Carrie Underwood Says New Album ‘May Surprise Some Fans’

Carrie Underwood‘s forthcoming studio album is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated albums of 2012. The superstar, who told fans she had completed the recording process in late December, is slowly leaking out more details about the project. In the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Underwood reveals that the album may take some fans by surprise.

“Something that may surprise some fans is that there are a few darker songs on this album,” Underwood tells EW. “I have always been a fan of songs that have attidude, but the ones I’m talking aout have a darker story line. It seemed to be what the album wanted, so I decided to roll with it.”

While very few details of the songs on the album have been released so far, Underwood says she’s excited about a specific one, one that she knew she had to record the moment she heard it.

“The first time I heard one song in particular,” Carrie tells the magazine, “I swear I got chills and goosebumps all over my body. I immediately called my manager and said, ‘I have to have this!’ I don’t think I have ever been that excited about a demo before. And seeing it all come together to become so much more than that demo has been really special.”

Something that may influence the album is what Carrie took away from working in the studio with artists such as Tony Bennett and Brad Paisley.

“It is amazing to see how different artists work,” she says, “and impossible not to take something away from working with each of them. For instance, Tony only records in an open space with his musicians, which was a new environment for me.”

One thing that won’t be changing this time around is her producer. As she did with her previous three albums, Carrie is working with famed producer Mark Bright.

No album release date has been set just yet, but fans can expect it sometime this spring.