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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kieran Isgin

Stormzy says process of creating new album was 'stressful' but 'therapeutic'

Stormzy has revealed that while the creation of his new album was "really stressful", the opportunity to process his personal issues was "therapeutic".

The 29-year-old released his highly-anticipated third studio album This Is What I Mean on Friday, with many fans and critics praising the 12-track content. He appeared as a co-host on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show on Monday where he discussed his feelings behind making the album.

The Croydon-born rapper spoke about how much of the songs on the track where created during a specially curated music camp on Osea Island, in an estuary in Essex, alongside producers and fellow artists. He told Whiley: “It felt very refreshing and it felt therapeutic.

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