"Love is Lust" is the seventh studio album by pop music icon and producer Stephanie Fierce set to be released July 3, 2012, through Nomad/Liberation Records. This is the second album in which Stephanie Fierce produced and wrote entirely, first being "Free" which was released on June 28, 2011 through Hot Eye Records. Further on, following the footsteps of "Free", Fierce once again ditches the pop mainstream sound to create an innovative and experimental approach with the atmosphere of the LP. The album's main dish in sound is a mixture of synth-pop and ambient through a variety of genres that are backed up with live instrumentation. Most songs on the album are designed to include a noticeable change in production and are cohesive to the body of work. Some of the songs on the album such as the opening track "Love is Lust" expand to the non-traditional 10 minutes in length and include a variety of climaxes and silent vocal sections. While the album consists of dark/grime moments with tracks such as "Whore" and "Parasite", the album has a consistent and present soulful sound that can be classified as R&B and Soul on some of the lighter tracks. Overall, no doubt this is set to be one of Stephanie Fierce's more crafted effort as 'Lust' consists of 11 tracks, each written and produced by Stephanie Fierce. While "Throat Cutters" are credited as the "house band" for all of the songs on the album, Stephanie Fierce was heavily involved in the instrumentation process. The entire album was recorded in the form of a live concert performance in a private studio specifically built for the album, which included an orchestra and a choir group arrangement. Included in the orchestra, were string instruments such as the violin, brass instruments such as the horns and jazz instruments such as the saxophone and flute. Each song was then mixed and processed by Stephanie Fierce on a complex sound board for a master final version. All ambient sounds, were produced by computer and the "Fierce Atmosphere" instrument Stephanie Fierce designed during the recording of her 5th studio LP. All piano work on "Lust" was composed and played by Stephanie Fierce. The guitar solo on "Love is Lust" (Song) was composed and performed by Fierce as well.

The album's concept simply argues the idea of love being confused with "Lust", a personal experience Stephanie Fierce felt is compelling to a lot of people. While "Free" was the concept of breaking away from perverseness and a dark state of mind, this album is the concept of breaking "free" from the idea of "lust" in a relationship, and truly defining the meaning of love.

"I decided to name this new album "Love is Lust". This album is about love being confused with lust and most of the tracks correlate to that subject. I've personally have had a struggling love life and I've always exposed it in a revengeful kind of way to my listeners with feisty songs such as "Back to Fierce" and "The Bitch". Don't get me wrong, those kind of songs truly define the fierce persona I have but now let's put the guns, dildos and fighting words away and get serious about the subject in a more vulnerable kind of matter. Many of us will experience this evil feeling of lusting over someone or something in confusion of actually loving them/it but it's something that not many of us like to admit because we're all suppose to be these great perfect lovers. That's something I've seen happen a lot in today's generation. Part of this album being so personal to me is because I'm admitting to lusting over certain people in my life and I feel as though singing it out loud or putting it in a song I'm truly exposing myself through music and that's a big deal to me. But I'm not the criminal here either, people have done bad things to me, and the fierce will always come out of me from time to time and you will also see that in this album. There's a perfect balance on vulnerability and fantasy. Something I think my fans have had nostalgia with due to "Diary of a Pop Sinner" - Stephanie Fierce




Thank You's:

“Lucky number seven, no doubt, it’s been a long journey, but my desire to make music has only grown stronger over the years. So, first and foremost I want to thank God for blessing me and my family. I remember the first day I released my first album “The Past, The Present and the Future of Pop”, and it’s amazing to see how much I’ve grown over the years. I can say that musically I’ve shown versatility in music with various genres throughout my albums as that's always been my goal as an artist and now I’m ready to use everything I got to bring it all together. Not that it will be over, but this will be my very last album in a long time. It’s heartbreaking that I’ve reached this point in my career, because I’m no longer trying to prove, but to live up to my legacy and that was a moment I dreaded since the release of my second album “Diary of a Pop Sinner”. However, I will say that where I am now, has paved the way for so my own self, so I un-selfishly thank myself. I want to thank, The Rockers for teaching me so much about that darn guitar lol. I want to thank everyone I’ve worked with musically on an artistic level. I want to thank my beautiful daughter Helle, whose smile brought light to my eyes everyday. I want to thank the first person that ever reached out to me in music; this person was a unique individual who goes by the name of Bikki, the greatest songwriter of our time, thank you for inspiring me to be a songwriter and pushing me to be a good one. I want to thank the Black Doves for their amazing work on "Love is Lust", you've been with me since "Newborn" and I admire your time and dedication to me. I also want to give a HUGE thank you to the New York University Orchestra for their amazing performance on this album, you guys all earned "A"'s on your finals and I'm more than relieved cause you all truly deserved it. I also want to thank my EPIC musicians "Throat Cutters", thank you guys for joining me on the journey of making this album, I truly respect your work ethic and your ability to understand my vision as an artist. Without you guys, the sound of "Love is Lust" wouldn't have been the way I wanted it to be. And last but not least, I want to give a warm thank you to all my fans who have stuck with me throughout the years. I want to thank for your amazing patience and tolerance with receiving this record, which has been in the works for way too long. This record is for you. I'm back to fierce” – Stephanie Fierce

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Stephanie Fierce: Ha! Truly love the excitement from you :) Track 1, coming this week, Tracks 2-4 Coming next week :)

Stephanie Fierce: You know I will never lust over you Erich, you are too lovable :) <3, but I may knock you in the head a couple of times for being a knuckle head, now praise mama!

Stephanie Fierce: Erich, got to bed before momma gives you spanky.

Katie: Uh-oh....that could very well be the same week my album comes out! :O Come at me bro! Lol, I'm just kidding. The world will be treated that week for sure though :)

Shantel: Must I say excited girl? I'm beyond excited to see what queen do it all over again. This is gonna be a dope album, just like all your others. Can't wait to get my copy, you know, I gotta support my girl. Hehe. Good luck! Do you even need it? lol

Stephanie Fierce: Yas sista preach!!!

Cassie: Aww such sad news that your album has been pushed back. I was so ready for it but by the way you keep hyping it up like that, the wait will be worth it.

erich: to say this looks to be really good,would be like saying elvis was a semi popular singer who had a dead end career.

karoliena: so does that mean you will end up having a weird ass relationship with a hallucinated stephanie?

erich: oh tbat already happens. that is "erich time".