Thursday, March 20, 2008

Ashlee Simpson Readies For New Album Release

Ever since she appeared on televisions all over the world in her MTV reality show, Ashlee Simpson has been a fixture in American popular culture. And she has finally set a release date for her much-anticipated third album Bittersweet World.

The “La La” singer was spotted lunching at Café Med restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California yesterday, sporting a tattoo on her wrist and a casual ensemble including a striped v-neck, cardigan sweater and stretch pants.

Simpson’s new album has officially been slated for an April 22nd release date, although one of the album’s tracks, “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) was digitally released in December (it has sold 117,000 digital copies thus far).

The first official single from Bittersweet World is called “Little Miss Obsessive” and features Plain White T’s frontman (and pal of Ashlee’s man, Pete Wentz) Tom Higginson on vocals.

According to preliminary reviews, the album has a definite ‘80s vibe to it. And Ashlee wouldn’t have it any other way. She told press, “I almost wish I lived my 20s in the ‘80s. A lot of the record is a bit cheeky. Sometimes I’m writing about something serious, but it was fun for me to kind of goof around as well.”

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Enjoy the pictures of Ashlee out lunching at Cafe Med (March 19).