Emeli Sande Admits She Struggled With Fame And ‘Lived Like A Hermit’ For THREE Years

Fame can be a cruel mistress (so we’re told), especially when it’s thrust upon you so quickly.

So spare a thought for Emeli Sande, who, after going from being a trainee doctor to having the UK’s biggest-selling album of 2012 in a matter of months, ended up getting so “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON” about it all, that she had to basically go away and live like a hermit – FOR THREE YEARS.

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We feel a bit bad when we don’t leave the house on a weekend, so lord knows how Emeli’s doing.

Emeli – who was literally EVERYWHERE in 2012 – told Nick Grimshaw’s Radio One Breakfast Show that she ‘had to slow everything down’.

She said: “It sounds a bit dramatic but I just wanted to disappear. I just had this overwhelming sensation and the realisation everything had to stop. And then, slowly, it did.

“The label let me go and be a hermit for three years and trusted me to put together music that was important for me. I felt I had to slow everything down. I wanted stuff to write about and I wanted to really experience things on a deep level.“

"I wanted to go back to the way I made the first album, not thinking about any ­anticipation, just focusing on if this is good music or not.”

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She also admitted that if it hadn’t had been for her sister, she wouldn’t have released her latest album – Long Live The Angels – due out in November.

“It definitely got to a point where the label were like, ‘Maybe someone should have a chat’,” she said.

“But it was when my sister was like, ‘You know what, you need to put out this album’ – that’s when I knew it was time to get on with it.”

The seismic impact of the last four years clearly had an effect on the Scottish singer, who ended up marrying – and then divorcing – her boyfriend of seven years, Adam Gouraguine. As a result, the new album is apparently PRETTY personal.

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“I feel like this album is a diary. I was always writing,” she revealed.

“It’s very raw, very emotional. It’s a very soulful album. I’ve been 100% honest on this album. Everything is out there.

“If you want to get to know me, then you will with this album.”