Duffy shares new song and updates fans on interview about kidnap ordeal

20 March 2020, 11:52

Welsh singer Duffy has shared a new song for fans to listen to while updating fans on her upcoming interview.

Last month, Duffy has claimed she was "drugged, raped and held captive" in a harrowing social media post that has now been deleted.

The 35-year-old singer, who has been largely out of the spotlight for several years, revealed why she took a step back from the public eye.

Read more: Duffy reveals she was 'drugged, raped and held captive' in singer's harrowing Instagram post

Posting a black and white photo of herself online, Duffy told her followers that now "felt like the right time" to tell her story.

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Now, Duffy has given an update on the interview as she reached out to Jo Whiley.

Sharing her new song 'Something Beautiful', Duffy said: "You may have read the words I wrote a few weeks back, I do feel freer.

Read more: What happened to Duffy? The Welsh singer who disappeared from the spotlight

"Tried to follow up with a spoken interview, but it’s harder than I thought, I will follow up in writing soon.

"Universal Music, no one, knows I am doing this. They won’t be mad, they are lovely people. So here’s a song… here’s ‘Something Beautiful’.

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"It’s just something for you to play people on radio during these troubling times, if you like the song of course. If it lifts spirits.

"I don’t plan to release it, I just thought a little something might be nice for people if they are at home, on lockdown."

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