[PHOTOS] 'LOTUS' DIGITAL BOOKLET

[PHOTOS] 'LOTUS' - BOOKLET ARTWORK

[TWEET] @THEREALXTINA: '#LOTUS ALBUM COVER. HERE IT IS!...'

#LOTUS album cover. Here it is! Album out Nov 13. XoXtina twitter.com/TheRealXtina/s…
— Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXtina) October 5, 2012

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I think you already know her name. And just in case you forgot how comfortable Christina Aguilera is in her own skin, she's dropped a new music video for "Your Body," the first single off her upcoming album, Lotus. I'm loving the use of pastel colors and the vintage prop styling, all of which suggests a soft and feminine approach, but no less confident than her Dirrty days- if you're going to rock pink and lavender hair, you may as well do it with panache.

And she does.

If the rest of the album sounds this good, Xtina will be claiming her spot at the top of the charts come November 13. Ke$ha, you've been warned.

An avid art collector (her home is filled with originals by D*Face, Shephard Fairey, and Banksy, including a funny one by the latter of a famously prudish Queen Victoria siting on another woman's face), Aguilera has paid special attention to the visuals on this album, hiring hipster street style photographer Mark Hunter a.k.a The Cobrasnake, who, coincidentally, got his start as an asistant to Fairey. The look differs wildly from what Alix Malka shot for Aguilera's 2010 album Bionic, which was aesthetically very sharp and futuristic and cool, as was the music itself, even if it underperformed commercially when compared to Xtina's other albums.

Aguilera has defended her last album recently, calling it "ahead of its time" (peep the new Billboard cover story) but I just think it was misunderstood, and apparently I'm not the only one who feels that way.

The Voice coach was recently honored at the ALMA Awards, where she chatted with us on the carpet, turning heads in a black, curve-hugging Michael Kors gown.

As she puts the finishing touches on the album, which she says is symbolic of a flower "that can withstand even the harshest conditions and still remain strong and beautiful," 31-year-old Aguilera was game to answer some burning questions via e-mail - some that deal with her childhood, others than touch on her current state of mind, as well as how she changed after becoming a mother (Aguilera has said that she struggled with the decision to divorce music exec Jordan Bratman in 2010, but that ultimately she did what she felt was best for their son, Max, now 4).

Of course, I'll be tailoring them to each subject. In Xtina's case, I wanted to know what's behind the new album and I mixed in some lighter questions with the deeper ones.

Out of a list of more than 30 questions, these are the ones she picked.

[TWEET] @THEREALXTINA: 'THANK YOU ENRIQUE BADULESCU FOR SHOOTING MY ALBUM ART AND...'

Thank you #EnriqueBadulescu for shooting my album art and this amazing @billboard cover! XoXtina twitter.com/TheRealXtina/s…
— Christina Aguilera (@TheRealXtina) September 25, 2012