Jason Derulo has a new girlfriend - but is trying to keep their romance low-key.

Jason Derulo

Jason Derulo

The 27-year-old singer has secretly started a relationship with an unnamed woman and admitted that after the acrimonious nature of his split from Jordin Sparks in 2014, he is "trying to do it different this time".

He shared: "I'm not single. I'm keeping it on the low. I've been trying to. I'm trying to do it different this time because every other time, it didn't work."

Despite being in a stable relationship, Jason revealed that his direct messages are still jam-packed with X-rated notes from his numerous female admirers.

He told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "I get all kinds of girls busting it wide open ... doing things, playing with things.

"They're doing videos where there's like one thing moving and then the rest of the video is a still. It's 2017. New s**t is on the horizon."

One woman Jason is attracted to is Nicki Minaj, who the 'Talk Dirty' hitmaker revealed he would love to date if he wasn't already seeing someone else.

Jason explained: "I think Nicki is beautiful, super talented, all the above. I would date her if I wasn't involved."

Jason dated Jordin for three years, but admitted after their relationship collapsed that their busy working schedules put a lot of stress on their love life.

He previously said: "It may have weighed more on her than it did on me. She was in [a] frustrated space a lot."

Jason also confessed that there was a lot of "tension" in their relationship.

He added: "Every relationship has ups and downs and when you stop having more good times than bad times, it's time to call it quits."