Less than a year after releasing two albums simultaneously, Prince is preparing another, which is described as being “super- experimental”.
It will be called The Hit and Run Album, a reference to the pop icon's recent concerts that have been announced at short notice.
3rdEyeGirl, the all-female trio that collaborated on one of his albums last year, revealed details of the project in an interview with BBC Radio 6 Music.
They said the new album would be released "soon" and includes Hardrocklover, a driving funk song that Prince recently put online.
The album "definitely caters to those fans who just love to hear what Prince has to say, rather than wanting to always hear that classic Purple Rain Prince sound," said the band members – Donna Grantis, Ida Nielsen and Hannah Ford Welton, adding that it was "super-experimental".
The band, who play with Prince during live shows, said they first heard the album at an after-party following his private concert at the White House last month. “It was all new music and everybody was having a good time, digging it. Little did we know that we were just jamming to a completely new album,” they said.
They revealed that it was written by Prince with Joshua Welton, who is married to 3rdEyeGirl member Welton, and co-produced Prince's 2014 solo album, Art Official Age.
The 57-year-old’s albums last year marked his return to label Warner after a split nearly two decades earlier, when Prince wrote “slave” on his cheek and changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol to protest against the terms of his contract.
The reclusive artist has become more high profile in recent months, releasing the song Baltimore denouncing a series of deaths of African Americans at the hands of police.
But Prince has maintained his reputation for unpredictability. He recently removed all of his work from streaming services other than Tidal, which is run by rap mogul Jay Z.
