People (May 10th 2016)

Blake Shelton on Getting Candid with His New Album: 'Everybody Else Is Cashing In on My Life, I Might as Well' Too

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Blake Shelton is shooting from the hip on his new album – because if he doesn’t share his feelings, somebody else might.

The singer performed tracks from his new album If I’m Honest live on The Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night – including his brand-new duet with girlfriend Gwen Stefani – and opened up to radio D.J. Bobby Bones about his musical inspirations.

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The 15-track If I’m Honest – which is due out May 20 – also includes “Bet You Still Think About Me,” which Shelton told Bones is “basically what it sounds like.”

“At some point – whether you go through a divorce or breakup or whatever – once you get past the anger and frustration of it all, you go to the sad part of it, where it’s just like ‘Gosh why didn’t that work out?’ ” Shelton explained. “It’s kinda what that song is about. Like even though stuff didn’t work out, I bet you miss me a little bit.”