{"id":88847,"date":"2024-04-09T19:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/gwen-stefani-almost-feels-guilty-about-making-music\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:06:35","slug":"gwen-stefani-almost-feels-guilty-about-making-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/09\/gwen-stefani-almost-feels-guilty-about-making-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwen Stefani &#8216;almost feels guilty&#8217; about making music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-04-09\" datetime=\"1712689595\" pubdate=\"\">9 April 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/gwen-stefani\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,gwen-stefani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwen Stefani<\/a> feels conflicted about her desire to make music.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Gwen Stefani is keen to keep making music<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old singer loves the challenge of making new music &#8211; but she&#8217;s also conscious of her responsibilities as a parent.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Hollaback Girl&#8217; hitmaker &#8211; who has Kingston, 17, Zuma, 15, and Apollo, ten, with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale &#8211; told NYLON magazine: &#8220;I almost feel guilty about it, or like I have to justify it or feel bad that I\u2019m doing it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like, \u2018You should just get on with your life.\u2019 But I really still want to do it!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to live my purpose. I don\u2019t want to be greedy. I want to contribute still. I don\u2019t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nDespite this, Gwen is certain that music is her professional purpose in life and she feels determined to pursue her ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer &#8211; who is married to country music star Blake Shelton &#8211; said: &#8220;I just know that I was chosen. And it took me a long time to say that, and it still makes me cringe a little bit, because it sounds conceited. I really struggled hard at certain things. But I can do this one thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nGwen has tried to adopt a modern approach to making records &#8211; but she admits that it doesn&#8217;t work for her.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe chart-topping star &#8211; who shot to fame as the lead singer of No Doubt &#8211; shared: &#8220;A lot of the pop writers that I\u2019d worked with started getting really different from the way I write. I was like, \u2018Why are you counting syllables?\u2019 Or they were trying so hard to go for a hit, where I\u2019m like: \u2018I\u2019m not chasing that.\u2019 A hit is the greatest thing in the world, but it has to be from nowhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/gwen-stefani-almost-feels-guilty-making-music-1397612.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 April 2024 Gwen Stefani feels conflicted about her desire to make music. Gwen Stefani is keen to keep making music The 54-year-old singer loves the challenge of making new music &#8211; but she&#8217;s also conscious of her responsibilities as a parent. 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