98 Degrees Singer Nick Lachey Says Solo Means Solo

03/28/2003 4:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Jason Gelman

(3/28/03, 4 p.m. ET) -- 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey will release his debut solo album via Universal Records this spring. The sets first single is titled "Shut Up."

Lachey married his longtime girlfriend, singer Jessica Simpson, in October. The couple sang the ballad "Where You Are" together for Simpson's 1999 debut album, Sweet Kisses, and the soundtrack to the movie Here On Earth.

Lachey said that it was unlikely that he would reunite with his wife for a duet on his upcoming solo debut. "We've done that one project together, and that one song together, and we really enjoyed that," Lachey said. "We enjoyed that whole experience, and I'm sure we will at some point. I don't think it will happen on this record. You know, I need to have a chance to establish myself as a solo artist, and she has got many things she needs to do on the solo front. At some point when the time is right and the song is right, I'm sure we'll do a project together."

Lachey's new website for his solo effort is still a work in progress, but it is located at nicklachey.com.

-- Margy Holland, Nashville, and Jason Gelman, New York

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