jhmacal Posted September 20 Posted September 20 In a new interview for Rolling Stone: "Purple Irises" also liberated Stefani from a creative rut, one where she found herself attempting to "compete a little bit with my past and going backwards" — alluding to one-off singles like "Slow Clap" and "Let Me Reintroduce Myself" — which, along with "life being so crazy busy and the pandemic," was responsible for the long wait between albums. "It felt like I was repeating myself a lot," Stefani said of the false starts. "It just never landed, and it didn't even inspire me, so at a certain point I just wrote a song called 'Purple Irises,' and it felt like, 'I'm on now.' I felt like I'm in the zone, this is it." (We're glad she recognizes that and moved on) She also confirms the album is not country at all: The new single isn't the only thing deceptive about Bouquet: Despite the cowboy hat on the cover, and the fact that the album was recorded in Nashville by an A-list producer (Scott Hendricks) with an all-star band of Music Row musicians, Stefani is insistent that she has not gone country. "It's not a country record," she says. Instead, Bouquet is packed with Seventies pop-rock radio gems, channeled through the prism of Nashville, but still authentically Gwen. "It's all the stuff I listened to in the station wagon on the way to church," Stefani says of the album. "Yacht rock, though it wasn't called yacht rock then. The music I listen to now, I wanted this album to reflect that." Full interview: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/gwen-stefani-new-song-somebody-elses-bouquet-interview-1235107260/ 5 3
ChooseyLover Posted September 20 Posted September 20 (edited) I actually liked Let Me Reintroduce Myself and its MV especially. But releasing music that doesn't excite you is a bad idea. JoJo has talked about this a lot on her book and recent interviews. Props to her for doing what she likes and liberating herself from the opinions and expectations of other people. Edited September 20 by ChooseyLover 3
freshoutthebuffet Posted September 20 Posted September 20 If she talking about Baby Don't Lie? Cos it might nota clicked with the gp but it was a bangaaa 4 1
UrMom Posted September 20 Posted September 20 15 minutes ago, jhmacal said: "It's all the stuff I listened to in the station wagon on the way to church," Stefani says of the album. This is sending me
Migs Posted September 20 Posted September 20 Slow Clap was ridiculous and True Babe was weak, but LMRM was cute. 6 minutes ago, freshoutthebuffet said: If she talking about Baby Don't Lie? Cos it might nota clicked with the gp but it was a bangaaa Couldn't agree more. It should've been a hit. We failed her
NOW Posted September 20 Posted September 20 Gwen's catalog up until The Sweet Escape and even Push & Shove was great. She completely lost me when she started dropping new solo music after the No Doubt reunion because nothing ever stacked up to her past music except for some cute moments here and there like LMRM.
bielneira Posted September 20 Posted September 20 Then, she releases the worst country song of the year.
jhmacal Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 47 minutes ago, freshoutthebuffet said: If she talking about Baby Don't Lie? Cos it might nota clicked with the gp but it was a bangaaa she's referring to the most recent ones (slow clap and LMRM), she loves baby don't lie and has it on her setlist of every concert she's played in the last few years... BDL was on the way to becoming a decent hit (was doing well on radio) when she killed it to release Spark the Fire 2
attention Posted September 20 Posted September 20 glad to hear she's inspired again, and it's a pretty honest claim for an artist of her stature to say they're still figuring stuff out creatively despite what the output prior was 2
Elementary Posted September 20 Posted September 20 This won't "land" either. And why is she talking about "inspiration" when she's releasing country music just because it's popular right now and her husband told her to. Since she joined The Voice she lost herself never to be found again. 4 1 1
Josh Posted September 20 Posted September 20 4 minutes ago, Elementary said: This won't "land" either. And why is she talking about "inspiration" when she's releasing country music just because it's popular right now and her husband told her to. Since she joined The Voice she lost herself never to be found again. She prefers to be a corny country artist ever since she got with Blake Shelton. She lost her creative edge
boysandbombs Posted September 20 Posted September 20 22 minutes ago, Elementary said: This won't "land" either. And why is she talking about "inspiration" when she's releasing country music just because it's popular right now and her husband told her to. Since she joined The Voice she lost herself never to be found again. 17 minutes ago, Josh said: She prefers to be a corny country artist ever since she got with Blake Shelton. She lost her creative edge here's a mindblowing thought - maybe you're just up your own asses wanting her to release the music YOU liked from her and have never known her at all? diehard fans know she's the happiest she's ever been in her life and that's really all that matters. she's a legacy artist with nothing to prove, she gets to do whatever the hell SHE wants now and this is it. 9
Elementary Posted September 20 Posted September 20 1 minute ago, boysandbombs said: here's a mindblowing thought - maybe you're just up your own asses wanting her to release the music YOU liked from her and have never known her at all? diehard fans know she's the happiest she's ever been in her life and that's really all that matters. she's a legacy artist with nothing to prove, she gets to do whatever the hell SHE wants now and this is it. I'm assuming you know her personally to claim she's the "happiest she's ever been in her life". Following your own logic. 4
Josh Posted September 20 Posted September 20 6 minutes ago, boysandbombs said: here's a mindblowing thought - maybe you're just up your own asses wanting her to release the music YOU liked from her and have never known her at all? diehard fans know she's the happiest she's ever been in her life and that's really all that matters. she's a legacy artist with nothing to prove, she gets to do whatever the hell SHE wants now and this is it. 4 minutes ago, Elementary said: I'm assuming you know her personally to claim she's the "happiest she's ever been in her life". Following your own logic.
boysandbombs Posted September 20 Posted September 20 she's literally said it for years now - it's the entire concept behind this album. this song is the mad dark spot that the love and light that the rest of the album can grow from, she JUST said so in the Rolling Stone review that this thread is based on. A+ for comprehension, Josh.
jhmacal Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 1 hour ago, Elementary said: This won't "land" either. And why is she talking about "inspiration" when she's releasing country music just because it's popular right now and her husband told her to. Since she joined The Voice she lost herself never to be found again. 24 minutes ago, boysandbombs said: she's literally said it for years now - it's the entire concept behind this album. this song is the mad dark spot that the love and light that the rest of the album can grow from, she JUST said so in the Rolling Stone review that this thread is based on. A+ for comprehension, Josh. The point of the interview is that it landed already, creatively speaking. It's the music that feels right for her right now, and it might have some country influence but it's still signature Gwen especially lyrically (and mainly yacht-rock). 1
vuelve88 Posted September 20 Posted September 20 I'm glad she recognized that she was repeating herself. I like the new songs and I respect her trying something different. LAMB remains one of the best pop albums.
Bloodflowers. Posted September 20 Posted September 20 Baby Don't Lie and Let Me Reintroduce Myself are still her best droplet singles! Spark the Fire and Slow Clap... well....
XtinaStripped Posted September 21 Posted September 21 Housewife domination era incoming. Hold onto your vacuum cleaners!
reymiu Posted September 21 Posted September 21 I love Purple Irises ... Curious to hear how the album sounds
Scandalous Posted September 21 Posted September 21 have yall even listened to the new singles bc it's clearly NOT country 2 1
Dark Phoenix Posted September 21 Posted September 21 19 hours ago, Elementary said: This won't "land" either. And why is she talking about "inspiration" when she's releasing country music just because it's popular right now and her husband told her to. Since she joined The Voice she lost herself never to be found again. And yet the radios have spoken: https://x.com/usradioupdater/status/1837450864228737425?s=46 And her other song with Blake is already 2xP, not everyone has that this easily.
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