
In an interview with the New York Times, Stefani had revealed that the split had left her “dead”, and that she turned to music for help.
“I’m gonna die. I am dead, actually. How do I save myself? What am I going to do? How do I not go down like this?,” she said of her emotional state just after the split.
“[I thought], ‘I have to make music out of this. That’s what God wants for me’ Being in that room and being creative, it was the only place that felt good — I was like, I love the smell of this room.”