Dan Reynolds, 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, led to the release of their new single Follow You earlier this week.
And group singer Dan Reynolds revealed Thursday in a TikTok video that the track was inspired by the time he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman.
In the short clip, the 33-year-old singer explains that he was on the verge of ending his divorce when a text message from his distant wife turned his “perspective” upside down.
Tough Time: Imagine Dragons leader Dan Reynolds revealed to TikTok on Thursday that his new single Follow You was inspired when he almost divorced his wife Aja Volkman
Reynolds ’TikTok showed him walking down a rural gravel road while wearing a thick brown jacket and a blue shirt.
“Have you ever gotten a life-changing text?” they started their subtitles.
“My wife and I hadn’t spoken in seven months,” he continued to write as he walked silently down the road as he watched everything.
The musician added that he was going to his lawyer’s office to sign his divorce proceedings, which made it final.
But, on his way to the law firm, he received a text message from his estranged wife.
Imminent divorce: Reynolds’ TikTok showed him walking down a rural 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 one day ago: but he received a text from her on his way to sign the papers, so the two jumped in and went to lunch before deciding to reconcile.
“He said he didn’t need to own me to love me,” he wrote. “He loved me without expectations.”
So Reynolds and Volkman jumped into the meeting and met for lunch.
It seemed like the first date again. We canceled the divorce, ”he wrote, as his wife threw herself into the frame and wrapped her in a hug.
“Then this guy showed up,” Reynolds added as his wife picked up his one-year-old son Valentine.
Reynolds finished the video by sharing that his new single Follow You was written shortly after their meeting.
Top of the World: “Then This Boy Came,” Reynolds added as his wife picked up his one-year-old son Valentine
Reversal: Reynolds revealed in April 2018 that he and Volkman had 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,” she 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, over the summer, said they were attending marriage counseling sessions to strengthen their union.
“I got into relationships with this false notion that if everything isn’t perfect and there are arguments, you may not be with the right person. It’s just not how it works,” he told People.
Follow You and another single, Cutthroat, will be released on Friday, March 12 as the star of 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 2019 in Beverly Hills