Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds reveals that a last-minute text message saved his marriage to Aja Volkman and inspired his new song
His band Imagine Dragons triggered the release of their newest single Follow You earlier this week.
And group singer Dan Reynolds revealed Thursday in a TikTok video that the track was inspired by the time he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman.
In the short clip, the 33-year-old singer says he was on his way to finalize his divorce when a text message from his ex-wife changed his ‘upside down perspective’.
Difficult moment: Dan Reynolds, lead singer of Imagine Dragons, revealed on Thursday on TikTok that his new single Follow You was inspired by when he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman
Reynolds’ TikTok showed him walking down a rural gravel road, wearing a thick brown jacket and a blue printed shirt.
‘Have you ever received a message that changed your life?’ your subtitles have started.
‘My wife and I haven’t talked in 7 months,’ he continued to write while walking quietly down the road while looking around.
The musician added that he was driving to his lawyer’s office to sign the divorce paperwork, making it final.
But on the way to the law firm, he received an unexpected text message from his ex-wife.
Impending divorce: Reynolds’ TikTok showed him walking along a rural gravel road. He wrote that he was about to sign the divorce papers after not talking to his wife for seven months.
What a difference one day makes: but he got a message from her on the way to sign the papers, so the two jumped up and went to lunch before deciding to reconcile
“She said she didn’t have to be my owner to love me,” he wrote. ‘She loved me without expectations.’
Therefore, Reynolds and Volkman escaped the meeting and met for lunch.
‘It felt like the first date again. We canceled the divorce, ‘he wrote, while his wife came on the scene and enveloped him in a hug.
“So this guy showed up,” Reynolds added as his wife took the one-year-old son, Valentine.
Reynolds ended the video by sharing that his new single Follow You was written shortly after their meeting.
On top of the world: “So this guy showed up,” Reynolds added as his wife picked up her one-year-old son Valentine
Reversal: Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman broke up after getting married in 2011, but announced a reconciliation in January 2019; seen in 2018 in Las Vegas
Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman broke up.
“Our children continue to be the most important thing in our lives, and we will continue to be their parents with all of our love,” he said in a statement.
In addition to the youngest, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow.
They were originally married in 2011.
But in January 2019, Reynolds revealed that the two had reconciled and, over the summer, he said the two were participating in marriage counseling sessions to strengthen their union.
‘I have entered into relationships with this false notion that if everything is not perfect and there are arguments, then perhaps you are not with the right person. This is not how it works, ‘he told People.
Follow You and another single, Cutthroat, will be released on Friday, March 12, as the release of Imagine Dragons’ fifth studio album.
Happy family: in addition to the youngest, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow; seen in 2019 in Beverly Hills