Black Eyed Peas superstar Will.i.Am has revealed that he has been hired as the executive producer for Britney Spears's forthcoming new record.

He confirmed the exciting news to Rolling Stone magazine and explained that they're a few months into the long-awaited project:

"After I did a song on 'Femme Fatale' – 'Big Fat Bass' – and then we did 'Scream & Shout,' she really liked the way we worked because of my approach. So they asked me to be involved in, not producing and writing every song, but to be an executive producer on the songs."

When asked about the general direction of the album, the 'Boom Boom Pow' hitmaker was careful not to share any specifics but did confess that he spent a few months getting to know her on a more personal level so they could work who she really is into the songs that will make up the new offering:

"I was like, 'OK, look, guys, me and Britney need to have lunch four times a month for three months before I even try to go in the studio with her,'. Because we need to talk. We need to talk about what she's excited about in life. I gotta talk about the things that hurt her. I gotta talk about the things that make her concerned – she's a mother. I gotta talk to her about all the things that her fans want to talk to her about. I gotta be the vehicle between her and her fans."

"We can't do another song about going on the dance floor. Really? Didn't we see a bunch of Britney doing that already? Don't we want to see something that comes from her heart?"

Watch Will.i.Am and Spears's collaborative video for 'Scream & Shout' here: