Gwen Stefani Wants New Album Out Before End Of Year

Gwen Stefani has revealed that she’s keen to get her second album out by the end of the year.

The pop star has been busy working on new tracks for the long-player and once again will be teaming up with Pharrell Williams on production duties.

She said: "There's a lot of songs that were left over from the last album, and there's some new songs I did with Pharrell.

"There's a lot of Pharrell on this record. I did some stuff with (No Doubt's) Tony (Kanal) and some stuff with Akon."

In the interview with mtv, she described the album as “ear candy.”

Swizz Beatz will also be helping out on production duties. He added: “She's always taking it to the next level. I love her background for music. She likes a lot of Caribbean sounds with hard beats.”