As Jennifer Nettles prepares to release her new album, featuring her latest single, “Unlove You,” she’s also enjoying the wonder and excitement of watching her three-year old son Magnus develop into a little person. Jennifer says, “He is in a super developmental explosion of language right now. He’s just now really getting to be able to express himself in sentences. And different kids, you know, develop along different spectrums. He’s pretty quiet, anyway, and has been reserved and a little on the backend, of that verbally. So, sometimes he says words and I’m like, how do you know this. Like, the other day he said instrument and I’m like, ‘I love that you know that!’ But, ‘how do you know to say instrument!?’”
Finally hearing Magnus verbalize so many new things, Jennifer says, “It is super life giving to me and I find I want to celebrate everything, well like, ‘He just said instrument, this is…animal, he said animal!’ All of these words that have been in his head for so long that are just now suddenly like coming out all at one time. It’s really fun to get to experience.”
Magnus has always been one to observe first and then act or get involved, and like any mother, Jennifer is hoping that is a quality he will retain when he is a teenager. She says, “He’s a little bit introverted, but then when he opens up like any other kid he’s runnin’ around and havin’ fun and it’s fun to see the areas then and the situations in which he actually becomes more extroverted and the things that bring out his personality.”
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247483245?secret_token=s-lye2z” params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Audio player not loading Click here.
Jennifer Nettles – Magnus developing personality 1:35
“Magnus right now, he is in a super developmental explosion of language right now. He’s just now really getting to be able to express himself in sentences. And different kids, you know, develop along different spectrums. He’s pretty quiet, anyway, and has been reserved and a little on the backend, of that verbally. So, sometimes he says words and I’m like, how do you know this. Like, the other day he said instrument and I’m like, ‘I love that you know that!’ But, ‘how do you know to say instrument!’, you know? Obviously he hears the word, but it’s not like something that I’ve drilled into him. It’s just something that I’ve said, hey, this is an instrument, or in passing, or that he’s seen in context. So, being able to experience his discovery of the world is so fantastic. I mean, it is super life giving to me and I find I want to celebrate everything, well like, ‘He just said instrument, this is…animal, he said animal!’ All of these words that have been in his head for so long that are just now suddenly like coming out all at one time. It’s really fun to get to experience, but he tends to be observant first, which I hope, please Lord let that quality last all the way through bein’ a teenager, please. He tends to be observant and he’ll sit back and watch before he jumps in. He’s a little bit introverted, but then when he opens up like any other kid he’s runnin’ around and havin’ fun and it’s fun to see the areas then and the situations in which he actually becomes more extroverted and the things that bring out his personality.”
WHAT SHE’S DOING THIS WEEK – FEBRUARY 22, 2016 – MONDAY
- Jennifer Nettles plays shows in Southern California this week.
- Her new single is called “Unlove You.”
- Sadly, Nettles is mourning the loss of her band member, Paul Gordon. Gordon passed away on Thursday (2/18) after an unspecified illness. He was 52-years-old. Nettles posted a picture of Paul on her Instagram page on Thursday along with the message, “Today we lost one of our precious own, Paul Gordon. Prayers for your beautiful family. May your Journey be sweet. You will forever play on in our hearts.”
JENNIFER NETTLES – THE FACTS
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.jennifernettles.com/
FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferNettlesMusic
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JenniferNettles
RECENT TWEETS:
Jennifer Nettles @JenniferNettles Feb 21
So far, so good. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cbwj14iUMAAUlIl.jpg
Jennifer Nettles @JenniferNettles Feb 20
Who’s tired? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cbt856JVAAAXeAw.jpg
Jennifer Nettles @JenniferNettles Feb 20
‘Bout to get turnt with these magic fingers. @mattdrummer2323 #mattchamberlain #studiovibes #808boom https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbtOKA3UAAUqV04.jpg
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jennifernettles/
BIRTH DATE: September 12, 1974 (She’s 41)
- HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Douglas, Georgia
- HUSBAND: Justin Miller
- CHILDREN: Magnus Hamilton Miller (b. 12/2012)
- DEBUT SINGLE (SUGARLAND): “Baby Girl”
- CURRENT SINGLE: 2016’s “Unlove You”
(SUGARLAND) NUMBER ONE SONGS – BILLBOARD’S COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART
Coming soon –
- CURRENT ALBUM: Coming…
THE STUDIO ALBUMS
Most recent solo album:
That Girl – January 2014
Sugarland Albums:
The Incredible Machine – October 2010
Gold and Green – October 2009
Live on the Inside – August 2009
Love on the Inside – July 2008
Enjoy the Ride – November 2006
Twice the Speed of Life – October 2004
- GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: She made her solo debut in June of 2014.
SUGARLAND – AWARD WINS
Coming….