Brett Eldredge is heading out on tour this summer in support of his new album, Songs About You. But over the years, the singer has learned that stress and anxiety can impact his ability to perform.
“I’ve felt broken at time where I couldn’t even get on stage, hardly,” he tells Billboard. “I had to sit down on stage ‘cause I lost my breath or maybe I was having a panic attack in the middle of an interview.”
Over the years, Brett’s been open about his mental health journey, and he’s realized that he’s far from alone. For example, Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne recently spoke about a period of severe depression he went through before the duo put out their Skeletons album. In fact, that’s something that Brett says he and John have bonded over.
“He and I have talked about it through the years,” the singer says. “And I have talked about that in writing sessions, even with strangers.”
An important part of Brett’s mental health care regimen is therapy, and he says he’ll continue to do therapy sessions over Zoom while he’s on tour. Plus, he says, he’s set hard and fast rules about how he uses social media.
“I lock myself out. I can’t look at my phone until 9 o’clock in the morning, and I can’t be on it after 8:30 p.m.,” he continues. “And I only have social media for like an hour and a half, all platforms. So if I want to use those platforms to tell my story, I have to be mindful of how I use it.”
Tickets for Brett’s Songs About You Tour are on sale now.
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