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Gwen Stefani "rushed", still working on solo record
SPIN: Gwen Stefani Never Planned to Return to Her Solo Career
From the new SPIN Magazine interview. Gwen talks about the rushed recording process for her upcoming album, and the reuniting with Pharrell. In the full interview, she also talks collaborations with Charli XCX, Calvin Harris, and the future of No Doubt.
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Was Pharrell bringing you out at Coachella the impetus for your return to solo music? What was it about right now for you that felt right for a return?
That's a really good question. To be honest, I had no intention to ever do another solo record. I was in the studio with No Doubt after our last record. That last session we had was with Pharrell, and then I got pregnant unexpectedly, like a teenager. I got very sick, so everything stopped.
That was good though, because I needed that time to enter my cocoon and blossom into my next chapter. Before that, we were in the studio experimenting with a lot of different people. It was OK; there were certain times when we were so great, and there were other times where it felt like so much effort, so it was good timing to say, "Let's take a break on this."
Only four or five weeks after I had the baby, they called me to do The Voice. I was never expecting to do that, but when the opportunity came along, I was also itching to do new music. I didn't even care if it was hopping on someone else's song, I just knew that I couldn't keep being the "Hollaback Girl." Something new had to happen, and there was no way to do a No Doubt record in that short amount of time, because the way we write, it takes a long time. At first I was like, "Oh, I'll just put out a record! Let's do it!" But now I'm like, "Wait a minute." I feel like I was getting rushed by doing The Voice and trying to put the record out and having a new baby and doing No Doubt shows. It was just a lot to handle at one time, so I'm still working on the music and I think the only way to do it right now, with everything going on in my life, is to collaborate. Some of the best thing I've ever done — things I think are my favorite — are the collaborations.
Maybe then I'll go back and do some No Doubt stuff. I feel like I'm in a time period where I can't predict what's gonna happen. I feel really happy to have something new out. It's scary, too, because now everybody has such access to you and you have access to what everyone thinks of you, and I really didn't really grow up that way.
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I want new solo music
