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Gwen Stefani: The Song She Wrote When She Fell For Blake Shelton

We all know the story of how Blake Shelton wrote a song called “Reach The Stars” for his bride Gwen Stefani and used the lyrics as his vows, but what…

The Song Gwen Stefani Wrote When She Fell In Love With Blake Shelton
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We all know the story of how Blake Shelton wrote a song called "Reach The Stars" for his bride Gwen Stefani and used the lyrics as his vows, but what some may not know is that Gwen wrote a song called "Rare" inspired by her love for Blake on her 2016 This is What The Truth Feels Like album.

Gwen said to Shelton during a recent interview, “I wrote this song on my This Is What The Truth Feels Like album, which was the album I wrote when I was actually falling in love with you, Blake Shelton.”

She explained, “So half the album is heartbroken, 'I want to die' songs. And then halfway through writing that album, I met my best friend for life, Blake Shelton. And then I started writing songs about you, and you are my muse. And there's a song on the album that I don't feel like was a single, that should've been a single, that I want people to hear."

The song's lyrics sing in the chorus, "You're rare And I'm loving every second of it, don't you know? You're rare / And only a stupid girl would let you go / You're so good and you don't even know it / You're so good and you don't even know You're rare."

Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.