Gwen Stefani Setting the record straight about her marriage Blake Shelton. The “Hollaback Girl” singer opens up about the status of their relationship and how her “insecurities” led to their latest collaboration.
“The truth is, I’m in love with my best friend,” she said in the interview. nylon's 25th anniversary issue, on newsstands April 16. “And that's all I'm thinking about in my head. I'm overthinking.”
To be clear, Stephanie shuts down any rumors of turmoil in the couple's relationship.
“If you're in love and have truly aligned values, no one can approach us. You can say whatever you want to say about our relationship. I mean, a week ago we got divorced again or something like that.” .” she says. See the tabloid headlines about the pair: “It’s just a lie. The truth is the truth, and we know what it is.”
Stefani is gearing up to perform at Coachella with No Doubt in Indio, California later this month. She's now launched a new collaboration with Shelton, although she recently admitted that they “never really hung out or did anything.” real life couple They recently released a duet song ‘Purple Irises’. In February.
“I went through a period where I wondered, 'Oh my God, am I getting older? Am I cute?'” she says. “In my relationship, even though you know the truth about what's happening today, you're still creating drama in your mind about your own insecurities and what could happen. I was at that stage in my relationship with Blake and I was paranoid. “I fell into it.”
Through “Purple Irises,” Stefani and Shelton reflect on the passage of time in their relationship and find harmony while holding on to the one they love.
“Everything disappears, everything dies/Put me in a vase and you can’t/You can’t stop time.” Stephanie sings the nostalgic national anthem. “It’s not 1999/ But this face is still mine/ The way you look at me/ My heart feels like it’s going to flow backwards.”
In the choir, Shelton jumps back in, joining his voice.
“I wonder why you took the risk / A broken heart can’t be mended,” the couple sings. “No, I’ve never felt love like this before. / Now I’m picking purple irises.”
Shelton and Stefani famously met on set. that voice Stephanie got married in 2014 and got married in July 2021. Stephanie says she has three children: sons Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, 10. with my ex-husband, Gavin Rossdale.
“I said this to Blake the other day, ‘Don’t you understand what it means to be a mother and a wife and write a record?’ You might all be thinking, ‘Why did it take so long?’ Yeah, okay, I miss you. you Find five seconds to be creative,” she says. nylon About the challenges associated with motherhood. “It’s so hard to squeeze that into the life I have.”
In fact, Stefani suspects that having children has had a negative impact on her career and her relationships with her former bandmates. She told the magazine that record executive Jimmy Iovine asked her to visit her recording studio with Akon just weeks after giving birth to her eldest child in 2006.
“I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Stephanie recalls. “It’s been 9 weeks since the baby was born.”
It wasn't long before she found out she was pregnant again.
“I think everyone is disappointed,” she said of her bandmates’ reaction to the news. “I don’t think I would say that. No one would be upset that you had a baby. But they were waiting while I was busy.”
2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival It will feature headlining sets from Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator and Doja Cat on April 12-14 and April 19-21. No Doubt gave the bill a special honorable mention.
Two shows, Stephanie says nylon“We were young so this would be a really good greeting to bond our relationship with. [when we met].”
Stephanie's cover story marks the outlet's first reintroduction of a print magazine since 2017. nylon He also plans to attend the festival upon his return. nylon house.
in Recent interview with ETStefani has talked about releasing new music in 2024.
“I’m excited about it,” she said. “I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve finally gotten to a place where I’m obsessed, where I can’t stop listening, so I feel like I’m somewhere.”