Jessica Simpson has new music coming, and the singer says its helping to heal her heart. Simpson’s “Use My Heart Against Me” will debut this week, the first song off her upcoming “Nashville Canyon: Part 1” project. The single comes a month after she and her husband Eric Johnson announced are ending their marriage of a decade.

"He's still very much a part of my life and will always be," the singer-songwriter tells PEOPLE Jessica Simpson’s first single, "Use My Heart Against Me," drops from her new EP: Nashville Canyon: Part 1 - this week — just a month after announcing the end of her 10-year marriage to Eric Johnson,

In an interview with PEOPLE, Jessica Simpson opened up about where she stands with her estranged husband, Eric Johnson, following their separation.