Nelly Furtado has almost finished work on her seventh studio album. 

The Canadian star is preparing to unleash to follow-up to her 2017 LP, ‘The Ride’, following an extended hiatus from recording, and in a new interview she says the record is “currently in the mixing space”. 

“I can’t reveal too much, but it’s gonna be elevated,” she tells Euphoria. “This current version, it’s about 10 to 20 per cent Spanish. We have big plans and I’m so excited about it because I’m in a better head space than ever. 

“I’ve never loved being an entertainer more. I feel like I’m really owning it.”

It’s also the first album the I’m Like A Bird singer has released since being diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) – a condition she insists only helps the creative process. 

“I realise that my brain makes so much more sense in the studio,” adds Furtado. “I was officially diagnosed with ADHD a couple of years ago and in the studio, my ADHD feels like a superpower.” 

It comes following a string of releases from the Promiscuous hitmaker, including Eat Your Man with Dom Dolla and Keep Going Up with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, along with the new Spanish-language single Gala Y Dalí.

The track reunites the singer-songwriter with Colombian musician Juanes, with whom she previously teamed up for Fotografía back in 2002.

Of their new tune, she adds: “A friend had his backpack sitting around at his house all these years and he finally gave it back to him. Inside the backpack was this brilliant song. 

“It wasn’t completed, so he asked me to record on it. We recorded it in the same studio that we recorded Te Busque [from ‘Loose’ (2006), also featuring Juanes] as well, so it was a bit like a time warp. There’s just so much nostalgia. “We reference Fotografía in the song, so we’re self-referencing, which I’m having so much fun with.”