Delta Goodrem’s surprising admission
Delta Goodrem has a confession make - she was 27 when she had her first alcoholic drink.
“I’d worked from such a young age that it wasn’t until my late twenties that I finally started to have my teenage years,” Goodrem told News Corp Australia yesterday.
“I had so much going on in my teens there wasn’t really the space to have a few drinks and have my friends look after me. But in my late twenties I had that period of self-discovery, things had started to get a bit much for me around that time. The lyrics mention how I was trying to numb the pain around me. It was an interesting chapter in my life.”
Goodrem made the revelation in her first book, Bridge Over Troubled Dreams, the companion piece to her new album of the same name.
Both will be released on May 14.
“One day I’d like to write an autobiography, but right now I’m happy to share my stories through music. This book is about the making of the album, the stories behind each song and what I learned while I was making. And there’s definitely parts of my life I haven’t spoken about before in this book.”
As well as a hardcover book, Goodrem has also recorded an audiobook with special acoustic versions of songs from her sixth album.
Her admission about not drinking until she was 27 is the opening line of her new single Billionaire, released today.
The album includes a song, Crash, where she talks about being born two months premature, while Dear Elton is a love letter to the musician who helped her fall back in love with the piano.
“Every record I have a different goal, this one was about being at my instrument, being the barefoot singer songwriter, going back to what is real and raw and honest, not trying to chase anything just being present in the music.”
Lyrics to Billionaire
I didn't drink till I was 27
That day I went to numb the pain inside me
The emptiness was showing
The hate around me growing
I thought I had to bury my self-worth
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams was building
The whiskey kept on turning into wine
Some people started asking
Oh where was all this going?
Then tried to pull the wool over my eyes
I've always been a lady
And that always saved me
I had to see the other side
My mama said, 'Go marry rich, girl'
It'll take your problems all away
But I lead life with my heart
And the world's not always fair
I'm gonna make myself that billionaire
I've never been impressed with money or power
Cause I thought I'd be the one to rule the world
So many men would tell me
It would be the gifts they gave me
But that just don't make them my Mr. Right
My name is Delta lady
You can't try to change me
I'll give you many reasons why
My mama said, 'Go marry rich, girl'
It'll take your problems all away
But I lead life with my heart
And the world's not always fair
I'm gonna make myself that billionaire
He said, 'Baby hold my hand'
I'm not your baby, understand
I'm gonna need a grown-ass man
Who takes me for who I am
My mama said, 'Go marry rich, girl'
It'll take your problems all away
But I lead life with my heart
Though the world's not always fair
I'm gonna make myself that billionaire
Shake that wannabe
You're only gonna end up lonely
He's no good you see
The real ones love unconditionally
You got to shake that wannabe
You're only gonna end up lonely