SINGAPORE – After amassing several hits in the last 16 years, American R&B singer Jason Derulo says his next album will be the final one.

Titled The Last Dance, the star behind club-friendly pop hits such as Whatcha Say (2009), Want To Want Me (2015) and Savage Love (2020) described the upcoming album, which he is working on, as his best work.

“It’s some of the most exciting music I’ve ever done,” the 35-year-old says in a Zoom interview from Los Angeles, where he was on his way to a taping of American television game show Wheel Of Fortune (1975 to present).

“I’m just in the prime of my life. I feel like I’m a better singer than I’ve ever been, a better writer than I’ve ever been, and I just have a lot to talk about.”

So, why stop with the next album? “There are other things that I want to do, and I’d love to move into a different chapter. I’m going to spend a lot of energy on making films, as well as continuing to cultivate the businesses I have, and family.”

He acted as American soul singer Ron Isley in Spinning Gold, a 2023 biopic on music executive Neil Bogart, and was a judge and coach on reality music shows like the 2023 season of The Voice (Australia) (2012 to present).

In a 2023 interview with Forbes magazine, he said his car wash chain, Rocket Carwash, is valued at US$2 billion (S$2.66 billion).

For now, fans can still catch the Florida native, who has also made his name as a TikTok star, on stage. Come March 20, he will play his first concert in Singapore at the Arena @ Expo, before heading to Vietnam on March 22 for a performance.

Audience members better take along their dancing shoes, he says, because he promises a “high energy” show.

“I have some of the best dancers in the world, some of the best musicians with me, man, and it’s always an extravaganza. I think our show is unlike any other show on Planet Earth.”

He is keen on spending more time in Asia. He was recently in India to promote Snake (2025), a single he recorded with India-based Canadian-Moroccan dancer, actress and singer Nora Fatehi, 33.

“I want to make a real mark in the Asian community,” he says. “I feel there’s still a lot of performance emphasis on that side (of the world). People are still performing, they’re still dancing, just putting on real shows, and that’s the world I come from. So, it just makes sense.”

Born Jason Jo...