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"  We&amp;#039;re looking forward to Amerie&amp;#039;s new album, In Love &amp;amp;amp; War, to drop in October (especially because her last album, Because I Love It, was a constant on our\u2014and most critics&amp;#039;\u2014iPods, but never took off in the U.S.). When the R&amp;amp;amp;B singer stopped into the ELLE offices last week, we were all eager to ask her about her new record, but first, we wanted to know about that incredibly cool leather vest she&amp;#039;s wearing in the picture here. (It&amp;#039;s Alexander Wang.) &amp;quot;My video and my first single [&amp;quot;Why R U&amp;quot;] just came out recently, but then the remix just leaked,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It has Nas, Rick Ross, Kain Cioffie, and Jadakiss. You know Whodini&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;One Love&amp;quot;? It&amp;#039;s like that.&amp;quot; She also couldn&amp;#039;t stop gushing over her biggest fashion crush: ELLE&amp;#039;s creative director Joe Zee, who&amp;#039;s styled, well, everyone from Madonna to Diddy. (Remember when Justin Timberlake started wearing slim cut suits and skinny ties? That was Joe.) &amp;quot;I am such a big fan,&amp;quot; she said when he stopped in on our meeting. &amp;quot;Your name has been in my notebook under the people that I would really like to work with for at least 8 or 9 years. Seriously.&amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s safe to say the feeling was mutual. &amp;quot;I am such a fan,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I always send [your music] to everyone and I&amp;#039;m like, `You have to listen to this. It&amp;#039;s major.&amp;#039; When we do guest editor, you can take over our closet!&amp;quot;  \u2014Julie Vadnal   Follow ELLE on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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