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I just think that Van Gogh would not have made the quality of work that he did, if he had had to worry about which gallery his paintings would be in in 200 years,” she gestures. During the session I realised that I’d been storming through life trying to find the right person for me when I hadn’t spent much time working out who I actually was. The heartfelt ‘Everything Changes’ for example sees Lucy look back on the past decade, while ‘Bodies’ reflects upon her journey of working through image issues and learning how to build a healthy relationship with her body.

News of Lucy’s album and book come just weeks after the ‘Roots’ singer announced details of her 2023 headline tour of the UK! I can read the story of my life and listen to the music I was producing at the time, they really do sit side by side, and definitely, the later parts of the book represent who I am now. Now, when I listen to it, I hear how much I needed her help and I am so grateful for finding some Balance.

Lucy was the first contestant in X Factor history to score a top 40 single and album before the live shows aired. Last month she publicised the release of her book Process: Finding My Way Through, which we are currently reading, by waiving her anonymity and revealing she withdrew from The X Factor in 2012 because she had been raped.

It makes me laugh, because truly – you just hold ont something if you feel like that’s what you’re supposed to do, and you fucking do it. Since her appearance on X Factor, Lucy has sold over 140k albums and reached over 140 million streams on Spotify alone with over 540k monthly listeners. Products shown, tagged or featured on YouTube by creators are sold by merchants and are subject to merchant's terms and conditions. With her debut novel flying off the shelves and her seventh album storming the UK Album Chart, it’s safe to say that 2023 is Lucy’s year. Predictably, I’ve also gained more wisdom as I’ve gotten older as to who I am and what I want in life.Now, more than a decade later, those are still two words that immediately spring to mind when chatting with Spraggan about her new album. If you could stand back / I used to say that / I thought I needed space to find my balance / But I might need a hand, and if you could be that / I might need some help to find my balance. What is more, writing the book has put a renewed spotlight on how different it is to put music to words and come up with melodies to describe feelings. Lucy has reunited with music industry supremo Simon Cowell who has signed her to his Syco Publishing and is an instrumental part in the forthcoming album. She won our 2020 Best Gig monsta and the book gives an insight into a psyche that has absolutely no problem exuding charisma, engaging and putting on a show despite a definite need to work on her own mental health.

Serving as the second track to be lifted off of her seventh studio album, the deeply personal song sees Lucy reunite with music industry icon Simon Cowell, who has signed her to his publishing company, and is an “instrumental part in the forthcoming album and campaign”. With a bridge in which Spraggan’s voice breaks while promising Caroline’s mum that “the kindness remains”, it’s sure to be a meaningful ballad that people hopefully take to heart. I think it’s a real privilege actually, to be able to listen to a song from ten years ago and go – look at the difference now. It’s like a transformation picture, or listening to a song and saying, I can’t believe I ever felt like that!

It’s something [the working diagnosis] I’ve come away from, and I’m looking into all the other traits that I have. When Spraggan released opening track Everything Changeslast year incorporating her X Factor hit Beer Fear it wasn’t quite clear what she was referring to when she sang: ‘I think of things that happened 10 years ago and I feel much better letting them go.