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Los Angeles - Gwen Stefani admits Gavin Rossdale is the inspiration behind her new track, Used to Love You.
The 46-year-old singer, who split from the British rocker in August after 13 years of marriage, says this is the first time she's ever released a break-up song when she's "actually going through things in real time".
Asked if the single is about her estranged husband, The Voice USA mentor uncomfortably said: "Oh my God. Put me on the spot!
"What I'll say about that is that I've never put a record out where I'm actually going through things in real time. Like the Tragic Kingdom record, I wrote that over a three year period and then it came out and it was, like, two years on tour. It was a long, drawn out thing.
"I wrote that song, like, a couple weeks ago, and then I sat in front of a camera in a dressing room randomly not making a video, just to do some video for the screens behind me, and it went out and it's the video and it's, like, all very real."
Watch the emotional video here:
The blonde beauty credits her fans for helping her get through the split.
She told Matt Lauer on the TODAY show: "It's nice to do music and have that support from everybody. I don't know these people but for whatever reason I feel their love and energy coming back at me, and that's really comforting."
Watch the full interview (and that awkward moment at 3:28) here:
