Sure, Gwen Stefani is more than happy for you to read whatever positive message you would like into her latest collaboration with Pharrell Williams, "Spark the Fire," but she doesn't want you to get the idea for one second that she wrote it with a feminist message in mind. According to the latest gossip news updates, the Voice temp doesn't feel comfortable carrying the torch of the women's movement. That might surprise her husband, Gavin Rossdale, however. The Bush frontman recently explained that they work as a team on the TV show, only when she asks for his input -- otherwise he sits silent.
No Doubt lead singer, Gwen Stefani, has been accused of avoiding loaded terms like "feminism" is the past, but these days she is embracing it as a byword for what her latest single is not all about.
During a recent interview with Pop Sugar, Stefani explained that while Pharrell Williams would be more than happy to have someone like Gwen out there pushing that message after his reputation took a hit with the supposedly pro-rape song he wrote for Robin Thicke on 2013, but it makes her uncomfortable:
"This song ["Spark the Fire"] is not a feminist anthem for me. It's a very personal song. It's my journey: it's about me.
"But I love that Pharrell sees that and thinks that this is a moment, and I should carry a torch for that.
"I would never take that responsibility on, but I love when people discover their own opinions about a song.
"Really, I didn't write 'Just a Girl' as a feminist anthem [either]...I wrote it because my dad wouldn't let me drive late at night!"
Gavin Rossdale more than likely finds this somewhat amusing as Gwen definitely seems to have no problem asserting herself back at their house.
The British alt rocker told Us Weekly in their December 15, issue that he loved working with Gwen on the Voice, when she would allow it:
"It was fun to leave for work together, then come home and talk shop.
"But I only give feedback when she asks me to."
Yeah...Gwen Stefani seems determined to do a lot of things on her own terms.
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