Andra Day Opens Up About Mental Health, Family and Coming Back from Billie Holiday in Candid Interview (Exclusive)

The Grammy and Emmy winner tells PEOPLE about her new album, 'Cassandra ,' recovering from immersive acting and plans to start a familyJack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital journalism, and he’s worked at PEOPLE since 2022.

As Day tried to reconnect with herself, she continued to make songs, then paused as she landed film roles in. “Diving into other projects would help me to shed the character a little bit. I would pick up some of the new character, but I shed a little more of the old character,” she reflects. “It's very, very hard to focus, very hard to be on time. And then you get hyper focused because you're chasing a dopamine rush. I think it has presented itself in my relationships and at work and everything,” says Day, who wrote about her mental health experience, specifically as a Black woman in the United States, on the new album track “Heavy on My Mind.”“I'm still in the process of discovery, which is crazy to say at my age because you feel like you should have it under control.

“I think I'm going to just pop out these babies and do it by myself. I got God and my mama. I'm good,” quips the star, who plans to freeze her eggs within the next year. “I'd love to be in love, I'd love to be married, I'd love to have a family, all the things. But I’m not going to let that stop me.”. Her last album earned three Grammy nominations and spawned a smash hit, so she naturally hopes to reach the same level this time around.

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