Singer Paloma Faith gave birth to her first child with long-term boyfriend Leyman Lahcine last December. The award-winning artist has expressed her desire to raise their child as gender neutral and been quite open about how traumatic her labour was.

 

The former The Voice judge gave birth via caesarean section and spoke on BBC Breakfast today about the challenges mums face when it comes to admitting the difficulty of childbirth.

 

“I think it’s sad that sometimes we feel like we can’t say, ‘no, [birth] didn’t go very well for me’, because then we’re just facing so much disappointment afterwards – and I was,” the 36-year-old said candidly.

 

 

She continued, “I went through a long period of blaming myself and being frustrated with my own body…it doesn’t take away from how much you love the child in the end, but it was really the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I do feel like it has fueled me to come back better than ever before.”

 

The singer also revealed on BBC Breakfast that she received advice from unlikely sources: “It was actually my accountant who said before I stopped for a while that you’ll probably find that you feel empowered and full of courage and bravery and strength and you’ll probably be more successful than you’ve ever been, so I hope that’s true.”

 

We hope so, too! The mum-of-one’s fourth album, The Architect, was released last week on November 17.

 

 

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The album features Samuel L. Jackson’s voice on the first track! The ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This’ singer says that The Architect is a true departure from her other albums in terms of theme, saying it’s more focused on her concerns as a mother, compared to her other work that is ‘quite narcissistic’ in her eyes.

 

“This time I decided, I think influenced by motherhood, to put my focus on the world around me and the type of world that I’m bringing this person into. What I have tried to do, and I hope I’ve achieved, is talk about the human qualities that I think are the most important ones, like kindness, compassion, and empathy," she shared on BBC Breakfast.

 

Paloma expressed her empathy for others, saying that homelessness, loneliness, the plight of the elderly, and other social issues make her ‘heart bleed’.

 

“I wanted to make a record that spoke in a hopeful perspective about how we can all get together and help each other and be united, rather than this separatist kind of atmosphere,” the talented mum stated.

 

What a lovely message!

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