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Florence Welch has spoken candidly about her “chaotic” battling an “on and off relationship with drinking” and suffering from “a bit of a nervous breakdown”.
“Cermonials and Lungs all blurred together, we didn't take any time off,” the Florence + The Machine singer told Zane Lowe.
“It was a decision to have a year off. [I had] a bit of a nervous breakdown... It was a bit of a crash landing in a sense... In the year off, I was still going out and going to events but something wasn't quite right, I was spiralling a bit. I wasn't making myself happy. I wasn't stable.
Brit Awards 2015 nomineesShow all 45 1 /45Brit Awards 2015 nominees Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Male Sam Smith - also nominated for Album of the Year with In the Lonely Hour
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Male Ed Sheeran - also nominated for Album of the Year with X
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Male Paolo Nutini
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Male Damon Albarn
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Male George Ezra - also nominated for Album of the Year with Wanted on Voyage
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Female FKA Twigs
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Female Jessie Ware
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Female Paloma Faith
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Female Lily Allen
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Solo Female Ella Henderson
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Group Clean Bandit
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Group One Direction - also nominated for best video with 'You & I'
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Group Coldplay
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Group Alt-J - also nominated for Album of the Year with This Is All Yours
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Group Royal Blood - also nominated for Album of the Year with Royal Blood
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Breakthrough Act Chvrches
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Breakthrough Act George Ezra
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Breakthrough Act Sam Smith
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Breakthrough Act Royal Blood
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Breakthrough Act FKA Twigs
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Summer' - Calvin Harris - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Rather Be' - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Thinking Out Loud' - Ed Sheeran - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Ghost' - Ella Henderson
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Budapest' - George Ezra
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Uptown Funk' - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'My Love - Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Nobody to Love' - Sigma - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'Stay With Me' - Sam Smith - also nominated for best video
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees British Single 'I Got U' - Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Female Solo Beyonce
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Female Solo Lana Del Rey
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Female Solo Sia
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Female Solo St Vincent
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Female Solo Taylor Swift
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Male Solo Jack White
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Male Solo John Legend
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Male Solo Hozier
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Male Solo Pharrell Williams
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Male Solo Beck
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Group 5 Seconds of Summer
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Group The Black Keys
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Group Foo Fighters
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Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Group The War on Drugs
Brit Awards 2015 nominees International Group First Aid Kit
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“It was a really vulnerable time for me when we first started making the record and because of that it's the most personal record I've ever made.”
Welch appeared on Radio 1 to discuss her new album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.
The interview came in the week Lowe revealed he would be leaving Radio 1 for "exciting times" at Apple.
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