VIDEO : After a decade of dormancy, Chaka Khan blooms again

If Chaka Khan were a flower, she'd be a perennial.

On the brink of her first new album in a decade, and, on New Year's Day, serving as grand marshal at the Rose Parade, Chaka Khan is in bloom again.

"This is all new for me," the 65-year-old Khan commented. "I love challenges. And I love new stuff."

Khan will also open parade festivities with a performance. Khan said she would sing two songs: "I Feel for You," as well as "Hello Happiness," the second single from the new album.