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Jessie J shared that she needs to have another surgery — but is juggling motherhood and releasing a new album — as she’s “in the thick of recovery” from breast cancer surgery.
The “Price Tag” singer, 37, posted a lengthy update to Instagram on Aug. 8, where she shared what’s on her plate this year: “Another surgery needed this year. I can do it. ✔️Raising a toddler. I can do it. ✔️Releasing new music. I can do it. ✔️”
Alongside the update, Jessie J shared a glam, golden-lit video where she stares into the camera with steely resolve before taking a deep, shaky breath. In the caption, she writes, “I can rest, parent AND release new music. I didn’t leave a major label after 18 years to be scared to re write the rules to fit around my life / health. I just have to make it realistic on what I can deliver in all roles in my life.”
The date “29th August” flashes on the screen, presumably the date of her new album.
“I am 7 weeks post breast cancer surgery. I’m still in the thick of recovery and my body is still finding its way. But I LOVE music and I LOVE my life and I want to LIVE in the moment,” wrote Jessie J, who underwent a mastectomy in June for what she described as “early breast cancer”. Last week, she shared she was hospitalized for a suspected blood clot after she struggled with chest pain.
But the “Bang Bang” singer is taking it all in stride, as she wrote in her caption: “That’s life, things change and either we panic and get mad that it isn’t what is was going to be, or we ADAPT.”
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Jessie, who shares two-year-old son Sky Safir with boyfriend Chanan Safir Colman, added that she’s “just flowing with life. Learning about who I am in motherhood and when my health goes left unexpectedly.”
“Life is layered and has highs and lows and we just have to keep living through all of it, the best we can. So here I am. LIVING.”
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