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"Firebird" is Imbruglia's first record of
original music since 2009. It was written before the COVID-19
pandemic, but mostly recorded during lockdown in Oxfordshire,
England, where she lives.
"I just feel so excited to have a body of work that is so
personal to me but that I'm so proud of," the 46-year-old said
in an interview.
"I had writer's block for so long. ... I just want people to
hear the album. I just can't wait."
Her lockdown recording sessions were a blessing in disguise,
Imbruglia said, as she could tweak her work more than usual and
spend time with her son Max Valentine Imbruglia whose birth she
announced via Instagram in October 2019.
"I was a new mum at the period of time where you don't really
want to be leaving your child so it kind of was brilliant
because I could record a vocal and go and have a cuddle and then
come back," she said.
During her pregnancy, Imbruglia shared that she conceived with
the help of IVF and a sperm donor.
"This is about - women have a biological clock. This is about -
some people aren't lucky enough to find the right person or they
did and then they're divorced," she said of her decision to
become a solo mum.
"Life happens, how it happens ... I think it's important that
women ... know that they're not alone ... they have choices ...
Family should be whatever you want family to be."
Before going into music, Imbruglia made her name in the 1990s
playing Beth Brennan in hit soap opera "Neighbours".
"I remember just before the (first) album came out thinking ...
I’ve been on a soap, everyone's going to give me a hard time. If
I do a gig, people might throw things at me ...I actually
thought of tomatoes," she said.
However her debut single "Torn" was a huge hit topping airplay
charts around the world.
Reflecting on that time, she said: "I just look like a rabbit in
the headlights, a little bit terrified, but it was extraordinary
... I did have ... the spiritual understanding that ... this
might not happen again, so I did enjoy it."
(Reporting by Sarah Mills; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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