Singer-songwriter Frank Turner has reconnected with his estranged parent after 10 years, following their gender transition.
The pair originally fell out over infidelity and abandonment issues, however, they are rebuilding their relationship.
After having barely any contact for almost a decade, Turner, 39, has now dedicated a song to his parent, simply titled Miranda.
Lyrics to the rock track, which tells the story of the pair’s reconciliation, read: ‘My father is called Miranda these days, she’s a proud transgender woman and my resentment has started to fade.’
The honest, hopeful lyrics come after Turner met Miranda for the first time in 2018,
He told The Guardian: ‘I immediately felt that this was a person who was a lot more considerate.
‘Miranda is a really nice person, my dad wasn’t.’
This isn’t the first time the prolific songwriter has penned a track for a parent, as his 2019 song, Rosemary Jane, was dedicated to his mother.
The musician praises his mum for holding the family together in spite of a husband ‘who is dead to himself and dead to everyone else,’ lyrics which are a stark contrast to the loving ones written for Miranda.
Turner first began to resent his father after being sent to boarding school aged eight, which he found ‘extremely traumatic’ and led him to self-harm.
He later clashed with his father over his tattoos and punk lifestyle and cut ties completely following his dad’s infidelity.
They didn’t speak for nine years and Turner confessed to his wife: ‘I wouldn’t go to my dad’s funeral if he died.’
They only started to rebuild their relationship only following Turner’s uncle’s death, who arranged a reconciliation for them in 2018.
The music star says the story is ‘long and complicated’ and it isn’t something he feels able to discuss publicly yet, but he immediately welcomed the change in personality.
He said Miranda is ‘really fun, really chatty and she cares.’
‘She’s interested in who I am and what I do, which my dad never was at all. It’s always going to be a work in progress, but we’re doing all right,’ he said.
Miranda has also joined Turner on tour, and her song will appear as one of the 17 tracks on his forthcoming album, FTHC (an acronym for Frank Turner Hardcore).
His ninth studio album drops on February 11, 2022.
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