Blake Shelton Gets Personal Sunday Night on the Hawk

While the media has been focused on Blake Shelton's personal life this year, Blake has directed his energy to other areas. Obviously, he has continued as a coach on The Voice. But he told Country Countdown USA's Lon Helton he's devoted a lot of his time this year to making music. Part 2 of our special interview with Blake Shelton airs Sunday night at 7 on 98.1 The Hawk.

"The thing I'm focused on, that I've been thinking about since the beginning of the year is this next studio album. That's all I care about, and we already cut a lot of stuff. If I got hit by a truck, the label would have enough for a new album."

Have you written much for this? "I have, I've written more than I've written in 15 years, for obvious reasons, all the awful things that have happened in my personal life, but the way the year ended is also the greatest of my life."

When can we expect the new music? "I hope to have a new single out in January. I want to get it out there. It's driving me nuts to not be already into that project because it's all I'm thinking about."

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