Entertainment Music Jessica Simpson Appears to Tease New Music with Cozy Recording Studio Photo Last year, Simpson spoke about feeling "a sense of freedom and empowerment" as she began to work on her first new album in over a decade By Jack Irvin Jack Irvin Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022. Jack started in the industry with internships at Rolling Stone and Entertainment Tonight, and he worked as a freelance writer for publications including Bustle, MTV News, Shondaland, L’Officiel USA, Ladygunn, Flood and PopCrush before joining PEOPLE. In his current role, Jack covers daily music news and has interviewed both up-and-coming and established artists including Dolly Parton, Michelle Branch, Ashanti, Cyndi Lauper, Normani, Carly Rae Jepsen and Coco Jones. People Editorial Guidelines Published on April 19, 2024 08:00PM EDT Close Jessica Simpson attends W Magazine, Mark Ronson, and Gucci's Grammy After-Party at Bar Marmont on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Is Jessica Simpson almost ready to release new music? After the singer and entrepreneur let fans know she's working on a new album in Nashville last year, she took to social media on April 19 to share a cozy photo from a recording studio. In the image, Simpson, 43, is seen sitting on a couch with headphones on as she sings into a microphone while looking at lyrics on a music stand — though any words written on the pieces of paper are obscured by light. Jessica Simpson Feels a 'Sense of Freedom and Empowerment' as She Prepares for New Album and Tour Jessica Simpson. Dimitrios Kambouris/Footwear News via Getty It's been more than a decade since fans have gotten a new full-length project from the "Irresistible" singer, whose last album, Happy Christmas, was released in 2010, while her most recent non-holiday project, Do You Know, came out in 2008. Simpson dropped six songs alongside the audiobook version of her 2020 memoir, Open Book, and put out a cover of "Particles" by Nothing But Thieves the following year. In February, she attended W Magazine, Mark Ronson, and Gucci's 2024 Grammy Awards afterparty with sister Ashlee and her husband, Evan Ross. In a November 2023 cover story interview with Footwear News, she opened up about spending more time in Nashville and creating new music in the city — as she plans for a new album and tour to be released this year. Jessica Simpson Considers Rebooting Her Music Career: 'It Boggles My Mind That People Are Curious' Jessica Simpson. Raymond Hall/GC Images "It’s like a retreat for me. I get to just crawl up inside my head and embrace my heart," said Simpson of living and creating music from Tennessee at the time. "I feel so enlightened there." "Writing music has become a beautiful therapeutic thing for me that I didn’t know was so natural, but it’s because I haven’t done it in so long," she told the outlet, noting that she'd written over 400 poems throughout 2023. "It’s just nice to know that I’m meeting myself back in this place, as a woman, and after going through everything that I’ve been through in my life," continued the former Newlyweds star. "There’s a sense of freedom and empowerment." Jessica Simpson Models Her Sexy New Summer Line for Walmart: 'I'm More Confident After 3 Kids Than I Was at 25!' Jessica Simpson. James Devaney/GC Images Simpson — who shares son Ace Knute, 10, and daughters Birdie Mae, 5, and Maxwell Drew, 11, with husband Eric Johnson — first spoke about returning to music in a July 2023 interview with Bustle. "It boggles my mind that I’ve stayed relevant and that people are curious," she admitted at the time. "Because I have not entertained. I have not entertained at all." Simpson added: "I’m doing this as a mother now, as a wife. I was a wife last time, but this is a very different marriage. And they’ve never seen me [perform]."