"Before this tour started, I spent a couple of months in LA just diving in and working a bunch on it," she tells's Pop Shop Podcast. "It's very close to being done, which is very crazy to think about because right now, it feels so scattered in my head. Like, it's kind of all over the place. But it's ... on its way to being finished. And I'm just really excited to have a full album out in the world, and I think when it's an album ...
"So I was dating this guy for a bit and I was kind of, we had broken up and I was kind of getting in the process of moving on and trying to kind of get over him and get over just the comfort of knowing that he was there," she recalls. "I was talking to Caroline [Ailin] about this, who [co-]wrote the song, and I was just saying to her how you get to a point when ...
In the meantime, she's gifted fans with a few guest spots and features on other artists' songs, including tourmates The Chainsmokers' "Takeaway," also featuring. While the song's dancey vibe is a far cry from Stella's typical acoustic sound, she likes dipping her toe in other genres. "With features, it's really cool because ultimately, it's not my song," she says.
But she has been in that world as part of the World War Joy Tour since September, and she'll take what she's soaked up on the road for her very own EU tour, as well as some spot dates in Nashville and Atlanta. "I feel like I've learned a lot just in the sense of performing in arenas," she says. "It's obviously totally a different thing. ... It's just such a different type of performing and a different level of energy and obviously production is very different.
Also on the show, Keith & Katie talk about the best original song nominees at the 2020 Golden Globes, new No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 , plus the sad news that hip-hop chart-topper Juice WRLD died at age 21 this week. is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard's weekly charts.
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