Gwen Stefani's first solo album in a decade finds her keeping up with new pop sounds while writing from a new perspective: the quintessential divorcee, fresh off a messy split. While this is a familiar and effective strategy for selling albums, it’s also a jaded way to perceive This Is What the Truth Feels Like, in part because Stefani-who co-wrote every song-seems to be genuinely torn over her own identity here. Long forgotten is the novelty that initially came with watching Gwen go full TRL and bring her inspiring weirdness to the masses. Here, she plays a different kind of role model: the quintessential divorcee, fresh off her messy split from Gavin Rossdale.
The text on the cover is handwritten by Stefani. Tap and hold to copy URL. About This Is What the Truth Feels Like 1 contributor. Gwens third album and first since 2006’s The Sweet Escape, This Is What the Truth Feels Like can be viewed as a break up record, with Gwen tackling her divorce from musician Gavin Rossdale and moving on with Blake Shelton.
A singer and songwriter since childhood, Gwen Stefani has sold close to 30 million records as the front woman for the band No Doubt and as a multi-platinum solo artist. Gwen took her time to carefully craft her new album This Is What The Truth Looks Like, her most personal work to date
Release Date: Mar 18, 2016 Record label: Interscope Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance, Dance-Rock. It's hard to view the title of This Is What the Truth Feels Like, Gwen Stefani's first solo album in ten years, as anything other than confession: she's put away childish things so she can focus on what's real. Given that her past decade consisted of raising kids, divorcing a husband, stumbling through a No Doubt reunion, and finding redemption as a television star, there's a lot of ground for her to cover, which may be why This Is What the Truth Feels Like feels like a bit of mess
Gwen Stefani: How Making My New Album Saved My Life. It was really a life-saver record for me, Stefani says of This Is What the Truth Feels Like, out March 18. It wasn’t until I had to go through the worst tragedy that it really opened up a channel for me to be like, ‘God gave me a gift.
Gwen Stefani has long used music as a safe haven, a space where she can openly and candidly express her feelings. This Is What the Truth Feels Like transforms her breakup with Gavin Rossdale into soothing, therapeutic pop. Used to Love You is her most deeply confessional track since No Doubt’s Don’t Speak. Truth and Misery gently examine emotional scars to propulsive dance-pop. Then, around the flirty Send Me a Picture, the healing sunshine brings the heat. Stefani counts blessings on Rare and playfully blocks exes on Red Flag and Naughty.
The This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour was the third solo concert tour by American singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani, in support of her third solo studio album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016). It began on July 12, 2016, in Mansfield, Massachusetts at the Xfinity Center and continued throughout North America before concluding on October 16, 2016, in Inglewood, California at The Forum.
the Truth Feels Lik., which was later confirmed as the album's title. The cover features a close-up shot of Stefani with "hand drawn hearts, tears and flowers", which according to Carolyn Menyes of Music Times, "giv the record. a sense of femininity and raw emotion. The album's lead single "Used to Love You" was released three days after its live premiere, on October 20, 2015.