"The moment I started drinking too much was when I started writing music in 2016 and it was making me go to places and feel sorry for myself," she saysIn this week’s PEOPLE, Jessica Simpson reveals how she reclaimed her voice while making her new EP Nashville Canyon: Part 1.

Jessica Simpson is channeling her heartbreak through music. After releasing her first single "Use My Heart Against Me" from her new EP, Nashville Canyon: Part 1, which she wrote as she split from her husband Eric Johnson, the singer opened up about how music "truly saved" her life during this difficult period.

"I got thrown a real twist of fate in the middle of making this record," Jessica Simpson tells PEOPLE. The singer announced her split from husband Eric Johnson in January.

Jessica Simpson says Eric Johnson "will always be" part of her life after she announced their separation last month. The singer, who is releasing her new music this week, reflected on her former relationship with Johnson in an exclusive interview with People in this week's issue, and opened up about how music has healed her.

Jessica Simpson revealed that her passion for music has helped her navigate divorce from estranged husband Eric Johnson. The 44-year-old actress said her newly released track, Use My Heart Against Me,

Jessica Simpson has revealed she experienced her "deepest heartbreak" amid her split from Eric Johnson. The singer opened up to her sister, Ashlee Simpson Ross, about her 2024 separation from Eric Johnson and how the experience inspired her to write the upcoming EP,