Liam Payne’s death has deeply affected musical artists; Bruce Springsteen is one of them. In an interview with The Telegraph on October 18, 2024, the 75-year-old singer reflected on the pressures young people face in the industry. According to him, artists passing away at a young age has become a usual affair in the music industry. He said,
“It’s a normal thing. It’s a business that puts enormous pressures on young people. Young people don’t have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the things that come with success and fame. So they get lost in a lot of the difficult and often pain inducing [things]… whether it’s drugs or alcohol to take some of that pressure off.”
In his 2016 autobiography Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen openly discussed his struggles with depression, referring to it as the “big black sea.” He acknowledged that the E Street Band members each faced their challenges, including Danny Federici, who had issues with drugs.
While drug use wasn't uncommon in the band, Springsteen maintained a clear boundary as he respected personal matters but intervened if anyone’s performance on stage was affected.
Bruce Springsteen reflected on the loss of musicians like Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain, seeing it as part of a "death cult" in the music industry. He dismissed the romanticized notion of dying young, calling it a trap that ensnared many young artists. He pointed out that while dying young might benefit record companies, it ultimately offered nothing to the individual.
Bruce Springsteen struggled with depression while he was working on his album Wrecking Ball
In a piece by The Guardian from 2016, it was mentioned that Bruce Springsteen first sought therapy over three decades ago, with his wife, fellow singer Patti Scialfa, witnessing his struggles with mental illness. In his memoir, Springsteen recounted his battle with depression around the time of his 2012 album Wrecking Ball, which featured the track This Depression.
He detailed periods of emotional turmoil between the ages of 60 and 64, during which Scialfa recognized the signs and insisted on medical intervention, urging him to seek treatment. In a Vanity Fair interview ahead of the book’s release, Springsteen shared concerns that he might face similar mental health challenges as his father, Douglas.
He expressed uncertainty about the extent of the illness, questioning if he could become more like his father than he had anticipated. In his memoir, Bruce Springsteen also noted that his father’s family had undiagnosed mental health issues, such as agoraphobia and hair-pulling disorders, which, during his childhood, were mysterious and embarrassing yet accepted as normal.
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The surviving members of One Direction, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Harry Styles, issued a joint statement following Liam Payne's death. In the statement, they expressed their profound heartbreak and noted that they would need time to mourn and come to terms with the loss of their beloved bandmate.
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