Michael Bublé talks about a difficult period in his life Vote.
While preparing contestants Aliyah Khaylyn and Sofronio Vasquez for their battle round on Tuesday, October 29, the Canadian singer wore his heart on his sleeve as he detailed the meaningful story behind his song “Forever Now.”
“I have a question. What is the original that was too vulnerable for you to release?” Khaylyn asked Bublé, 49.
“I wrote a poem about my children,” he replied. “Honestly, I’ve been struggling to release it because my son has been through quite a public health battle and it’s one of those songs I never thought I’d ever sing live.”
“And then my son was fine and I started to find the strength to do it live,” he continued, referring to his son Noah’s liver cancer diagnosis. “The first time I did it I was a mess, and then the more I did it, the more therapeutic it was.”
Michael Bublé says his son’s cancer diagnosis ‘rocked my world’: ‘A sledgehammer to my reality’
Bublé then said that the song is “Forever Now” and to him it means, “no matter what you do, I’m forever proud of you and now I’ll love you forever.”
Both Khaylyn and Vasquez were touched by his confession.
“I’m very grateful that Michael shared that. He’s willing to help. Especially as an artist, but as a human being there’s a connection. I really like that,” Vasquez said in an interview.
During the performance at Director’s diary podcast last December, the “Sway” singer said his son’s diagnosis “rocked my world.”
“And it was a sledgehammer to my reality. And I’ll never be carefree and that’s okay. For me, it’s a privilege to exist and that pain, fear, suffering that comes with things like that is, I guess, the part that’s so beautiful, this life,” he said is to presenter Steven Bartlett.
Bublé’s son Noah was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2016 at the age of 3 and has been in remission since 2017.
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In 2021, Bublé revealed to PEOPLE how the diagnosis changed him, saying, “I’m living a much deeper life now.”
“I don’t wish that kind of pain on any human being, but I feel like when you’ve really suffered, when you’ve really felt fear and loss, it allows you to live a deeper life,” Bublé said. “Once you feel these things, you are able, in context, to truly feel joy, gratitude and happiness.”
“My grandfather used to say, ‘Today’s curse is tomorrow’s blessing,'” he continued. “Although for some of us who have lost so much in the last few years, whether it’s our jobs or our loved ones, it doesn’t all come with negative connotations. There’s always a silver lining in that cloud.”
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