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Johnny Depp slams ex-wife Amber Heard on new album with Jeff Beck

Just weeks after his court victory, Johnny Depp has delivered some brutal new words to his ex-wife.

Amber Heard wants defamation decision overturned

He’s silent no more: Johnny Depp is reportedly using his latest album to sing out about winning his contentious defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.

“I think you’ve said enough for one motherf***ing night,” he sings on the record he made with legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck, which is set to be released on Friday, the Sunday Times of London reported.

Depp penned two songs on the album, titled 18, with Beck, the former Yardbirds guitarist. The tunes appear to reveal how Depp may have been feeling during the gruelling, weeks-long trial that exposed the couple’s troubled married life to the world.

The former couple’s relationship was laid bare in court. Picture: Tiziana Fabi/AFP
The former couple’s relationship was laid bare in court. Picture: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

“You’re sitting there like a dog with a seven-year itch,” he sings on one track, called Sad Motherf***in’ Parade, according to The Times.

“If I had a dime, it wouldn’t reach your hand,” he belts out in another line of the song.

Depp on stage with Jeff Beck during the Helsinki Blues Festival on June 19. Picture: Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AFP
Depp on stage with Jeff Beck during the Helsinki Blues Festival on June 19. Picture: Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/AFP

Depp, 59, joined Beck, 78, on a string of tour dates throughout the UK in June. Their album is named for the youthful age the pair say they feel whenever they play music, the paper reported.

After Depp’s two songs, the remaining tracks off the album are cover songs, including Caroline, No by the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, and Lou Reed’s Venus And Furs by the Velvet Underground, according to The Times.

Outside of his prolific acting career, Depp has a long history of playing music. He recently announced he will be going on tour next summer with his rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, which consists of Depp, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper and Tommy Henriksen.

Depp scored a win in his case last month against Heard, 36, who he sued for defamation after a 2018 op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post alleged abuses against an unnamed partner.

After a nationally televised trial, a seven-person jury awarded Depp $US10 million ($A14 million) in compensatory damages and $US5 million ($A7 million) in punitive damages – though Virginia law caps punitive damages at $US350,000 ($A510,000).

Heard was awarded $US2 million ($A2.92 million) in her countersuit against her ex-husband.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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