Nelly Furtado Says Dating Is “So Much Fun” After Being “Locked In Relationships”

like a bird Nelly Furtado Spreading her wings in the dating world!

“I’m Like a Bird” The 45-year-old singer talked about her dates in her 40s on the November 13 episode of the program. Call His Father podcast.

“It’s such a fun time in my life because I couldn’t really be single in my 20s, right? “I was pretty locked in relationships.” mother of three children in question. “I was in long-term relationships for most of my 20s and 30s. “So it’s only recently, I guess the last couple of years, that I’ve been single again.”

“Dating is so much fun. I love it,” Furtado told the host. Alex Cooper.

But even though dating is fun right now, “All Good Things (Come to an End)” The singer admitted that it is still difficult to get over breakups.

“My god. “I need a sip of water,” Furtado said when Cooper asked what was painful about his last breakup. “I had finally reached that yellow brick road and it was meant to be that way for me, but then it turned out it wasn’t, and that’s why it hit so hard. What do you mean? “You know I want it? Because it felt so right for the first time.”

Furtado was previously in a relationship with composer Jasper Gahunia. daughter Nevis, 21; sound engineer Demacio Castellon and finally rapper Jerry, with whom she shares her 6-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son (whose names she is keeping secret).

“And it’s this idea that certainty is somehow pulled out from under you, or the rug is pulled out from under you, and you’re like, ‘Oh my God.’ I still have a lot to learn. I have a lot to learn about myself’ and you may have had a terrible experience and of course, I went through a very difficult time where I thought I accepted some things that I would never accept now. “I am receiving treatment,” he continued.

during a INTERVIEW WITH PEOPLE Released in September, Furtado highlighted how fun it can be to embrace the perks of single life.

“I’m dating – it was fun. Just for fun. Just for fun. Just for pleasure and fun,” he said. “I guess just going out there and honoring that part of myself that likes to have a good time and have fun.”

Furtado later explained that it’s important to find balance when dating.

“And have fun with my friends, keep it light, go out, have fun once in a while. Just yes. Again, balance. “You have to have balance,” he added. “And I think you need to know what will give you balance. And this again comes from self-awareness and self-love.”

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The Grammy winner let it loose as she explored the dating pool this year seventh studio album titled 7The 34-year-old addressed the “biggest heartbreak of my life” in part, referencing her split from Jerry (born Gerard Damien Long).

For this new album, Furtado collaborated with his 21-year-old daughter Nevis, who co-wrote four songs, provided background vocals on two tracks, and helped mix, sequence, and package the overall project.

“There was a lot in my heart and mind that I needed to exorcise. “I really haven’t poured out my heart in a long time because I haven’t been on stage in five years,” she told PEOPLE. “I was on the mic to get this stuff out, just emotionally vomiting. ‘Why does this feel so physiological?’ I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. ”

“It’s a beautiful thing to put your emotions into a song,” Furtado added. “It’s a healing process.”