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From secret romances to long-running love stories, some of music’s most iconic bandmates found more than harmony together. Join us as we look at relationships that began after the music did, from indie heartbreak and punk passion to pop, rock, and folk pairings that kept fans guessing. Which band couple had the most fascinating story? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00I wonder at what point we don't have to be introducing ourselves all the time.
00:03It's okay though, it's funny.
00:03Nice to meet you.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at bandmates that eventually became romantically linked.
00:10For this list, we're focusing on couples that weren't together prior to the band being formed,
00:14so anyone who was already dating will not be included.
00:18I'm like, dude, are you gonna kiss me or what?
00:21I don't think we can deny what we were feeling.
00:24Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie, The Wiggles.
00:27For years, they have entertained children around the globe with their catalogue of wholesome and often educational songs.
00:33In 2012, two new replacement members, Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie, were added to the lineup.
00:39The two grew close during their first year in the band, and by 2013, they entered a secret relationship.
00:45They went public in 2015, and months after that, they announced their engagement.
00:50Describe your life.
00:51Wiggly, beautiful, happy, beautiful.
01:00Their wedding occurred the following year, with fellow member Anthony Page serenading them with a bagpipes performance.
01:15Unfortunately, their intense touring schedule with the Wiggles made it impossible for them to go on a honeymoon,
01:20let alone foster a long-term marriage.
01:22The two split in 2018, and while they still work together, they have both found new partners.
01:28Lockie says it was Emma, a professional ballerina, who showed him how to dance.
01:32And Lockie, a trained singer, taught his wife to sing.
01:36Hayley Williams and Taylor York, Paramore.
01:38They are the very definition of a slow-burn romance.
01:41When Taylor York first joined Paramore in 2007, his future girlfriend Hayley Williams was already in a couple with their
01:47fellow band member, Josh Farrow.
01:49There's always like little ideas that happen every now and then that are new and that are exciting and, you
01:54know, make us, you know, feel like we might be ready to start the process over again.
01:58Though they broke up that year, she and York remained platonic bandmates for over a decade.
02:02In the 2020s, fans began speculating that the two were much more than musical collaborators, citing Instagram stories and song
02:10lyrics as proof.
02:11In 2022, they officially confirmed they were dating, to the delight of shippers everywhere.
02:17Williams even went on to explain that their 2023 track, Liar, was about her realizing her true feelings for him.
02:23I liked you, but you always knew the truth.
02:30While some fans have since speculated that there might be trouble in Paradise, others hope their bond is endgame.
02:37Who have you guys been together? You and the band?
02:40We... Oh, there we are.
02:42Lux Interior and Poison Ivy, The Cramps.
02:44Some bandmates opt for a slower start to a relationship, and others know right away they want to date one
02:50another.
02:50Rock stars Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of The Cramps definitely fall into the second category.
02:55The name of the album is Stay Sick, and the reason that we called it Stay Sick is because we're
03:00sick and tired of rock and roll getting such a good name.
03:03They met as college students in 1972, and by 1976, they had staked their claim within the punk scene.
03:09It wasn't long before they cemented themselves as a power couple, whose intense passion for one another helped fuel their
03:15raunchier lyrics.
03:16The good things happening in rock and roll, like, happen in the regular world, and we don't like that.
03:22We'd like to keep it unhealthy and sick like it's supposed to be.
03:26As the years went by, the two never stopped loving or working with one another, even as other members of
03:32the band came and went.
03:33They remained together happily for over three decades, until Interior's untimely death in 2009.
03:38Rock and roll never was a trend, like Acid House, or Calypso, or, you know, Cha Cha Cha.
03:46Rock and roll was a bigger thing.
03:47Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane.
03:51Both of us toured Europe for the first time with a band called The Doors,
03:54and what we're going to do is talk here a little bit about what we can remember of that period
03:59of time.
04:01Yeah, you can remember something.
04:03Though they were considered some of the trailblazers of psychedelic rock,
04:06one thing they didn't invent was an inter-band coupling.
04:09Rhythm guitarist Paul Kantner and keyboardist Grace Slick
04:12initially began as purely platonic members when Jefferson Airplane formed in 1966.
