Reconnecting with her French fans, Gwen Stefani showed up in Paris earlier today (September 24) to promote her new No Doubt album.
As usual, the “Wind It Up” songstress was dressed to impress, keeping things low-key in a black button-up top with black leather trousers and black heels.
And while Gwen and her bandmates have a whole catalog of hits to their credit, their song “Don’t Speak” stands out as the most difficult on an emotional level as it deals with Gwen and bassist Tony Kanal's split.
Kanal told press, “We were on tour for Tragic Kingdom for 28 months. We were going through the breakup, and in every interview we were talking about it so we were opening this wound on an hourly basis. It was so brutal but I don't know how we made it through."
However, Gwen credits the breakup with helping her come out of her creative shell. "Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more. But I'd been really bad at school and didn't know what I would do, I just sang in my brother's band. But after the breakup I just started writing all these songs and suddenly I was: 'Oh I think I'm really good at this!'"
Source:
http://tabloidbuzzer.com/2012/09/24/gwen-stefani-promotional-duties-in-paris/