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How the Pandemic Saved Ne-Yo’s Marriage and Inspired His Deeply Personal New Album, ‘Self Explanatory’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, Neo is back with
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  Speaker 1: a deeply personal new album, Self Explanatory. It takes an
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  Speaker 1: honest look at relationship issues he encountered during the pandemic
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  Speaker 1: with his wife. Their marriage was even on the verge
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  Speaker 1: of collapsing. He tells Billboard, It's no secret my wife
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  Speaker 1: and I started talking divorce. Things got really dark, But
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  Speaker 1: it took the pandemic for us to really have those necessary,
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  Speaker 1: uncomfortable conversations. They're really honest ones. Or you can't really
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  Speaker 1: concern yourself with the emotions of the other person because
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  Speaker 1: you have to get this truth out. I will say this,
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  Speaker 1: those situations always make for incredible song lyrics, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of those lyrics are on this album. Neil also
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  Speaker 1: says he chose the project's title Self Explanatory because fans
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  Speaker 1: know what they're getting with it. Break Up and make up, jams,
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  Speaker 1: club bangers, and more. It's out now. That's Direct from Hollywood.