04:17In fact, the latter was reportedly committed to another man,
04:20all while Kantner pined for her from the sidelines.
04:23Finally got a chance to shoot his shot in 1969, and the two quickly fell for one another.
04:28One, Paul and myself, but he thinks we're, uh, unusually funny, to laugh at.
04:33While they never wed, they welcomed their daughter to the world in 1971,
04:37and released multiple projects with one another.
04:40Even after she broke things off in 1975,
04:42the two remained collaborators within the newly formed Jefferson Starship for years.
04:47It's just a long time.
04:48Mm, mm.
04:50Do you think it's time to stop?
04:53Is he getting a strain now?
04:55Look at all the gray hair I have.
04:58In the late 1990s, they took the indie scene by storm with their LA-based rock band.
05:04While Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett proved to be solid collaborators in Rilo-Kiley,
05:08they showed they were a successful romantic couple as well.
05:10That's awesome! I love the sharing! The sharing is just so awesome!
05:15Shubop, Shubop, Shubop.
05:15No, no, you're Shubop.
05:17I'm Shubop.
05:17You're her!
05:19And that the two dated throughout the turn of the century,
05:21and the release of their debut album in 2001,
05:24before breaking up in 2002.
05:25Luckily, that did not stop them from continuing to work together.
05:29I never felt so wicked
05:32As when I willed our love to die
05:36They remained bonded through music,
05:38even when it was about one another.
05:40Their creative partnership seemingly came to an end as well in the early 2010s,
05:44when the group officially disbanded.
05:46And in our solo projects, it's not.
05:49We get to be the king.
05:51You know, respectfully.
05:52The queen.
05:53The queen.
05:54The queen.
05:55The queen.
05:55The king.
05:56The king.
05:56However, Rilo Kylie made their comeback in 2025,
06:00and it's hard not to hope their relationship will as well.
06:03Wyclef Jean and Lauren Hill.
06:04The Fugees.
06:05While some romantically linked bandmates can continue working together after breaking up,
06:10others end up quitting the group altogether.
06:12The latter was unfortunately the case for the Fugees.
06:15When they initially went their separate ways in 1997,
06:18many assumed it was so each member could pursue a solo career.
06:21It wasn't until 2012 that the truth came out.
06:24Past the relationship,
06:27I can't be blamed for the future of an individual.
06:33In his memoir,
06:34Wyclef Jean revealed that he and Lauren Hill had been having an affair
06:37despite him getting married to Marie-Claude Annette in 1994.
06:41Their fling continued until 1997,
06:43when Hill became pregnant and claimed it was Jean's.
06:46Are you with child?
06:51Don't blush on me now.
06:53Actually, yes.
06:54Yes, I am.
06:55When that turned out to be a lie,
06:56it signaled both the end of their love and the group as a whole.
07:00You didn't know,
07:01well,
07:02either you didn't know or she didn't know
07:03whether her first child was yours or Rohan Marley's?
07:07Yeah, I mentioned it all in the book.
07:08Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa,
07:10the E Street Band.
07:11Not every relationship between group members ends in heartbreak.
07:15Some, like Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa of the E Street Band,
07:18have kept the flame alight for decades.
07:20After meeting at a bar in the 1980s,
07:22Scialfa soon joined the group as a backup singer.
07:24He says,
07:25it's like on stage,
07:26you know,
07:26but as soon as I get my foot off the stage.
07:28It's over, baby.
07:29It's over.
07:31I'm only boss for three hours.
07:33Then I surrender the title.
07:34Happily.
07:35The two dated other people for years,
07:37until Springsteen separated from his wife in 1988.
07:40That year,
07:41he and Scialfa began dating.
07:43What are the complexities of a long-term relationship?
07:46People are imperfect.
07:47They're flawed.
07:48So when you're young and you get into a relationship,
07:51you always think love holds some simplistic promise of completion.
07:55Though they were criticized,
07:57their love prevailed through the gossip.
07:58They had their first child in 1990
08:00and were married by 1991.
08:03Their fairy tale doesn't end there.
08:04They raised their children privately
08:06and welcomed their first grandchild in 2022.
08:09Through it all,
08:10they've continued to perform together
08:12and do not show signs of stopping anytime soon.
