Imelda May has opened up about finding love after the break-up of her marriage to Darrel Higham.
The Mayhem singer split from her husband in 2015, after 18 years together, and a lot of people believe her latest album Life Love Flesh Blood was written about her marriage breakdown – which isn’t the case.
The Liberties native penned the album after embarking on a new relationship following her split from Darrel.
“People just presume that [it’s a break-up album] because I broke up with my husband. But I met someone, so it’s about falling in love after a big split, being scared and feeling lust again.” she told the Daily Mail.
“And then I got my heart broken by that person and so I wrote about that, too.
“I had a moment – I’m not going to tell you exactly what, because it hurt too much – but it was a major goodbye.
“Unfortunately, we slowly grew apart after almost 18 years together.
“I thought, ‘I need a change.’ It wasn’t a planned thing, like, ‘new vibe, new man, new album’; I wasn’t trying to do a Madonna.”
Imelda and Darrel have a daughter, Violet (4), together and they’ve remained on good terms since the split.
“We’re good. Violet is the centre of our universe and we make it all work around her.”
