translated from Spanish: Duffy reappears after several years away from the stage and cameras

Duffy, the British singer, known for the song “Mercy,” spoke on Tuesday after several years in anonymity about why she disappeared from public life. “A reporter contacted me, found a way to communicate with me and I told him all last summer. He was kind and I felt so amazing to finally be able to talk about it. The truth is, and trust that I’m well and safe now, I was raped, drugged and held captive for several days,” the singer posted on Instagram. He added that “recovery took time,” though “there’s no slight way to put it.” While the singer did not specify when or where the kidnapping occurred, or whether the culprit is being held, she did say that it is “exciting and liberating” to be able to share her experience. “Many have wondered what happened to me, where I got lost and why,” he admitted in his post. After a second album released in 2010, “Endlessly”, the artist retired from public life for nearly a decade and only appeared as a supporting actress in a 2015 film. “I can count in the last decade the thousands and thousands of days I committed to wanting to feel the sunlight in my heart again. The sun now shines,” Duffy said in his writing on Tuesday. “Why didn’t I choose to use my voice to express my pain? I didn’t want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I asked myself, “How can I sing from the heart if it’s broken?” According to Duffy, in the coming weeks he will post an interview in which he will give more details of what happened and answer some questions.

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