In House With Ciara: Singer Pushes Boundaries, Stresses Importance of Working With Female Writers

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"Turnt up" is a phrase that decorates Ciara's vocabulary. Rarely known to party hard like its definition suggests, the songstress uses the phrase to describe her forthcoming album, One Woman Army, and she even has one song on the effort dedicated to the term: "Super Turnt Up."

The track, which was co-produced by Jasper Cameron and Ciara, is "mean and aggressive," according to the singer. "It's super swagged out," she tells The BoomBox. "I love this song 'cause it just feels very unique to me." There's also an unexpected collaboration fans can look forward to when listening to the song. "I remember when I was writing the record, how I was playing around with the concept of it. That song is actually me featuring me. You'll hear me in a different way on that record. I don't want to give away too much."

Ciara is hush-hush about who will eventually show up on the final One Woman Army project, but she's not stressing that aspect of the recording process. "I have been very blessed to work with a lot of cool artists," the 27-year-old reveals. "The funny thing in this process, what organically happened, the guestlist is very light."

With no set release date for the R&B opus in sight, she could very well find herself teaming up with a big-name artist in the near future. "Anything can happen towards the end, as we're finalizing the record. It just really turned into a one-woman army concept. I'm kinda rolling alone for the most part." Duly noted.

2 Chainz is the only featured rapper as of yet -- he appears on "Sweat" -- however, Ciara's locked down producer Rodney "