Explaining why she divorced her husband, the singer said that she wanted to be the “happy version” of herself in front of their nine-year-old son. She noted that while many tend to stay in difficult marriages for a child’s sake, leaving one can be an equal act of love. “I was really ignoring myself for a long time, which was wild to me when I realized it.” She added that she sometimes feels “selfish” for “dismantling” her son’s life for her own happiness, but believes he would be “furious” with her if she stayed in an unhappy relationship. Her album 30 is partially a way of explaining her divorce to her child; the record is dedicated to him, but the songs are about her life.
