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"Simple Kind Of Life" Video Review

Gwen Stefani has a tough time accepting that she's single and childless in the candid "Simple Kind of Life."

Downcast guitars and drums open the single, setting a hopeless tone. She dated her boyfriend for several years. She adored him. She spent hours analyzing the relationship and made sure she didn't do anything to wreck it. However, they broke up anyway. She's humilated that she bought into her hopes of marrying him.

In the single. Stefani's melancholy vocals cut to core of the disappointment she feels. She thinks that she did something wrong. However, she did everything she was taught to do by magazines, her friends and the media. She views her ex-boyfriend as the last chance to make her dreams possible.

"Simple Kind of Life" is like a conversation with herself she recorded. Stefani addresses her disillusionment about life with stark and gut wrenching lyrics. She is consistently able to sort her issues in a non-exploitative, confessional manner. It's deeply personal without exposing her every thought. Her ability to make the song deeply personal yet universal is a rare quality.

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