Fantasia returned to where it all began, the “American Idol” stage, to perform her new single “Bittersweet” live on television for the first time.

Songwriter Rico Love spoke to staging-rapup.kinsta.cloud about penning four songs for the “Idol” winner’s third album, due this summer. “I wanted to make sexy records for Fantasia,” he stated. “I wanted to show people her seductive side. I think we did some really, really strong records.”