I had to have the record literally taken away from me. I am such a perfectionist.

It's not like I had a breakdown, though it kind of felt like it at the time. I agreed to everything that happened. You can't really be at work and be like, "That's it. I've had too much. I'm going home."

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.

There's a lot of stuff that I've been through in my life in the past couple of months that I don't really want to share with people who are close to me, but I have no option if it's my art.

You can't show somebody what it's like to experience loss, but you can soundtrack it and help them experience their own loss. I am so lucky to have this venue to be able to say and talk about all the stuff I've been through.

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.

Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.