Kenny Chesney Talks New Album, Ex-Wife

Country king Kenny Chesney is ready to drop his new album, and ready to talk about his failed marriage with Renee Zellweger.



"In 2006, I was probably as emotionally and mentally exhausted as I'd ever been. And that was due to a lot of things-having the foot on the gas pedal constantly, and my breakup with Renee Zellweger," Chesney said, according to E! Online.



So, Chesney continued, "I got in a plane and went down to the Virgin Islands. I was completely by myself. I didn't want to be around anybody. So the next thing you know, it's me and a pen, and I sat down and wrote a lot of lines of this song, 'Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Be.'"



"It's no secret-there are about four or five songs that are about Renee," Chesney told USA Today, adding that he began writing for the album just weeks after his annulment two years ago.



"It's a pretty emotional record for me, a very honest record. There are some songs on this record that needed to be written," he continued. "It's the truth. It's my life. I've been in a lot of states of mind in the last three years. . . . I've let myself be more emotionally vulnerable in some of the lyrics. I think that was good therapy."



What will Zellweger think when she hears the songs she inspired?



"I have no idea," Chesney said. "I don't know. It's unpredictable. . . . I don't want to say this whole record is about her."



Chesney said that while the split was horrible, the two still talk "every now and then," E! Online reported. However, he was quick to note that while he was once heartbroken over the end of their marriage, he is no longer hung up over it.



"Not at all. I already wrote those songs. I'm on to something else."



The two-disc deluxe version of the album is set to release tomorrow. The single-disc version will be released on October 21.