India Arie

India.Arie is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and record producer. She has sold over 3.3 million records in the US and 10 million worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards from her 21 nominations, including Best R&B Album.

The singer is excited people are talking about her again after a four-year hiatus. The release of her new single "Cocoa Butter" has garnered positive reactions from fans.

"The song is really about the heart and how to heal when something hurts it. It sounds like it's about a man, and on some levels it is, really it's about being healed. [Laughs] I realize I sing about that a lot, but I'm always on that journey of wanting to be better. I had another album called Open Door that I was working on, but after spending many, many years on it, I voluntarily shelved. That was a hard thing to do, and it hurt a lot. So when my writing partner Shannon Sanders sang the "Cocoa Butter" concept to me, I had just recently found that place of healing inside of myself, and I said, 'That is so me, I want to sing that song," says Arie.

"Cocoa Butter" will be on her upcoming album SongVersation which will be released on June 25th.

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