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Usher & Alicia Keys Seemingly Express Interest In ‘Sequel’ To ‘My Boo’ Nearly 20 Years After Its Release

<p>Ahead of the 20th anniversary of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;fPgf2meEX1w" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8220&semi;My Boo&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;a> <strong>Usher<&sol;strong> and <strong>Alicia Keys<&sol;strong> appear to be suggesting that they may have something up their sleeve&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;alicia-keys-son-genesis-stands-guard-recent-performance&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Alicia Keys&&num;8217&semi; Son Genesis&comma; 8&comma; Stands Guard During Recent Performance&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Playing No Games On Mom&&num;8217&semi;s Stage&excl;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Usher &amp&semi; Alicia Keep It Coy While Discussing &&num;8220&semi;My Boo&&num;8221&semi; Online&colon; &&num;8220&semi;What We Doin&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The conversation began on Twitter earlier this week after a user lauded &&num;8220&semi;My Boo&&num;8221&semi; with praise and inquired&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Can we get a sequel to this like already&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alicia Keys&comma; who was tagged in the tweet&comma; went on to add eyes emoji and bring further attention to the &&num;8220&semi;My Boo&&num;8221&semi; question&period; Additionally&comma; the singer tagged fellow collaborator Usher and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;songfacts&period;com&sol;facts&sol;usher&sol;my-boo" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">one of the song&&num;8217&semi;s writers<&sol;a>&comma; Jermaine Dupri&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday &lpar;Aug&period; 31&rpar;&comma; Usher responded and casually asked&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;What we doin&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although neither artist has issued any concrete confirmation&comma; it looks like a little somethin&&num;8217&semi;-somethin&&num;8217&semi; could be brewing ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 2004 track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CwpkUt4ulk4" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Fans Share Their Reactions On Social Media<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Beneath <strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s Instagram upload on the matter&comma; people swiftly began chiming in and sharing their opinions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;material&lowbar;babe29&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;material&lowbar;babe29<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;lovely&period;veeee&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;lovely&period;veeee<&sol;a> were supportive of the idea&comma; with the latter stating&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Usher always ready to work&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One user going by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;kwan&period;don&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;kwan&period;don<&sol;a> shared that&comma; as opposed to another single&comma; Usher needs to &&num;8220&semi;drop the album&&num;8221&semi; already&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Usher just need to drop the album&period; Tired of these years of singles and no album&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Another Roomie&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;awthentiq&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;awthentiq<&sol;a>&comma; had mixed feelings about the idea&comma; though she proclaimed&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Let&&num;8217&semi;s see what y&&num;8217&semi;all got&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Sometimes the original is always best&period; Sequels are hit or miss lol but let&&num;8217&semi;s see what y&&num;8217&semi;all got I guess&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Factoring in the time of the year&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;dejaarenee&lowbar;&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;dejaarenee&lowbar;<&sol;a> proclaimed&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Winter is approaching we need this&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;strong>After all&comma; we need those bops for cuffing season&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;love&lowbar;brittanyneal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&commat;love&lowbar;brittanyneal<&sol;a>&comma; she acknowledged feeling &&num;8220&semi;hesitant&&num;8221&semi; but noted&comma;<strong><em> &&num;8220&semi;My curious mind is still willing to see what comes out of this&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> She also shared&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;The concept should be a 2023 flashback of their life together&period; 2004 to now&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>We love a fan with a vision&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Would you be down to get a &&num;8220&semi;sequel&&num;8221&semi; to &&num;8220&semi;My Boo&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Roomies&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keke-palmer-shades-darius-daulton-jackson-usher-boyfriend-music-video&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Social Media Shares Mixed Reactions To Keke Palmer’s Subtle Jab At Darius Daulton Jackson In Usher’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Boyfriend’ Video<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"143409" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;usher-alicia-keys-express-interest-sequel-my-boo-20-years-anniversary&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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