'We are growing together': Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton drop latest collaborative single 'Purple Irises

'She (Gwen Stefani) knew there was something different about it and asked me to come in and sing with her,' said Blake Shelton
PUBLISHED FEB 10, 2024
Gwen Stefani and her husband Blake Shelton came together to release their new single 'Purple Irises' (@gwenstefani/Instagram)
Gwen Stefani and her husband Blake Shelton came together to release their new single 'Purple Irises' (@gwenstefani/Instagram)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Gwen Stefani and her country singer husband Blake Shelton have just released their single together. 

Their song ‘Purple Irises’ was released on Friday, February 9.



 

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton will perform live during Super Bowl LVIII

Gwen is also performing at the Super Bowl LVIII TikTok Tailgate on Sunday, February 11, where Shelton will join her too, and the couple will perform their new song together.

"'Purple Irises' is a song that comes from the idea that when you plant something you are planting hope and watching love grow," Stefani said in a press release for the track.

"Weathering all the different seasons of growth. We are in this together, we planted the seeds together and we are growing together," she added.

Meanwhile, Shelton said, "We both love this song so much." The song begins with "But if someone comes along and tries to love you like I love you / Don't know what I'd do, don't wanna lose you."


 
 
 
 
 
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What is the new song 'Purple Irises' all about? 

Addressing the aging which is natural for all, Gwen says, "Everything fades, everything dies / Put me in a vase, but you can't / You can't stop time.”

"It's not 1999 / But this face is still mine / The way you look at me / I swear my heart hits rewind," she said, as per ET.

Shelton joins in as the two sing together, "Wonder why you took a risk / On a broken heart you cannot fix. No, I never knew a love like this / Now I'm picking purple irises."


 
 
 
 
 
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‘Purple Irises’ is written by Stefani along with Svante Halldin, Jakob Hazell and Niko Rubio, and the track is produced by Scott Hendricks and recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. It is available via Warner Music Nashville and Interscope Records.

"It's a song Gwen wrote with a couple of friends of hers and I fell in love with it the first time I heard it," Shelton said in a statement.

"She knew there was something different about it and asked me to come in and sing with her. My longtime producer, Scott Hendricks, produced it, and Gwen’s been wanting to work with him for a long time now, and it’s turned into this really cool and different song that can live anywhere," he added.

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