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- Jessie J made a revelation in a new video on her Instagram Stories and account on Friday.
- She revealed that she's dealt with a "major" throat condition that has affected her ability to sing.
- Jessie said she initially never planned on telling fans about the throat condition.
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Jessie J revealed to fans that a painful throat condition involving her vocal cords had affected her ability to sing.
The "Domino" singer on Friday shared a new video to her Instagram account that showed her quietly singing her new song, "I Want Love." The post was accompanied by a lengthy caption in which Jessie got candid with her 9.7 million followers.
"Just hearing myself sing it and feel so vulnerable whilst singing bought me to tears," Jessie, 33, wrote. "I have never ever to this day (since recording it) been able to sing it because of the pain I am experiencing."
Jessie continued that it's been difficult not to sing because "it's literally my life line and my happiness."
"Being quiet is not something I'm good at. Or makes me feel like myself. Lord knows I'm loud af," wrote Jessie. "It was in that moment I knew I needed to be honest with myself and honest with you all about where I am at and explain what is going on…."
People and Today reported that Jessie shared more details with now-expired posts on Instagram Stories. She wrote that she did not plan to share her health struggles with fans and thought "it would be solved by now. But it is not."
"In February, I started to feel a burn in my throat constantly. I ignored it for a bit as I presumed it was fatigue from the studio," Jessie reportedly wrote. "When I went to see a doctor I was told I have major acid reflux and nodules because I have continued to sing with acid reflux which was probably caused by the steroids I had taken for my ear late last year."
Jessie, who said this has been ongoing for four to five months, reportedly said acid reflux caused blisters on her throat and antacids did not help.
"I have had 8 cameras down my nose to look by 6 different doctors now. I ate the same 6 foods for 3 months," wrote Jessie. "I am still in pain everyday. With rest and little talking/singing the nodules melted away."
"But every doctor has told me if I sing (especially these songs) the nodules will just come right back," she wrote.
The singer said she was revealing the condition not "for pity but for understanding why I haven't done any promo. I have been heartbroken to turn things down."
In December 2020, Jessie announced that she was diagnosed with Meniere's disease after waking up "completely deaf" on Christmas Eve.