Today, James Arthur is a world-famous singer, but the beginnings of his success date back to 2012. Then the artist won the ninth edition of the British version of the “X Factor” program. Then the singer’s career gained momentum. The musician admitted that he had big problems coping with the enormous pressure.
James Arthur has bad memories of the “X Factor” days. Therapy helped him with addiction and panic attacks
James Arthur talks openly about addiction. The artist struggled with anxiety on the set of “X Factor” and sought solace in drugs. He admitted that he smoked “an inhuman amount of weed” at the time, which helped him stay in the program. Since 2012, the musician has been openly talking about the impact the program had on his mental health. He emphasizes that before he decided to undergo therapy, he was already heavily addicted.
“I smoked inhuman amounts of weed, I smoked it every day for about 10 years. A lot of weed, progressive paranoia, drinking and other things like that,” recalls the singer’s former life, quoted by the Daily Star.
The “Just Us” hitmaker had his first major panic attack while filming the show and felt like he wouldn’t survive it. “It was my first serious anxiety attack, an ambulance was called and I thought I was dying,” says James Arthur. The singer admitted that the jump from singing in his studio apartment to appearing on national television was too big for him. “When I was on the show, it was at its peak, with 12 million people watching it every week,” he adds.
James Arthur bitterly about the past: I probably wouldn’t be here
Things got worse for James Arthur when he was fired from Simon Cowell’s record company a few years later. The artist confessed that he felt worse than ever in his life. “I didn’t want to be there. The thing I had worked for all my life was gone and there was no chance it would come back. It was one chance in a million,” the singer recalled his dark thoughts in the Privates Parts podcast.
The musician even went so far as to say that if he hadn’t found a new recording contract, “he probably wouldn’t be among us anymore.” Fortunately, the star coped with the problems and announced that his new album will be released in January.
Source: Gazeta
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