Douwe Bob Considered Stopping Making Music in Challenging Times Now

After a broken relationship, things went so bad for a while with Douwe Bob that he thought about quitting making music. Finally, he wrote his grief and put it in his "Breaking Album" The Shape I'm In, published Friday.

"I almost broke up for him, making music I had really fed up," says 25-year-old singer from NU.nl

"This was not like if I felt like a cat, I just wanted to escape, take a plane and never again let me hear, but in the end the call of writing and the gratitude I received from the public were too big to stop doing this, everything is there and it has to go out. "

This difficult period began according to the singer before seeing his girlfriend leave. "My life as a musician is rather vague, everyone wants something and wants to tell you what he thinks of you, you are a public property, I like it but it's not something natural thing, not very good for your mind when you are constantly haunted. "

" I was in a very strange mood "

After participating in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, Douwe Bob has been found in his own words. a roller coaster. "It continued, in terms of work, but also in my social life, which I have never really talked about."

When he finally decided to take a break, he found himself at home on the couch. "I was in a very strange mood.In fact, I have not done anything for a year, if it's not drinking a lot, sit on the couch and do not not be such a nice host, because she (her ex.) did not care, of course, she left, she left, and then I had a glass of water in my face. "

After the break, it took a while for Douwe Bob to work on his album. "At first, I collapsed completely, spent months lying on the couch, which was not fun, it was the first time I felt this, that I loved as much as anyone." one, and the strange thing is that the fall of love only began when I was in such a spiral that I could not see it anymore. "

With the creation of the album, the singer was able to give everything in his place." I think the biggest progress was that I recognized that it was not so good and that I had to work on myself. "It's mainly a state of mind and sometimes I have to leave this beer, which is really a thing for me, I have demons and I have to keep fighting, I'm worth fighting for myself. "

" If you do not write honestly, you can cut it better "

That it's open and honest is in the lyrics of his album – in The Shape I'm In he sings I buried all my secrets, I shout aloud when I sleep, j I broke the mirror more than twice, I have no problem with lies – was obvious to Douwe Bob. "I have this honesty to music and to myself, it's also a penance, and if you do not write honestly, you can better cut it."

According to the singer, his record also covers the era in which we live. "Everywhere there is a filter on it, truth and true raw honesty are sometimes difficult to find, as if we were surrounded by cushions, that's what this album is about." I like to throw this cold and hard honesty. It's sexy. "