my life, but on the other side of it, I kind of needed that time of my life to understand what it is to be to be monogamous and do right by your woman.<\/p>\n

The unfortunate part of is that a lot of women had to get hurt in the process.\u00a0A lot of hearts had to get broken, a lot of people had to get lied to in order for me to get to a place where I don\u2019t do those things anymore.<\/p>\n

This song \u201cApology\u201d is basically me writing a letter of apology to every woman who had to get heartbroken in order for me to become the man that I am now. We can\u2019t go back in time, I can\u2019t fix what I did, but at the very least for helping me become this new person, at the very least these women deserve an apology.<\/p>\n

EBONY:<\/strong> Have you offered a private apology to those women, or does the song speak for itself?<\/b><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo:<\/strong> I feel like the song kind of speaks for itself. I don\u2019t feel like a private apology is necessary. I wrote the song\u00a0in a fashion that the women I\u2019m speaking to know that I\u2019m speaking to them.<\/p>\n

WRITTEN By Teddy Grant<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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