Gwen Stefani She explained how her husband was Blake Shelton He changed his life after a series of ups and downs with an ex Gavin Rossdale.

“Meeting my husband felt like a second chance at life because when my family broke up, it was a disaster,” Stefani, 55, said. Guard In an interview published on Thursday (November 14). “How do you get yourself out of this? But God put this other person there to love me.”

Stefani was talking about her past marriage to Rossdale (59), although she did not mention his name. The former couple had been married for 12 years and had three children: Kingston, 18, Zuma, 16, and Apollo, 10. After their 2015 split, Stefani moved on with Shelton, 48. They got married in July 2021.

“I know this sounds weird, but Blake and I met through the gardening business,” the singer said. Guard. “We have a home together in Oklahoma, and during the pandemic we came across a very old building on the property and encountered purple irises there that someone must have planted centuries ago, but they survived. “I wrote the song ‘Purple Irises’ about that, about what it feels like to find true love and the insecurity that comes with not wanting to lose it.”

The song is included in this Stefani’s latest album, BouquetIt was released on Friday, November 15. The record was inspired by the singer’s relationship, but also by the yacht rock music he listened to while growing up.

“The songs are like going back to high school and trying to put on my prom dress, saying, ‘Here I am again!’ I felt you told me to say. No, you can’t; “You need to improve,” he said. “I wanted the songs to be more representative of who I am today sonically.”

Including Shelton’s Audio on “Purple Irises” This helped development.

“When he heard ‘Purple Irises,’ he loved it so much he started singing it. “I love singing with him,” she gushed of her husband. “He’s very humble and doesn’t realize how good he is. There’s something very appealing about that.”

As for another collaboration in the future, Stefani said she would “love” to make an album with Shelton. “I never listened to country music, so even though Blake was super successful, I didn’t even know he existed before I met him,” she admitted.

In addition to sharing the good parts of her current relationship in the new album, Stefani also appeared to throw shade at Rossdale With “someone else’s” lyrics.

“I don’t know what a heart like mine does with a love like this,” he says in the first verse. “I don’t know what a woman like me is doing with a man like you / But now I’ve got a love so real.”