He also confirmed that new music is coming, but that he’s not ready to return to pop stardom “yet.”
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He directly named it himself and told fans that he had actually suspected it for years, but avoided addressing it because he didn’t want to take medication or have people see him differently. The two-time Grammy winner, whose real name is Montero Hill, said he’s “just smelling the roses,” striking a remarkably calm tone more reflective than a comeback campaign, and confirmed new music is coming even though he’s not ready to return to pop stardom “yet.”
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Celebrity intelligence Carry: This is the good thing. For a Grammy winner to mention his own diagnosis out loud, on his own terms, without a publicist softening the lines, does more for the public’s understanding of bipolar disorder than a hundred awareness campaigns.
Someone checking their own diagnosis at 2 in the morning, feeling like the only person in the world dealing with it, watches Montero Hill call it what it is and continue making music anyway. That’s no small feat.
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Visibility like this removes the shame that prevents people from getting help, and every time a famous voice says, “I’m in treatment and I’m fine,” it makes the next person’s phone call to a doctor a little easier to make. More of this, please.
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