The Real Reason Keri Hilson Is Putting Her Music Career On Hold – Exclusive – Nicki Swift

"I'm not in that space right now," Keri Hilson told Nicki Swiftregarding the status of new music."I've got multiple pieces of work. And I don't know, maybe when I die, I'll just leave it in my will for people to release it and people get it."

While Hilson had completed much of what was to become her third albumL.I.A.R. (an acronym for "Love Is A Religion"), two things happened which shelved the project: her acting work became more of a priority and her father died. "I must put my entire being into what I'm doing. And the time I felt like I was ready to do that with music, my father passed, and I kind of got knocked off of that idea," Hilson told us.

As it turned out, acting in films like 2021'sDon't Waste Your Pretty and the Lifetime Original MovieLust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story became a kind of therapy for Hilson. "When you're filming, you're in an alternate universe. You're in your own bubble, you're in your own world. Time stops for a moment. And your family, you have a new family, you have a new partner, you have a new way of thinking, you're completely there."

She continued, "It was welcoming for me while I was grieving ... and still grieving. So I think, when I feel that, I'll be able and capable and just naturally willing to give the 500% to music again. Because I know what that takes out of me."

Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story premieres April 10, 2021, at 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime.

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The Real Reason Keri Hilson Is Putting Her Music Career On Hold - Exclusive - Nicki Swift