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James Reid’s inspiration behind song ‘Always Been You’ is Nadine Lustre

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Drew Acierto

<p>Singer-songwriter James Reid just shared the inspiration behind one of the songs from his latest album, Lovescene. The singer revealed that he had in mind ex-girlfriend, Nadine Lustre, while writing the song <em>Always Been You</em>.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;This next one is called &quot;Always Been You&quot;, this one I wrote about Nadine&quot; - James Reid<br/><br/>OKAY BE RIGHT BACK, MY JADINE HEART IS CRYING 😭😭😭💜<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JamesReid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JamesReid</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NadineLustre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NadineLustre</a> <a href="https://t.co/xZOLZsr7Xe">pic.twitter.com/xZOLZsr7Xe</a></p>— alie (@httpbumpkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/httpbumpkin/status/1580457362993090560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>T3NELQ</p><p>A Twitter user named @httpbumpkin uploaded a video of James reacting to his album alongside his friends.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/9/29/fresh-scoops/look-james-reid-drops-new-song-u-i-202710"><u><strong>READ: LOOK: James Reid drops new song ‘u &amp; i’</strong></u></a></div><p>“This next one is called ‘Always Been You.’ Oh, man, am I really gonna explain all these songs? This one I wrote about Nadine,” James shared.</p><p>The Twitter video has over 150,000 views and 2,500 retweets as of writing.</p><p>JaDine fans have been sharing how happy they are for this small detail that James shared behind the process for his album.</p><p>James and Nadine dated from 2016 up until their breakup in 2020.</p><p>While the two have broken up, they have since remained good friends. The singer-actress signed with her ex-boyfriend’s record label, Careless Music, in the same year they parted ways.</p><p>Fans of the onscreen partners have since appeared to have accepted the breakup of the couple. Nadine is already dating her non-showbiz boyfriend, Christophe Bariou.</p><p>Meanwhile, James has been romantically linked with MOMOLAND’s Nancy McDonie.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2022/10/9/fresh-scoops/james-reid-unveils-full-tracklist-of-new-album-lo-202965"><u><strong>READ: James Reid unveils full tracklist of new album ‘Lovescene’</strong></u></a></div><p>Lovescene is James’ second album. His first one was released back in July 2017. The singer-songwriter shared in a previous interview that he would be focusing on his music career this year.</p><p> “Definitely for this year, I am working on a lot of music. I’m very excited to release new songs. But yeah for this year, I’m focusing on music... I will be signing co-artists to Careless Music, my music label and will be releasing a lot of music and that’s also what I’m excited for,” he stated.</p>

JaDine fans shared their excitement over the surprising detail of James Reid’s new song.