Eric Benét is gearing up for a new era of music. The R&B veteran has tapped Tamar Braxton for a new duet, “Something We Can Make Love To.”
The passionate track, produced by Laney Stewart, will release June 28 via Benét’s JBR Creative Group.
“Something We Can Make Love To” is the first offering from Benét’s upcoming album.
The crooner previously teased on social media that his new project will be a duets album. “And another one! @JBRcreativegroup got the ‘duets project’ of a life in the works!! This time with @iamChanteMoore,” Benét wrote in a 2023 Instagram post.
Benét’s new project will mark his first release since his 2016 self-titled album. Eric Benét included the lead single “Sunshine” and the Prince-inspired “Insane.” The former peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, while the latter reached No. 10.
Speaking on his self-titled album, Benét told Rated R&B, “Every album I do, I don’t really give it a title until I’m able to live with it for a while after it’s recorded. This album, for me, when I lived with it and listened to it, was such a great representation of me musically.”
He continued, “Not only being on my own label, but just recording in my own studio on the time frame that I wanted to do it with the [people] I wanted to work with. The whole thing underscored everything about me creatively. It just seemed very appropriate for it to be self-titled.”
Eric Benét debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart. It marked his first entry on the chart, which launched in 2012.
In Braxton news, the singer released her latest single, “Notice Me,” in March. She co-wrote the emotional track with Amber Dion Smith, Donald Sales, and Nyerere Davidson. “Notice Me” debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart.
In 2023, Braxton released her SWV-inspired single, “Changed.” The song, which interpolates SWV’s “Rain,” spent 29 weeks on Billbord’s Adult R&B Airplay chart and peaked at No. 2.
Pre-save Eric Benét and Tamar Braxton’s new song “Something We Can Make Love To.”