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Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n Trending<\/strong><\/p>\n The singer\u2019s viral \u201cPut a finger down\u201d video hints at a personal story of love and betrayal tied to the new album.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n We Need to Talk: Drama continues the narrative arc started in We Need to Talk: Love, deepening her R&B storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Hilson\u2019s return marks a creative evolution, using social media to preview themes of heartbreak and growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Keri Hilson<\/a> has fans on the edge of their seats in anticipation of her next release, We Need to Talk: Drama, dropping this Friday (Sept. 12). The songwriter launched the first chapter of her three-part R&B album rollout with We Need to Talk: Love in April, featuring the intoxicating lead single \u201cBae.\u201d<\/p>\n To build hype for her next chapter, Hilson joined the viral \u201cPut a finger down\u201d trend, a storytelling format where people reveal shocking personal experiences one finger at a time. Judging by the anecdote she teased in a post uploaded to TikTok and Instagram on Wednesday (Sept. 10), the singer is ready to delve into a bad romance.<\/p>\n With one hand up, she began, \u201cPut a finger down if you have ever thought you found your soulmate. You fell in love, things are beautiful, you\u2019re talking really seriously, you know, and all of a sudden you realize you\u2019re being lied to.\u201d<\/p>\n The drama builds as she continues, \u201cYou\u2019re being gaslit\u2026 You\u2019re feeling turmoil. You know, you\u2019re noticing things, you\u2019re feeling things, and you\u2019re raising questions. Now you\u2019re arguing\u2026 you\u2019re presenting proof. It\u2019s just, you just look up one day and you\u2019re like, \u2018How did this turn into drama?\u2019\u201d By that time the \u201cPretty Girl Rock<\/a>\u201d singer had put a finger down.<\/p>\n It seemed as though she was ready to spill all the details in a full-blown story time about how she fell for someone. But then the relationship fell apart \u2014 much like the video that became pixelated and ended with a phone call. In the recording, she is heard telling her beau, “We need to talk.”<\/p>\n To hear the rest of the story, fans will have to tune in to the next scene unraveling on Friday (Sept. 12). On Instagram, a user commented, \u201cCan not wait for the extension of the story!! Very, very, VERY excited!!\u201d A second follower wrote, \u201cOh, I was snuggled up in my covers like, \u2018Oh yeah, story time! Just nosy, can\u2019t wait to hear all about it.\u201d A guy who found the video just a tad too relatable remarked, \u201cLol, it\u2019s NEVER good when a woman says we need to talk LMAO!!!!! TRUE STORY.\u201d<\/p>\n Hilson\u2019s comeback project marked her first album in 15 years. The Georgia Peach took a hiatus following the success of her sophomore LP No Boys Allowed in 2009. In April, she told Billboard<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve got several albums worth of music and want to tell a cohesive story \u2014 love, drama, redemption \u2014 like a movie. I realized I had a thread that would weave this tapestry together.\u201d<\/p>\n In this era of her career, Hilson is calling the shots as an independent artist. Her new music<\/a> is released by Audible Art Club, her imprint under Create Music Group. Whether she is singing about heartbreak, healing, or hard truths, the superstar is inviting fans to feel every beat. Get caught up on chapter one by listening to We Need to Talk: Love below.<\/p>\n\n
Keri Hilson\u2019s viral \u201cPut a finger down\u201d moment sets up We Need to Talk: Drama<\/h2>\n