Jess Mauboy bares her heart in latest single, Flashback

She’s fiercely private about her husband, but Aussie songstress Jess Mauboy has given fans a rare glimpse into her “roller coaster” relationships with him in her latest single.

Songstress Jessica Mauboy has given a rare insight into her “roller coaster” relationship of 15 years to long-time love Themeli Magripilis, whom she married in a small Darwin church ceremony last year.

The pair first met in Mauboy’s home town of Darwin, in a nightclub, when she was just 18.

The upbeat track, Flashback, is the second single from the beloved Voice Australia coach’s forthcoming fifth studio album, Yours Forever.

“Whatever love means to you, this song is that,” she said. “It encapsulates that butterfly feeling from when I literally first laid eyes on him.

“It’s a strange thing when you come from a small town that you’re supposed to know of everyone, and I’d never met him. I had that moment of: ‘Where have you been? Who are you? You’re out of this world’.”

Australian singer Jessica Mauboy is baring her heart in her new single, Flashback. Picture: Supplied

Back then, Mauboy’s career was just beginning.

While Magripilis remained in the Northern Territory capital, Mauboy lived and worked in Sydney, and the couple made their long-distance relationship work for seven years.

“There were moments when we were so low without each other, but that encouraged us to be better and brave,” the 34-year-old said.

Yet, Mauboy has largely managed to keep her relationship private.

“I only put out what I want people to know,” she said.

“There’s something really powerful about the sacredness of putting my experiences into music.”

Flashback is her reflection on “all the good things” they’ve created.

“It’s my exhale. A love letter saying, ‘remember all those years ago, back in 2009? And now we’re actually here’.

“It’s taken a lot of tears, mending, and also celebrating each other and acknowledging each other.”