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Gwen Stefani feels something however hella good when listening to No Doubt songs.
“I can’t hearken to loads of the songs as a result of they communicate so clearly to me,” Stefani, 54, advised KROQ’s Audacy Examine In present earlier this week. “And it’s like, , you might have regrets, you might have errors you’ve made. And a lot of the songs are about that.”
She continued, “If I do ‘Ex-Girlfriend,’ even once I say it, I nearly throw up in my mouth. Simply figuring out precisely the place I used to be in that second to write down that tune and what I do know now? It’s identical to, ‘Oh, my God.’ It simply brings you proper again.”
Stefani didn’t make clear which “errors” she was referencing, however she’s been recognized to write down songs about her private relationships. No Doubt’s 1995 hit “Don’t Communicate” chronicled the breakup between her and bassist Tony Kanal, who dated from 1987 to 1994. “Ex-Girlfriend,” in the meantime, was launched in 2000 and served as a shoutout to then-husband Gavin Rossdale.
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The pair, who share sons Kingston, Zuma and Apollo, have been collectively for 14 years earlier than their 2015 divorce. Within the tune, Stefani sings, “You say you’re gonna burn earlier than you mellow.” The lyric is a reference to the Bush tune “Useless Meat,” the place the lyrics learn, “I’m doing you in tomorrow, I’ll burn earlier than I mellow.”
No Doubt performed underground gigs for almost a decade earlier than their first hit single, “Only a Woman,” made it to the radio airwaves in 1995. Their final album, Push and Shove, got here in 2012 earlier than they finally went their separate methods to deal with solo tasks. In January, the band revealed they will reunite for 2024’s Coachella Music Competition, which kicks off on Friday, April 12.
Stefani could have sophisticated emotions about her outdated music, however the pop star advised KROQ that being on stage and performing reside is a very completely different expertise.
“There’s a lot of occasions you’ll be on tour and doing the repetitive songs nevertheless it’s not the songs, you’re with these new folks each night time and so they’re receiving the songs,” she defined. “I can’t imagine I used to be chosen to have this life as a result of it’s such an unbelievable strategy to categorical your self and to know your self. And the songs try this.”
Coachella will mark No Doubt’s first efficiency as a band in 9 years. Final month, a supply solely advised Us Weekly that a reunion had been within the works for some time, with Stefani working as the driving power. Whereas a second insider advised Us that Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Younger “hadn’t been into the concept” when it was introduced up by Stefani prior to now, they’re now all fortunately on board.
“As soon as the Coachella workforce heard that they had been speaking and reached out with the provide, it actually solidified the reunion,” the supply defined. “The entire group has some concepts for brand spanking new materials and are open to a tour instantly after [their] efficiency.”
Whereas talking with Folks final month, Stefani stated she’s “utterly overwhelmed” by the followers’ pleasure and the love the band has obtained.
“I undoubtedly have that little factor in your abdomen the place you’re like, ‘Oh, my gosh! What?’ It’s going to be superb,” she gushed. “It’s simply going to be cool. It’s simply going to be: rise up there and do what we at all times do, which is play our music and attempt to join and be so grateful that we obtained this superb profession that we by no means anticipated to have.”
