Nicole Scherzinger Releases Big Fat Lie Album Sampler, Says Songs Helped Her Self-Esteem Issues

New music will be released in the U.K. next week and in the U.S. next year

By Zach Johnson Oct 17, 2014 3:35 PMTags

The truth is, Nicole Scherzinger's Big Fat Lie is long overdue.

The 36-year-old pop star has already released three singles from the album: "Your Love," "Run" and "On the Rocks." Earlier this week, Scherzinger gave fans a first listen at the remaining songs when she shared previously unreleased snippets via YouTube. The other album tracks are "Big Fat Lie," "Electric Blue" (feat. T.I.)," "First Time," "Girl with a Diamond Heart, "God of War," "Heartbreaker" and "Just a Girl."

"It's a very personal album to me," the former Pussycat Dolls singer recently told The London Evening Standard. "It's a transitional album, and it's very honest and authentic." The singer also spoke candidly about her eating disorder, which she first revealed in a 2012 Vh1 interview. For eight years, Scherzinger said she felt like "I wasn't enough, that I wasn't pretty, that I was fat, and that I wasn't worthy of more."

Comparing the songwriting process to "therapy," Scherzinger said, "I'm addressing some issues and things I've battled with in my life in the album and hopefully people can feel like they can relate to it."

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"I'm in a different place in my life now," the "Boomerang" singer said. "I feel a bit more confident and comfortable in my own skin to be able to talk about things that I hadn't talked about before." Plus, as Scherzinger explained to the newspaper, "It feels good to be truthful, because not everyone's perfect."

Big Fat Lie will be released in the U.K. on Oct. 20, 2014, and in the U.S. in 2015.

Scherzinger released her debut album, Killer Love, in 2011. It produced five international hits: "Don't Hold Your Breath," "Poison," "Right There," "Try with Me" and "Wet."