With the Danity Kane reunion in her past – due to a girlfight – Dawn Richards is moving forward with her upcoming solo album, Blackheart. The 2nd installment to a three-disc trilogy will detail the singer’s “journey in the music industry,” she tells Billboard. “Lyrically and storytelling-wise, it [Blackheart] is in the same fashion of Goldenheart…But I wanted each album to stand on its own, and have a cohesive story.”

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Dawn’s story-telling album is expected to drop January 15, 2015.

“Blackheart is purely falling into the electronic world, and pushing the envelope,” Dawn said. It was initially put on hold for the Danity Kane reunion, but things with that didn’t go as planned.

“I’m still a part of the other five — I’m never turning that down,” says Richard. “I just think I’ve done the best that I possibly could. I did my part in releasing the [Danity Kane] album, so now all I can do is support whatever’s out there and wish everyone the best, and now continue to make great music that doesn’t affect my group. We’re not promoting it, we’re not even doing videos or anything for it, which was the decision that wasn’t my own. So I have to move forward.”

Time to move on!

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