1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 2: Factory Boy AJ McLean has tried all sorts of things 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 2: across his decades on career, but he's never made his 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: own solo album until now. AJ caught up with people 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 2: at the iHeartRadio Music Festival and revealed he couldn't pick 6 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: just one lane for the project, saying, it's just got 7 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: a little bit of everything that I'm a fan of. 8 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: It's FONK, it's R and B, it's pop, it's sold, 9 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 2: there's an eighties flare, there's some silk sonic vibes. It's 10 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 2: really good stuff. It's gonna be about eighteen songs, so 11 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 2: I'm probably gonna split it into two parts, so hopefully 12 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: January i'll release part one Part two. At the end 13 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: of April, I've got about two more songs to finish 14 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 2: and then it's going to be done. We look for 15 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: AJ's debut solo effort early twenty twenty four. 16 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.