Because something really broke Brandy. Shes on a journey to find something emotionally. And mentally I don't think she's "here." I think the covers and few songs that she's released in the past years were to help her heal her, not please us. Of course we can't pinpoint it or know details but maybe a series of things just kinda sat on her too heavy. Brandy was a child star and has been through the Hollywood ringer. We see how White child stars get. The Olsens, Lindsay, Britney. We should be glad Brandy hasn't really gone off a deep end. I'm kinda done playfully dragging her about "when this" and "why that." All these acting gigs between albums that we can either look at as her utilizing her talents...or trying to become someone other than herself. She barely got thru the Human era and we know what that album was for her. An apology, an attempt at redemption. It was half assed era wise, and Two Eleven was no better. In the promo shoots she was playing tennis, hanging from ropes, and holding a gun to her own head. Something wasn't and isn't right and at this point it's beyond "gurl just get your ass in the studio and release! what's the hold up!?" She was perfect in the 90s and perfect in the studio but inside she may have been a wreck the whole time.
That performance she had with the newspapers that said "Brandy is free!" or something like that... she thought. She's still battling something. It's beyond.