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Lola Young collapsed and was ‘carried off stage’ by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival in New York on Saturday.
The incident came just moments before the 24-year-old admitted she had a ‘tricky couple of days’ and wasn’t sure she could have attended the festival.
She said on stage: ‘I had a tricky couple of days, sometimes life makes you feel that you can’t continue but you know what, I woke up and made the decision to come here.’
The singer, best known for her 2024 hit Messy, was singing Conceited at Forest Hills stadium when she suffered the worrying ordeal.
Lola took to Instagram hours after to address the incident and wrote: ‘Hi, for anyone who saw my set at all things go today, I am doing okay now. Thank you for all of your support xxx’
The mystery medical crisis occurred after she cancelled a concert on Friday ‘due to a sensitive matter’.
Lola Young collapsed and was ‘carried off stage’ by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival in New York on Saturday (pictured)
Lola took to Instagram hours after to address the incident and wrote: ‘Hi, for anyone who saw my set at all things go today, I am doing okay now. Thank you for all of your support xxx’
Lola’s manager Nick Shymansky wrote on social media: ‘There are [occasionally] days where myself and my team have to take protective measures to keep her safe.
‘She is an incredible person and always takes her fans, career and performances seriously. I can only send huge apologies for the inconvenience caused.’
Daily Mail has contacted Lola’a representatives for comment.
Lola revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed at the age of 17 with schizoaffective disorder.
She said in an Instagram post: ‘I cant find the words to describe how much this diagnosis has affected my entire life, and my outlook on the world around me.
‘I have struggled immensely learning to accept this part of myself, and I am still learning.
‘I have to remind myself that I am a regular f****** person, I am human and I am, like everyone, capable of incredible things, my mental health condition does not define me. It is my superpower.’
Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, as per the NHS.
The singer, best known for her 2024 hit Messy, was singing Conceited at Forest Hills stadium (pictured) when she suffered the worrying ordeal
She made the discovery aged 17 after having suffered with what she thought was clinical depression and bipolar disorder.
She explained that she had an uncle on either side of her family who also had schizophrenia and who had both tragically died.
Lola believed that the condition may in part have been triggered by smoking cannabis as a way to manage childhood trauma, which she chose not to disclose the details of.
She said she can usually sense an oncoming manic episode when she starts getting strange thoughts, but is usually able to medicate to keep things under wraps, though she has previously been taken by surprise and ended up being sectioned.
Lola admitted the unpredictability of her illness makes touring difficult, and she sometimes has manic episodes that last a month and don’t sleep for several days on the trot.
Lola said that her illness can present her with a lot of guilt and shame, and that she often feels ostracised after incidents in which she has been unwell in front of people.
The mystery medical crisis occurred after she cancelled a concert on Friday ‘due to a sensitive matter’ (pictured in September)
