Jessica Simpson is finally making her return to the world of music with her first new single in nearly 15 years.
The singer, 44, dropped “Use My Heart Against Me” on Friday, February 21, after weeks of teasing new music via social media.
“Music makes you un-become to become, and through this process my soul has been pulled to the very place it belongs,” Simpson wrote via Instagram alongside the single’s cover art. “To the girl I was, I love you. To the woman I am, I am proud of you. To the woman I am becoming, I am excited for you….lets do this…it’s GO TIME.”
Cowritten with Natalie Hemby of The Highwomen, Ashley Ray and Joe Ginsberg, “Use My Heart Against Me” has a more bluesy feel than any of Simpson’s past music. The lyrics, meanwhile, have a country flavor with lines like, “Double down like I’m a whiskey / Drink me in until you’re tipsy.”
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Simpson also announced a two-part EP titled Nashville Canyon. The first part will drop Friday, March 21, while the second part will arrive in early summer.
“I’ve lived through the hardest parts of life, and music is what has brought me back,” she said in a press release. “Nashville Canyon is for anyone who’s ever been told who they are or how they should live their life. It’s about finding your true voice and the courage to be exactly who you are. … This music is mine to share, and it’s not just about me — it’s about everyone who’s ever felt lost or overlooked. I want to remind them that they’re not alone.”
Earlier this year, Simpson announced that she and her husband, Eric Johnson, had called it quits after 10 years of marriage. “Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” she told Us Weekly in a statement on January 13. “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.”
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The estranged couple, who tied the knot in 2014, share three kids: daughters Maxwell, 12, and Birdie, 5, and son Ace, 11.
After becoming a mom, Simpson took a step back from the music industry and focused on her fashion line and her family. Her last album, Happy Christmas, arrived in 2010. In 2021, she released a cover of “Particles” by Nothing But Thieves, but her last original single was 2010’s “My Only Wish” from Happy Christmas.
In an interview published earlier this week, Simpson said Johnson, 45, supported her return to music.
“It is a gift,” she told The Cut in conversation with her sister, Ashlee Simpson, on Thursday, February 20. “Eric supported that gift. My kids supported that gift.”
