David Bowie has revealed he has a new album in the works called ‘Blackstar’. The album is penned for a release on 8th January 2016, the same day the legendary songwriter turns 69 years old.

‘Blackstar’ will be his 27th studio album after 2013’s ‘The Next Day’, which was released after a ten year gap in Bowie albums.

Earlier this month a snippet of the eponymous single ‘Blackstar’ was debuted as the title theme of Sky Atlantic’s new TV show ‘The Last Panthers’. The single is slated for a November 19th release date and the full run time of the track is said to top 10 minutes long. You can watch the theme for ‘The last Panthers’ and get a taste for the song below:

The album is reportedly 7 songs long, and totaling 45 minutes.

Talking to The Times, an insider claimed that it would be “an album of long, jazzy jams mixed with the kind of driving beat pioneered by Seventies German bands Can and Kraftwerk.” The album was also described as “completely bonkers” and that “Blackstar may be [Bowie’s] oddest work yet”.

Bowie reportedly recorded ‘Blackstar’ at the Magic Shop studio in New York, bringing in a number of local jazz musicians. However there has been no official confirmation of the Album from David Bowie’s camp.