Leon Thomas gives update on ‘Mutt’ follow-up

Leon Thomas has been cooking within the studio, however he hasn’t but reached the purpose of placing collectively the follow-up to his Grammy-winning album, Mutt. Speaking to Rolling Stonehe reveals he has about 30 songs written, with a aim to finish between 60 and 100 earlier than beginning a brand new physique of labor.

“I’ve got a long laundry list of songs I gotta finish,” he says. “Some of them have been easy to finish while I’m on the road, but I’m doing my best to stay creative because I know this is such a momentous time in my life and it needs to be documented not just through visuals, but also through music.”

He notes he is been working with just a few big-name collaborators who approached him after he took residence Grammys for finest R&B album and finest conventional R&B efficiency on the 2026 present. One of them is Pharrell, who I’ve was photographed in a Paris studio.

“I was doing my best not to geek out the whole time,” Leon says. “And also it’s important to be a real creative and be like, ‘Hey man, let’s try this idea. Let’s do that.’ You can’t be a ‘yes man’ in the studio with Pharrell. You got to be real, do you know? It was nice creating with him, and he’s just like me, man — he’s a fellow alien in the recording studio. “I spoke my language.”

Leon is set to tour with Bruno Mars starting April 10.