Kate Hudson wanted to honour her mom Goldie Hawn by writing a song about her childhood.
The Hollywood actress stepped into music for the first time by releasing her debut album ‘Glorious’ last year and she’s now following it up with ‘Glorious (Deluxe)’ – and expanded version that features extra tracks including ‘Right on Time’, which was written about Goldie’s upbringing – and Kate admits the acting veteran was “very emotional” when she found out about the touching tribute.
During an appearance on ‘The Graham Norton Show’, Kate explained: “I think she was confused at first but when I told her it was about her childhood, she was very emotional.
“You become the keeper of your parents’ stories so to be able to share it with the world is wonderful. It honours my mom.”
Kate added of her mother: “She is magical and completely insane, depending on the day, but she is amazing and such a light.”
She also explained her decision to try music after spending so many years acting in Hollywood.
Kate said: “I finally took the leap and made a record. There was a moment during the COVID lockdown when we all thought we were going to die so I thought about my creative output and realised I had to do some music no matter what.
“I had tried before in my early 30s but was told I was too old, and I thought that ship had sailed, but after Covid nothing mattered any more. When I finally did it, I thought, ‘Why has it taken me so long?’”
Kate previously admitted launching a singing career has helped heal the rift with her estranged father and her siblings.
The 44-year-old actress’ parents are Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, but they split a year after she was born and she grew up with her mother’s partner Kurt Russell as her father figure in a blended family with her brother Oliver Hudson and Kurt’s son Wyatt Russell.
However, Kate also has three more half-siblings – Lalania, Zach, and Emily Hudson – from her biological dad Bill’s other relationships, but they have been estranged over the years until they recently got back in touch.
She recently revealed recording ‘Glorious’ helped bring her closer to musician Bill and the other side of the family.
She told Variety: “I think that music brings up something else for me – it’s my connection to my father, the connection to the Hudson side of my life. “It’s a very different side of me that is very connected to a very personal story, which is that relationship or lack of relationship that I’ve had with my father.
“So that’s also very interesting when it comes to music, because I’ve always felt very alone in my life, musically, because I wasn’t connected to the Hudsons.”
She added: “And now that I’m more connected to the Hudson side of my family, it really makes sense where it comes from. It’s actually pretty wild, you know?
“So not only has the music been cathartic for me, but it’s also really reconnected me to my siblings and my father. It’s been pretty amazing.”
‘The Graham Norton Show’ airs on Fridays at 10.40pm on BBC One and on BBC iPlayer.