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Remember "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri? The one that was playing during Bella and Edward's wedding? Yes, that one!
Christina has found new inspiration, and created "A Thousand Years", the children's book - with illustrations by Joy Hwang Ruiz, according to an exclusive with PEOPLE.
"What's kind of amazing about the whole situation is when I wrote this song, I was only 24. As I grew up, it was like all the listeners and the fans of this song grew up, and then they all started getting married. And then, all of a sudden, it went from a movie song to the biggest wedding song for a few years there, which was so cool. I thought that was like the end of the gift, you know?" the singer recalls.
"Now everybody started having babies and everyone is playing this song for their babies. And then I myself started having babies, so it's all been like organic timeline like in my actual life," she continues. "I decided to make lullaby albums because that's what I'm singing to my girls, and so I make a lullaby version of "A Thousand Years," and now everybody's playing that on TikTok."
"It just happened so naturally, and everybody feels so grateful that this song has been a thread in the story of so many people's lives. So it kind of felt like the most natural thing to do to make it a kid's book."
"It was so genuine because I loved the books and I love the story and I love the characters," she says of Twilight.
"The fans, they took the song and ran with it....I'm forever lucky to get to sing it or turn it into a children's book. It just feels so cool."
A Thousand Years goes on sale April 1, 2025 and is available for preorder now, wherever books are sold.'
Read more on Christina's experience creating her new book here!