{"id":11768,"date":"2025-01-14T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/?p=11768"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:06:21","slug":"usher-to-talk-confessions-30-year-career-on-audibles-words-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/usher-to-talk-confessions-30-year-career-on-audibles-words-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher to talk \u2018Confessions,\u2019 30-year career on Audible\u2019s \u2018Words + Music\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><figcaption>Photo by Leon Bennett\/Getty Images for EBONY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Usher\u00a0<\/strong>continues to celebrate 30 years of his music career with\u00a0<em>The Last Showman<\/em>, the latest installment of Audible\u2019s\u00a0<em>Words + Music<\/em>\u00a0series.<\/p>\n<p>The episode will find Usher discussing the \u201cinspirations, heartache and personal growth\u201d that led to his 2004 album,\u00a0<em>Confessions<\/em>, breaking down some of its popular tracks, and\u00a0sharing the impact its had on his life and career. He\u2019ll also open up about his musical roots, his evolution, balancing his\u00a0private and public life and dealing with fame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the recent 20th anniversary of\u00a0<em>Confessions<\/em>, creating\u00a0<em>The Last Showman<\/em>\u00a0has been an incredible opportunity to reflect on the most pivotal moments of my career with fresh eyes and deep appreciation,\u201d Usher said in a statement. \u201cThis project isn\u2019t just about telling my story; it\u2019s about sharing the raw, unfiltered truth behind the music that\u2019s connected with generations of listeners, as well as the power of vulnerability in art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Featuring all new performances from Usher,\u00a0<em>The Last Showman\u00a0<\/em>is set to make its debut on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1\" class=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc mmt-primary mmt-flight\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_zone\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_0_col\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc_1_1_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Usher will then kick off the international leg of his Past, Present, Future tour on March 29 in London. The trek also celebrates his music career.<\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Leon Bennett\/Getty Images for EBONY Usher\u00a0continues to celebrate 30 years of his music career with\u00a0The Last Showman, the latest installment of Audible\u2019s\u00a0Words + Music\u00a0series. The episode will find Usher discussing the \u201cinspirations, heartache and personal growth\u201d that led to his 2004 album,\u00a0Confessions, breaking down some of its popular ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[13,17,18,19,90],"class_list":["post-11768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-cool-music","tag-gallery","tag-music","tag-music-club","tag-music-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11770,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11768\/revisions\/11770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpmradio.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}