{"id":807596,"date":"2020-05-19T10:32:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=999208"},"modified":"2020-05-19T10:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:32:39","slug":"muses-matt-bellamy-on-lockdown-life-i-have-more-time-to-enjoy-the-simple-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/muses-matt-bellamy-on-lockdown-life-i-have-more-time-to-enjoy-the-simple-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Muse\u2019s Matt Bellamy on Lockdown Life: \u2018I Have More Time to Enjoy the Simple Things\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Muse<\/a> frontman Matt Bellamy always intended for 2020 to be a quiet year away from the public eye. His band wrapped up their extensive Simulation Theory<\/em> world tour in October 2019 ,and he needed time to decompress; spend time with his wife, model Elle Evans; and prepare for the birth of their first child. So the COVID-19 lockdown hasn\u2019t been too big of an inconvenience, and it\u2019s actually given him the time to focus on music, like his new solo song \u201cTomorrow\u2019s World.\u201d<\/p>\n

He phoned up Rolling Stone<\/em> to talk about his lockdown life, preparing for his second child, how the new Ricky Gervais Netflix show After Life<\/em> inspired his new song, and what the future holds for Muse.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s your lockdown going?<\/strong>
It\u2019s been unusual, I believe for everyone. I\u2019ve become a primary-school teacher to my son. Second-grade algebra is harder than I expected. In terms of my work life with Muse, I\u2019ve taken a year off anyway. It\u2019s a year off touring and a year off recording. The disruption hasn\u2019t been that bad.<\/p>\n

My wife is having a baby in a few weeks as well. Going through that part of it is a bit tricky because when the lockdown first kicked off, those first few weeks at the end of March, everyone was looking a bit like, \u201cWhere is this going?\u201d It was a bit nerve-racking trying to figure out how to visit the OBGYN and all that kind of stuff. That was a little bit unsettling, but I\u2019m in L.A. and lucky to have a bit of sunshine.<\/p>\n

How is the rest of your family?<\/strong>
I was worried about my mum. She was in the U.K., and she lives alone and she\u2019s obviously older as well. We were very lucky that just before the flight lockdown happened, I managed to get her on a flight out to be with us out here. I wasn\u2019t sure where it was going at that point, so I was very happy when she got here. When she arrived, I put her in a separate bedroom and kept her a little bit separate from the rest of us for about 10 days. Then she got integrated in with us.<\/p>\n

That was a big relief as well. At the time I was like, \u201cI really don\u2019t want my mum to be on her own in a home in England,\u201d especially with the way things were looking at that point.<\/p>\n

Other tricky elements were that I have a son from a previous relationship. I\u2019m dealing with joint custody and all that stuff. That was tricky as well because obviously both households have to have an agreement about what level of lockdown we have. Luckily, we agreed on a lot of those things and were able to keep our son between the houses.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tricky thing to navigate, but obviously I\u2019m on the luckier side of this. My work life hasn\u2019t been that badly affected because I had the year off anyway.<\/p>\n