Christina Perri wants to be honest about motherhood.
Christina Perri wants to be honest about motherhood
The 38-year-old singer - who has Carmella, six, and Pixie Rose, 22 months with husband Paul Costabile - has turned her hit song 'A Thousand Years' into a book about being a parent and wanted to showcase her "real life" with the project and be open about things like lack of sleep.
She told People: "All I do is live my real life, in the season of motherhood and singing to my girls. It's been my favourite part. It made so much sense. With each of these projects, we didn't overthink it or try something that was inauthentic. I didn't want to go backward and pretend that I didn't become a mom.
"I didn't want to pretend that I'd actually slept for six years. I'd rather everyone know where I'm at and that 100% made sense for me. Because the audience has grown up with me, people have followed along. Their lives are legit following the same timeline and are on the same trajectory as mine. It feels like such a sweet spot in music and creativity and I'm really grateful for it."
The 'Jar of Hearts' songstress was recently trying to sing to her youngest at bedtime but revealed that the little one had become picky about which song she wanted to hear.
She said: "Last night, I was laughing hysterically because my almost 2-year-old, Pixie, is so particular. I call her my spicy one. I asked her if I could sing to her when I was putting her to bed and she says yeah. So I start singing all the different songs and each time, she goes, 'No, no,'.
"I went through my whole lullaby album and I was like, 'Girlfriend, what do you want?' Finally, I said, 'Pixie Dust,' which is a song I wrote for her, and she said yes. She knew."
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