There was a point during quarantine when Nick Jonas was missing his wife so much, she ended up becoming his muse for his new music.
ICYMI, Nick’s got a new solo album coming out called Spaceman – he’s already dropped the title track and performed it live on Saturday Night Live over the weekend.
The Voice coach had previously talked about his new music, telling Apple Music’s Zane Lowe how they were “love letters” to his wife Priyanka Chopra-Jonas.
“She loves it. Most of the songs are pretty much just love letters, which when I can’t articulate the way I feel with my words with no music, I go to the studio. And I’m grateful to have that because it makes her happy, and that’s most important,” he shared at the time.
During his appearance on Tuesday’s (March 2) episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he revealed just how much Priy – or, rather, her absence – had inspired his new music.
“I sort of started writing this record back in July. My wife was over in Germany finishing up this little movie called The Matrix,” Nick quipped. “And I was like, ‘You know, I feel very disconnected from the world, first of all, and now my person.’ And I just dug in writing. Within a couple days, I was like, ‘Oh, this is a solo album.’ And a few days later I was like, ‘This is a kind of themed album.'”
Nick says the theme centers around the isolation many of us have felt in the past year, added to the fact that he was missing Priy so much due to their work-related separation – but it does end on a hopeful note.
“Giving this idea that we’ve all had this year now… but this year of being disconnected from reality, disconnected from the world, feeling like we’re on our own planet and obviously missing her at that time as well,” he said of Priyanka. “And reconnecting with her and then the main theme from this album, more than anything, is just about hopefulness for the future and seeing a brighter day ahead.”
Nick and Priy have been candid about enjoying their time together while quarantining at home in interview.
“The biggest upside of all this has been that time at home, which me and Pri wouldn’t have had had this all happened as busy as our schedules have been the last couple of years,” he told Entertainment Tonight back in November.
“We both have had such individual careers that I don’t think we would’ve had six months with each other ever, so that’s really a blessing. I was really happy to be able to have that time with each other,” she shared during her appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in January.
Aww…These lovebirds are just the sweetest.
