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Usher said that his new song, Papers, actually came true, with the breakdown of his marriage after the recording.

He said that the song, in which the hero of the song “turned into the man I never thought I’d be” and says that it was strangely prophetic of his real life.

He said, “I think people would have immediately alluded to the fact I was talking about my wife when I made that record – and now my ex-wife. I felt that in a way, the story did touch on certain things at the time. I didn’t know how realistic it would become. I didn’t know I would become divorced. There was some reality in the contrast of trying to make it all work, having to balance a career and having a normal life.

The new album, Raymond v. Raymond is being released today.