The Swarm

January 28, 2009

Once couple says 'enough': Glen Hansard and Maketa Irglova split

Andy Gensler

First, before having your notion of true love smashed to bits, see what it was once like for Glen Hansard and Maketa Irglova (a.k.a. The Swell Season) in the love story film “Once” when they musically articulated all our romantic hopes and dreams:

Now the harsh truth (via the Sydney Morning Herald):

And what about Hansard and Irglova? Once is a love story and it has such a persuasive documentary feel about it that surely the love that develops between the two of them has to be more than just an on-screen illusion.

“It did become a real relationship,” Hansard admits. “I think it was just a very natural part of what we were doing together. We had made the film. We had gone through so much with the Oscar. Of course, we fell into each other’s arms. It was a very necessary part of our friendship but I think we both concluded that that wasn’t what we really wanted to do. So we’re not together now. We are just really good friends.”

The work they do together, which started with the film Once and continued with the album The Swell Season, has continued. Now the duo has recorded a new album that they are considering releasing independently.



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