Lola Young has explained her on-stage collapse last year, and the seclusion that followed, by revealing she was battling substance abuse.
The rising star tells Rolling Stone that she'd reached her "breaking point" at New York's All Things Go festival before her body gave out. She says, “You want to say yes to everything because everything’s on the table, but then you also have to balance that with your mental health, and I’ve been super open about my mental-health condition that I suffer from."
She further explained that her condition was worsened by her dependence on cocaine, adding “When somebody is going through addiction, or struggling in any capacity, it’s hard to know how much a person can do … I chose to hurt myself and self-sabotage, and I also chose to get onstage and perform.”