Michael Bublé is making noise about retiring from the music business after watching his child struggle with cancer and on the eve of releasing a new album.
Bublé, who recently finished building a stunning home in north Burnaby, made a bold statement in an interview with Chrissy Iley for Britain’s Daily Mail Weekend Magazine.
“This is my last interview,” he is quoted as saying. “I’m retiring from the business. I’ve made the perfect record and now I can leave at the very top.”
However, even the interviewer had doubts if he really means it and said so in the article. It could just be an emotional comment from someone who has been through hell the past few years.
Multiple media outlets are running with the “Bublé is retiring” based on the comment, but several fan sites I’ve visited don’t believe it. There is also no statement on his official website as of 6 p.m. local time, nor his social media pages.
So who knows?
What is clear is that Michael Bublé has, in recent weeks, put his heart on full display this fall with a jubilant return to making music.
The crooner announced on Facebook that he’ll release “Love,” spelled with heart emoji instead of the word, on Nov. 16.
He also released the first single “When I Fall In Love” as a taste of what’s to come.
It’s his first album since Bublé stepped away from showbiz two years ago to help care for his son Noah.
The boy, who is now five years old, underwent treatment for an unspecified form of cancer.
The singer and his wife Luisana Lopilato also welcomed their third child, a baby girl, in July.
Bublé shared news of his return on a Facebook video while dipping his hand into a bowl of chocolate hearts.
“I know that I’ve been gone about two years and I haven’t said much to you guys on any format like this, and I figured what better way than to do it with chocolate in my teeth,” he joked.
“This is also an opportunity to say thank you on behalf of my family and I. There’s no way you can know how much you meant to us, how much your prayers, how much your thoughts, how many times you got us through. For me this is a small way of being able to thank you and tell you how much I love you.”
— Chris Campbell, Burnaby Now (with files from the Canadian Press)
