Dan Reynolds, the leader of Imagine Dragons, reveals that a last-minute text message saved her marriage to Aja Volkman and inspired her new song
His band Imagine Dragons teased the release of their latest single Follow You earlier this week.
And the group’s singer Dan Reynolds revealed in a TikTok video on Thursday that the song was inspired by the moment when he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman.
In the short clip, the 33-year-old singer shares the fact that he was about to end his divorce, when a message written by his estranged wife turned his “perspective upside down”.
Difficult moment: Imagine Dragons leader Dan Reynolds revealed on TikTok on Thursday that his new single Follow You has been inspired since he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman
Reynolds’ TikTok showed him walking on a gravel country road while wearing a thick brown jacket and a blue shirt.
“Have you ever received a text that would change your life?” his subtitles have begun.
“My wife and I hadn’t spoken in 7 months,” he continued to write as he walked silently down the road, looking everywhere.
The musician added that he was going to his lawyer’s office to sign his divorce documents, becoming final.
But on the way to the law office, he received a text message from his estranged wife.
Imminent divorce: Reynolds’ TikTok showed him that he was on a 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 a day makes: But he got a text from her on the way to sign the papers, so the two jumped on him and went to lunch before deciding to reconcile.
“He said he didn’t have to hold me to love me,” he wrote. “He loved me without expectations.”
So Reynolds and Volkman went out to meet and have lunch.
“It simply came to my notice then. I annulled the divorce, ‘he wrote, as his wife jumped into the frame and wrapped him in a hug.
“Then this guy came,” Reynolds added as his wife took her one-year-old son Valentine.
Reynolds ended the video by sharing that his new single Follow You was written shortly after the reunion.
Top of the world: “That’s when this guy came,” Reynolds added as his wife took his one-year-old son Valentine
Revocation: Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman separated after marrying in 2011, but announced a reconciliation in January 2019; seen in 2018 in Las Vegas
Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman had separated.
“Our children continue to be the most important thing in our lives and we will continue to co-parent them with all our love,” he said in a statement.
In addition to the youngest of them, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow.
They originally got married in 2011.
But in January 2019, Reynolds revealed that the two had reconciled and, in the summer, said that the two are participating in marriage counseling sessions to strengthen their union.
“I came into contact with this false notion that if everything is not perfect and there are arguments, then maybe you are not with the right person. It’s not just the way it works, “he told People.
Follow You and another single, Cutthroat, will be released on Friday, March 12, as the leader of a fifth studio album for Imagine Dragons.
Happy family: in addition to the youngest of them, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow; seen in 2019 in Beverly Hills