Jason Mraz's Love is a Four-Letter Word

JasonMraz.com relaunched in July 2011 with a new design and a message informing fans that a special announcement was imminent. A few days later, it was announced that Jason Mraz would embark on a mini-global tour in September to November 2011, with occasional full band shows, but mostly as an acoustic duo with long time performing partner and friend, Toca Rivera. The special shows marked the ten-year anniversary of the independently released Live at Java Joe's album. Jason Mraz played in the US, Australia, Berlin and Prague, and was due to make a festival appearance in Hossegor, France before the festival was cancelled.

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On September 19, 2011, Jason Mraz announced via his Facebook page the release of a new single titled "The World as I See It", which is intended to be the theme of the "In Search of Incredible" campaign, accompanied by the song being embedded via YouTube. On September 20, 2011, the single was released on the iTunes music store.

During the fall/winter tour, many songs old and new were showcased. Towards the end of the tour, Jason Mraz announced that 'I Never Knew You' would not be featuring on the new album, suggesting that the final tracklist has been decided on and that the album is on course for release around February 2012.

On December 8, 2011, Jason Mraz told Jeff Benjamin of Billboard that the "album is finished" except for one track he was attempting to re-work as an acoustic version. He described the album as, "It's not a departure in the sound of the genre in any way, it's just different tones, different textures. Musically, I think people are going to like it. It's personal. It's melodic. And it's mellow. There's a couple of up-tempo tunes, but mostly the rhythm of the heartbeat kind of takes precedence on this record. Medium-tempo tunes; which I love. It feels more like the pace of life. At least, based on my life and what I've been doing."

The new album is set to be released on May 8, 2012. On January 20, 2012, during a performance streamed live from the Bing Bar at the Sundance Film Festival, Jason Mraz told the audience that the album's title is Love Is a Four-Letter Word. Jason Mraz released a new single from the album, called "I Won't Give Up", and the single has peaked at #1 on iTunes.

During January 2012, the Dutch online retailer bol.com accidently released a tracklisting for the forthcoming album, which been dismissed as being incorrect. At present, the only confirmed tracks are the two singles, The World As I See It, and I Won't Give Up, as revealed in one of Jason Mraz's latest blogs.