“I’ve always been someone who shared the human parts of my life,” Fletcher shared with PEOPLE at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards.
Fletcher respects her story.
The musician, born Cari Fletcher, shared with PEOPLE at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards that being open about her Lyme disease diagnosis allowed her to be “real” with her fans.
“For me, I’ve always been someone who shared the human parts of my life, and I always wanted to see more of that when I was little growing up, to see more female artists, to see more women in music, women in pop music, and not live life as the highlight, which is social media, and wanting to really share all the real struggles and all that stuff,” Fletcher explains.
The singer says being honest about her health is part of her “journey.”
Fletcher reflects on how Lyme disease has changed her vocal cords: ‘I can’t work the way I used to’
Fletcher performs at the Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2023.
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“Being able to be open about it and share that part of my journey felt like a tribute to Cara the human, not just Fletcher the artist, and the weaving of those worlds together,” she says.
She tells PEOPLE that she’s been “fine” and “feeling better” since announcing her diagnosis in September 2023.
When the “Lead Me On” singer revealed her diagnosis, she said she had been receiving treatment, but the disease had taken a “terrible toll on my physical body.”
“Lyme has affected me in many ways and although it has not only taken a huge toll on my physical body, it has also caused concern about my voice. It has weighed on my soul in a way that is hard to put into words as singing is something I love the most in this world, and my voice is my vessel for expression,” she said at the time.
Singer Fletcher reveals Lyme disease diagnosis: ‘It took a huge toll on my body’
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Fans can expect to hear many emotions from her “inner world” in her upcoming new music, which will be released on March 22nd.
“I have an album coming out, it’s called In search of an antidoteand it’s just a deep dive into my inner world and my heart and healing my body and my mind and through myself, through relationships,” says Fletcher.
“It’s an album about love and all its infinite manifestations, and I’m really excited to share it with people,” she adds.
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