Steps announce brand new album which will feature RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage
Steps have announced the release of their seventh studio album, What The Future Holds Pt 2.
Featuring ten brand-new, unheard songs, the 15-track record – set for a September 2021 release – will also feature the vocals of RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michelle Visage.
The iconic group announced the news in a YouTube video on Thursday, and also released the video for song Heartbreak In This City, which features Michelle.
Wow! British pop group Steps have announced the release of their seventh studio album, What The Future Holds Pt. 2 – and it will feature RuPaul Drag Race star Michelle Visage
The new album is a sequel to 2020’s What The Future Holds Pt 1, and will include new songs alongside five acoustic versions of recent hits.
Heartbreak in This City’s music video sees former Strictly star Michelle, 52, take on the role of ‘special agent’. The star is tasked with tracking down anyone experiencing heartbreak.
Steps’ new music video was choreographed by Mark Jennings and shot primarily in Manchester in line with pandemic restrictions.
Discussing the new release, 45-year-old band member Lisa Scott-Lee – who filmed her scenes in Dubai – said: ‘We couldn’t have been more thrilled about the reaction to our What The Future Holds album last November, and the ongoing love from fans for all our single and video releases since.’
Faye Tozer, 45, added: ‘While lockdown has been really tough, we were fortunate enough to use the time to record a load of brand-new songs for you all!
Exciting: The new album will feature ten brand-new, unheard songs, and the 15-track record is set for a September 2021 release
‘What originally started as a deluxe version of the album has now become a full new record.’
Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 44, branded one of the group’s upcoming tracks ‘an electronic anthem’.
Speaking of his favourite songs, the singer said: ‘Some of our favourites include Take Me For A Ride which has a proper 80s vibe and A Hundred Years of Winter which is an icy electronic anthem written by our friend, the brilliant songwriter Darren Hayes from Savage Garden.’
Fan love: Lisa Scott-Lee, 45, said: ‘We couldn’t have been more thrilled about the reaction to our What The Future Holds album last November’
Steps split on Boxing Day in 2001, but reformed a decade later in 2011.
They were due to tour their new album What the Future Holds Pt 1 but were forced to postpone it because of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Performing live has always been our favourite part of being in Steps. We had the most fun of our career on tour,’ the band told Daily Mail Australia in September.
High praise: Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 44, branded one of the group’s upcoming tracks ‘an electronic anthem’