“Let me blow your mind,” said Gwen Stefani, when asked if it was true that she had worked as a makeup artist. “Are you ready for this?”

“Really what's interesting is, at this point in my life, normal people don't just sit there and analyze themselves and go back and talk to people they don't know about about their past selves.”

For the Record was lucky enough to grab Gwen backstage to ask a few questions around her busy year and Spotify Wrapped, and we even got her to share a message to the loyal fans who found the artist in their own Wrapped results.

As she prepares to release her fourth solo record, and enters the fifth decade of an extraordinarily successful music career, Gwen Stefani is re-re-branding as... Gwen Stefani.

“When I look at my discography, I feel a bit overwhelmed by the life behind me that I’ve lived, because the songs really capture a lot of the really important moments.”

Gwen Stefani recently shared with Optical Prism her thoughts on her eyewear lines, the new frame styles and the influences behind them and why eyewear style is more important than ever in this pandemic era.

Somehow, despite spending nearly three decades in the spotlight, Gwen Stefani tells me she still feels like an underdog. Or, at least, surprised by the career she’s ended up with.

But as “Don’t Speak” turns 25 today and Stefani sits on the cusp of a new chapter in her three decade-long career, she’s finding herself reflecting more and more on her past.

Considering nineties and noughties nostalgia are all the rage right now, it would make sense for the chameleon that is Gwen Stefani to hit us with a new era.

Global superstar Gwen Stefani talks about the lasting impact of her hit song ‘Just A Girl’, falling in love again, and the never-ending fascination with her youthful appearance.

To mark her glorious return, we spoke to Stefani to go back to the very beginning, from the very first No Doubt show to making her first million.

She offered some more details about her headspace and ambitions going into this new album, but we also managed to talk about some of the many, many endeavors that have filled Stefani’s career.

Gwen Stefani isn’t ready to finish working on her upcoming fifth solo album just yet.

We spoke with Gwen over Zoom about her long-awaited new era, the impact of her beloved debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., and why she feels “honoured” for the decades-long support from the LGBTQ+ community.

With her long-anticipated fifth album on the way, Gwen Stefani gives Bailey Slater her year in review: talking love, lockdown, and creating new music.