Stormzy opens up.
Stormzy has said he made "mistakes" during his relationship with the new Love Island host, Maya Jama.
Speaking with Louis Theroux, Stormzy called the break-up “the biggest loss a man can have” but claimed it also became the “biggest catalyst for growth."
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The rapper has a new album coming out next month and shared how he became "depressed and withdrawn" during the making of his debut album, Gang Signs and Prayer.
The album came out in February 2017 and Stormzy told Louis Theroux he would "break down" during the "super heavy" experience of creating it.
The 29-year-old explained, “I came into music when I was 19 or 20 and I’m becoming a man, I’m growing.
“I’m going on my journey as a man and I’m also trying to figure out how to be the greatest artist.
“(I’m) also in a relationship…and I’m also being a family man, a son, a provider and I’m also trying to provide and lead in my community, my people."
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Stormzy described this as "very overwhelming and "difficult to handle" while making his first album.
“I would often just crash out, or get super depressed or super withdrawn or super reclusive and disappear," he said.
“I would just stay at home and smoke a lot of weed. It was just a feeling, overwhelmingly, of ‘I actually can’t handle this’ which was also a new feeling to me because I was always a very capable child."
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We're glad he seems to be doing better now.
