Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland stepped out with son Titan, 12 months, in Los Angeles, Calif. on Tuesday (November 24). The mother-son duo were seen getting some groceries at Bristol Farms.

Kelly recently landed a gig on Fox’s hit show Empire and hit the studio to record a new song — her first in two years. The mom-of-one, 34, opened up to CBS about her career and the joys of motherhood.

On her Empire character: “I play Lucious’ mom [in flashbacks] who actually suffered from bipolar disease and the thing she and I have in common is that we just genuinely love our children. We want to be great mothers … How deep her goes for Lucious just takes her breath away and just playing for this role for me was so much fun. I respected the show and Lee and the characters so much, I really just dove right in and stayed in the moment. I didn’t want to record around that time, I just wanted to focus on the role.”

On her new song, Dumb: “It’s all about how women make men go dumb. I just think that we are just so smart — it doesn’t matter if you are young or old, I just feel like women are five steps ahead of men. It’s very empowering. It’s a fun song. I had very good time in the studio recording it. I’m actually about to shoot a video for it that’s taken a lot of preparation. My fans hadn’t heard new music from me in two years between the birth of my son and wanting to spend some quality time with mom. It took me away from music. I was still in the studio, but not as much as I’m used to because I’m still learning how to balance my time.”

On motherhood: “I don’t want to go too far away from him. I’m kind of addicted to my son. But I have to work. I need to be able to pay for him! So, I have to get to work. The past two weeks for me, I actually wrote on my mirror ‘Superwoman.’ And I said, ‘He wouldn’t put anything on you that you couldn’t bear.’ And my son came at the most beautiful time in my life and I just have to learn like every other mom how to balance because I’m still grasping that concept. It’s a very hard concept. Nobody told me that!”

On her upcoming holiday plans: “I like to just focus on family. I like to be around the house. I like to cook. And now that Titan is older, he’s going to be with his cousins. We’re planning a whole bunch of little activities, holiday crafts and baking. I’m so excited. He’s going to understand this year. Of course, last year he was almost a month old.”

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