Secret

### Producer (s)

Lynne Parr , Pharrell Williams , David Guetta , Max Martin , Xenomania , Mark Ronson , Walter Afanassiaf , Shellback

## Singles Chronology

### 3.

Twenty Four Seven (Feat. Kylie Minouge)Released June 17, 2014

### 4.

My Love is YoursReleased September 30, 2014

### 5.

Can't Fight This Feeling Released January 6, 2015

## Albums Chronology

### Next

Lost in Time (2017)

Secret is American Singer Songwriter Businesswoman Lynne Parr's 10th studio album released on the 1st of July, it is noted for its sonic departure from its predecessor Indigo with a significantly lighter sound and lyrics with the focus being on love and relationships as well as dancing. sonically its production is inspired by 70s and 80s music of the Pop , R&B , Rock , New Wave and Disco Genres and occasionally Jazz and soul with modern EDM and House influences mixed in. Lynne Collaborated with many notable club and pop producers for this album. a noticable shift from then recent projects that typically had more R&B and Hip Hop Influences. Critically it received Mixxed to Positive Reviews. Many citing its production sounding overproduced at times as well as the abdomormal amount of covers and the excessive amount of ballads on the album are some of the album’s weak points, but the collaborations with Kylie Minouge , David Guetta , Max Martin and Pharrell Williams as the highlights. As well as Lynne’s vocal performance sounding stronger than it had in years

## Background and Recording

Following Lynne's departure from Epic Records in Early 2012 Lynne had initally no plans to record a new album for a while. wanting to focus on her family. while she would occasionally write songs on her home piano, she had spent the year doing almost no musical projects for the most part. however, in October she recieved an outstanding record deal off from Atlantic Records. offering Lynne a large percentage of royalties along with greater level of creative control over her image and music. she ultimatly decided to sign with them. and was also given access to the ARK Recording studio in Los Angeles. Lynne decided to take advantage of this and starting in late 2012 would go once every other weekend to the studio and meet with producers and songwriters. One of the first people she decided to reach out to was a long time friend. Walter Afanasieff, the two of them had worked on Lynne’s first three albums but Lynne distanced herself from him after he betrayed Mariah Carey. Who was her best friend at the time. And out of respect for Mariah she did not work with him for years. But after asking Mariah for permission, she reached out and collaborated on him on numerous ballads such as the album opener “Now That I Know” and “When I Close My Eyes” as well as the cover of Can't Fight This Feeling, which was Walter’s suggestion.

Someone Lynne had wanted to collaborate with for a while was Pharell Williams, she and him had worked together before on the song "Wonderful" from Fuego (2000) as well as several remixes from the Fuego and Mirage (2003) Singles. she brought him in and the two wrote over 40 songs between December 2012 and March 2013. "Next" , "You Don't Know (What You Want)", Forgiveness are the tracks which eventually made there way onto the album which were recorded during these sessions.

When David Guetta caught wind of Lynne putting together a new album he immediately reached out for a collaboration. the two had previously worked together extensively on Aerodynamic (2008). and he also made a remix for the single Seconds (2010) so by 2013 he and lynne were well acquainted. however, David was busy in Europe at the time of Secret's recording and Lynne wasnt able to fly to France to work on music with him, so most of there collaborations happened over E-Mail or Skype. the track "Make It Right" was one of many pure vocal demos lynne would compose by herself at the piano or in an improv style before she would record them on her iphone and email them to David. "Make It Right" was chosen because "it was her(Lynne"s) favorite song it had to be on the album".

At this Point Lynne had finally developed a straight concept of what Secret, which was originally named "X". that being an homage to 1980s synth pop and dance music. with other homages to 80s R&B and Rock also planned. she also wanted secret to be the best dance album ever with alot of suprises. the first of these came with her song Body, which was developed off a hook her daughter came up with. she took this idea to Xenomania, a production team and they created a finished version. and they continued to work and made about 5 songs together. among these includes Twenty Four Seven, which is a duet with Australian pop sensation, Kylie Minouge.

the main focus of the album was intended to be Max Martin and Shellback. with the two of them recording in the studio through mid to late spring, 2013. with standout tracks intended for the final track listing including "Tears of Joy" , "Halfway" , "Obsessed" , "What Do i Gotta Do?" and "Right Way" were all planned to be on the album, along with several other tracks to be included on a deluxe edition when on January 25, 2014 a data leak of lynne's computer lead to to the widespread availability. while at this point the promotion for secret had already started with Next in November 2013, which was a success, but the album was not set to be released until April.

in attempt to try and control the leak and also see the public's perception of a max martin collab, the song Blow My Mind was made an official single on February 25, 2014. it was rushed to release as early as possible and it had no music video ready, Twenty Four Seven had been the planned second single but due to the fact Twenty Four Seven survived the leak and was still unheard. unfortunatly Blow My Mind received mixed reviews and did not chart particularly well and so lynne ended up going back into the studio with Walter Afanassiaf and recorded a cover of the Patti LaBelle song 'If Only You Knew" due to her strong attachment to Patti.

in addition, due to high fan request. the entirely self written and produced track "Wayward Girl" was included on the track listing for Secret. it was not intended to ever be released in any form. it was a song Lynne had written for herself and deals with imposter syndrome and depression. it features just her vocals and a piano. it was done in just one take on March 4, 2013 in Lynne's Home studio according to the liner notes. it was on the computer that lynne used to work on her songs with max martin which was stolen and leaked. fans had a mixed reception to the Max Martin songs but adored "Wayward Girl" and started the hashtag #WeWantWaywardGirlOnSecret on twitter and an incident happened on April 17, 2014 when lynne was staying in Richmond, Virginia and fans rallied outside her hotel room some holding signs with the hashtag. while it was not violent and the fans were cheering the police came and fired blanks to disperse the crowd. the incident was highly controversial with some blaming Lynne for the incident.