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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Jessie J has found 2025 to be "heavy and hard in many ways"

    The 37-year-old pop star has taken to social media to reflect on her difficult year, which included being diagnosed with breast cancer.


    Jessie - who revealed in June that she'd been diagnosed with cancer - wrote on Instagram Story: "In a world full of 'everything is fine, I'm happy, I'm good, life is perfect' there is grief, hurt, pain, sadness, heartbreak and reflection and processing happening this time of year for many of us, alongside the good and great or on its own. This year has been heavy and hard in many ways for all of us. For me personally one of the hardest but most magical years of my life. Personally and professionally."

    Jessie admitted that "sadness has come up this week" and she's stopped working for the first time in months.

    The singer continued: "So I'm crying a lot. Writing s*** down feeling really low tbh. The lowest I have felt in a while. An accumulation of stuff just making its way to the surface and I'm letting it out. Don't hold it in people. We are not superhuman or meant to be happy and positive all the time. It's healthy and normal to cry, and if someone you love is crying don't say 'oh don't cry' say 'come here.'

    "Sending love to anyone feeling this way too right now. No positive end to this. Just I'm with ya. It's s*** sometimes (sic)"

    Jessie recently revealed that she wants to "change the narrative" for people diagnosed with cancer.

    The pop star underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in June after being diagnosed with breast cancer and she's proud to have been open about her health struggles in order to encourage other women to check their breasts.

    She told Women's Health magazine: "I hear all the time from people who say that a friend checked her breasts after seeing me talking about it. They found a lump, and it's cancer, but they've caught it early. I've got goosebumps. So, yeah, I'll keep talking about how important it is."

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