Maddie & Tae are going their separate ways professionally.
The music duo – Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr – of over 10 years announced this week that they are splitting up and reveal what’s next for them.
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“We’re leaving this so open-ended because, you know, we might make another record one day,” Maddie tells People. “We might go do some tour dates one day.”
“But just in this season,” she continued. “It doesn’t feel aligned for us to do it together.”
Maddie is preparing for a solo career while Taylor is going to focus more on her family – she is married to songwriter Josh Kerr and they have two kids together, daughter Leighton, almost 4, and son Chapel, 1.
The two singers also note that this isn’t a permanent breakup and their personal relationship remains fully intact.
“Even though we’re not gonna go on this journey as Maddie & Tae together, we’re still walking and doing life together outside of it,” Maddie said. “And I think I’m really excited to just be best friends and nurture our friendship and not have to worry as much about the work and still get to raise our babies together. None of that changes.”
Taylor also opened up about how difficult this decision was to make.
“It’s been such a hard, hard — honestly, heartbreaking — decision,” she says. “This was the only dream I’ve ever had since I exited the womb. I had a very specific vision of creating music and singing music. When we met at 15, that’s what we set out to do, and we’re both just so grateful that we’ve had the journey that we’ve had. This career has been everything we’ve ever wanted.”
Maddie & Tae first met in 2010 at a showcase when they went to the same vocal coach. They then started performing together, and in 2014, signed their first record deal as a duo.