08:15I had an enormous amount of guidance and inspiration.
08:19And, you know,
08:20I can't overstate it.
08:21You know,
08:21it's,
08:22I've been lucky.
08:23Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.
08:25The Stilettos.
08:26Even if an intimate bond doesn't work out,
08:28doesn't mean you have to cut a former partner out entirely.
08:31Chris Stein and Debbie Harry are the perfect example of this.
08:34The two met while working in the Stilettos in the 1970s,
08:37and they began dating soon afterward.
08:39They eventually split off and formed Blondie,
08:41where they achieved worldwide success together as bandmates and partners.
08:45We, you know,
08:47as frustrating as things were,
08:49sometimes we always ended up with some kind of,
08:51you know,
08:52ironic joke or something.
08:54Even after Blondie disbanded,
08:56they remained significant others until 1987.
08:58It was then that the two sought treatment for their substance use,
09:02which coincided with the end of their time together.
09:07Although they were no longer romantically or professionally linked,
09:11they remained close.
09:12Decades later,
09:13they are still good friends,
09:14and Stein has even served as a godfather to Harry's daughters.
09:18Years gone by,
09:19I've realized that it really wasn't a mistake,
09:22as the legend has it.
09:24Gwen Stefani and Tony Cannell.
09:26No doubt.
09:27We were dating.
09:27Nobody knew,
09:28and we had to keep it totally secret,
09:30because if the band found out,
09:31they would be pissed.
09:32I was definitely concerned about what everybody else in the band would say or do.
09:37One thing that is practically guaranteed with any intergroup relationship
09:40is some incredible music about said pairing.
09:43This was the case for Gwen Stefani and Tony Cannell,
09:46whose breakup led to a truly iconic breakup track.
09:56No doubt formed in 1987,
09:58and they started dating shortly afterward.
10:00They initially kept it under wraps,
10:02as they felt they were breaking the rules by seeing one another.
10:05They dated throughout the early 1990s,
10:07until they broke up in 1994,
10:09amongst other issues with the band.
10:10Cannell and Stefani became a couple.
10:13They date for seven years.
10:15It was their split in 1994 that changed everything for the band.
10:20While it signaled the end of their love,
10:22it marked the beginning of their breakthrough.
10:24The fallout served as inspiration for Stefani,
10:27who wrote several songs,
10:28including Don't Speak.
10:29She and Cannell have maintained a professional bond,
10:32and performed together throughout each reunion.
10:34It's reached way, way higher than we ever thought it would go.
10:38We didn't even think the record would come out,
10:39let alone go to number one,
10:41which is just ridiculous, you know?
10:43But don't take it away.
10:44Yeah, don't, yeah.
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11:01Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham,
11:03Fritz.
11:04Lindsay and I will always be, like,
11:06connected like this, you know?
11:09And we still are.
11:10Given that they have a whole album about their relationships,
11:13it's no surprise that Fleetwood Mac is on this list.
11:16The short-lived marriage between bassist John
11:18and Sessions artist-turned-keyboardist Christine McVie
11:20is dramatic enough.
11:21However, Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham
11:24put their drama to shame.
11:25My relationship with Stevie is fragmented.
11:30The two met in high school and joined the band Fritz.
11:33When the group ended, their romance began.
11:35They released music under the name Buckingham Nicks
11:37until they joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975.
11:40They broke up a year later,
11:41and several iconic songs followed.
11:43And it's really hard, you know,
11:45when you break up with somebody,
11:47or somebody breaks up with you,
11:48and you're in this band.
11:49And guess what?
11:50Guess who you have to see the next day
11:52in the hotel, in the breakfast room?
11:54That person.
11:56The cherry on top was Nicks' affair
11:57with Mick Fleetwood in the late 70s,
11:59which reportedly hurt Buckingham even more.
12:02Their connection seemed dead in the water,
12:04but as of 2025,
12:06the two have begun to reconcile.
12:08It was, um,
12:11there were a set of unknowns going into it,
12:14and everything has just come back better than ever.
12:17Which romantically linked band members
12:19do you think have made the best music together?
12:21Let us know in the comments.
12:26To answer the questions,
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