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Lola Young had to be carried off stage after she collapsed during a performance in New York on Saturday evening.
The 24-year-old Messy singer suffered a medical issue while singing Conceited at the All Things Go Music Festival at Forest Hills Stadium, New York City, and was taken backstage by medical staff.
The singer performed four songs Spiders, F*** Everyone, Dealer and Walk All Over You from her new album, I’m Only F***ing Myself, before the incident occured.
Footage circulating of the terrifying moment shows Lola pacing the stage and wearily singing in complete contrast to her usual high-energy performances, before she gestured off stage to try and indicate a problem and suddenly fell to the floor backwards.
Thankfully, Lola later reassured fans she was fine, writing on her Instagram Story less than an hour later: ‘Hi, for anyone who saw my set at All Things Go today, I am doing OK now. Thank you for all of your support, Lola xxx.’
Prior to her collapse, Lola had told the crowd she had been through a ‘tricky’ couple of days, as per Billboard.
She added: ‘Sometimes life can really make you feel like you can’t continue, but you know what, today I woke up and I made the decision to come here… I wanted to be here and perform, I didn’t want to wallow in my sadness… and sometimes life can throw you lemons, and you just gotta make lemonade.’
Cinderella hitmaker Remi Wolf performed later that evening at the festival and also told the audience her friend was doing okay.
She said: ‘That was really f****** scary. My friend Lola is backstage, and she is okay.’
Doechii also gave a shoutout to the Big Brown Eyes hitmaker during her own set.
Just a day before, the Don’t Hate Me Singer had cancelled her appearance at Audacy’s We Can Survive concert, with her manager Nick Shymansky explaining on Instagram Stories that she had done so ‘due to a sensitive matter’.
Earlier this month, Lola, who shot into the mainstream with her hit song Messy which soundtracked much of this year, reflected on her ‘struggle” with sobriety after checking into rehab last year to address her drug addiction.
She told the Guardian: ‘It’s been a struggle – I’ve definitely had to work on some internal healing while grappling with touring and stuff.
‘I’ve had to be away for a bit while battling with things. But it teaches you a lot, being addicted to substances. It makes you more empathetic about other people that have gone through that. It’s just a constant journey.’
The Big Brown Eyes singer went on to explain she feels ‘very grateful and appreciative’ to have been given the chance to access help and support.
She said: ‘A lot of people don’t have the privilege of being able to do that. A lot of people suffer from addiction, and a lot of people are in that personal journey [to recovery].
‘Anyone who knows that feeling will know it’s not linear, it’s always up and down, but it’s down to dysregulation of dopamine … coming out as ADHD as well and being diagnosed, that’s been hard to deal with.’
Messy became the most-streamed song by a British artist in the world earlier this year, and she’s followed it up with a new album I’m Only F**ing Myself, released earlier this month.
Having graduated from Brit School in 2018, Lola caught the eye of Amy Winehouse’s former manager Nick Shymansky and signed a record deal when she was 18.
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