Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds reveals a last minute text message saved his marriage to Aja Volkman and inspired his new song
His band Imagine Dragons teased the release of their latest single Follow You earlier this week.
And the group’s lead singer Dan Reynolds revealed in a TikTok video on Thursday that the track was inspired by the time when he was nearly divorced from his wife Aja Volkman.
In the short clip, the 33-year-old singer explains that he was on his way to finalizing his divorce when a text message from his estranged wife turned his ‘perspective upside down’.
Tough Time: Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds revealed on TikTok on Thursday that his new single Follow You was inspired by when he nearly divorced his wife Aja Volkman
Reynolds’ TikTok had him walk a rural dirt road wearing a thick brown jacket and blue patterned shirt.
“Have you ever received a text message that changed your life?” captions have begun.
“My wife and I hadn’t talked in seven months,” he continued to write as he walked quietly down the road looking around.
The musician added that he drove to his attorney’s office to sign his divorce papers and make it final.
But on the way to the law firm, he received a text message from his estranged wife out of nowhere.
Imminent Divorce: Reynolds’ TikTok had him walk on a rural dirt road. He wrote that he was about to sign divorce papers after not speaking to his wife for seven months.
What a difference a day makes: But he got a text from her while on his way to sign the papers, so the two skipped it and went for lunch before deciding to reconcile
“She said she didn’t have to own me to love me,” he wrote. “She loved me without expectations.”
So Reynolds and Volkman skipped the meeting and met for lunch.
It felt like the first date again. We called off the divorce, ”he wrote, as his wife jumped into the frame and hugged him.
“Then this man came by,” Reynolds added as his wife picked up their one-year-old son Valentine.
Reynolds ended the video by sharing that his new single Follow You was written shortly after his reunion.
Top of the world: ‘Then this man came over,’ added Reynolds as his wife picked up their one-year-old son Valentine.
Reversal: Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman divorced after getting married in 2011, but announced a reconciliation in January 2019; seen in Las Vegas in 2018
Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman had split up.
“Our children remain the most important thing in our lives, and we will happily continue to co-parent them,” he said in a statement.
In addition to their youngest, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow.
They were originally married in 2011.
But in January 2019, Reynolds revealed that the two had reconciled, and in the summer he said the two attended marriage counseling sessions to bolster their union.
“ I’ve entered into relationships with the wrong idea that if it’s not all perfect and there are arguments, you might not be with the right person. That’s just not the way it works, ”he told People.
Follow You and another single, Cutthroat, will be released on Friday, March 12, leading up to a fifth studio album for Imagine Dragons.
Happy Family: In addition to their youngest, the couple also share twin daughters Coco and Gia, three, and an eight-year-old daughter named Arrow; seen in Beverly Hills in 2019