Fantasia thank Emeli Sande for writing "Side Effects of You"
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Fantasia thanks Emeli Sande for writing "Side Effects of You" about Fantasia's suicide attempt
On her just-released album, The Side Effects of You, Fantasia is out to prove she's a survivor. "I think when I say the title people are like 'Are you taking about one certain person?' But I'm actually talking about everything. I'm talking about the industry, relationships, friendships, family. There's so much that comes with all of this and so for so long I kind of stopped working cause I had a bittersweet taste in my mouth, just about everything," she explained to MTV News.
While she recently dazzled with her single, "Lose to Win," on "Idol," she's excited to hear what fans have to say about her Emeli Sandé-penned title track, in which she faces her demons. Fantasia implied that the song was in part inspired by her tumultuous 2010, during which she was hospitalized following an overdose.
"She actually wrote the song for me and sent the song in," she explained, noting that her team was initially skeptical to play it for her. "I think he felt like maybe the song is very deep and it's actually a testimony of mine and it's actually something that I went through that isn't a secret. It's very public. And I said 'You know what? I thank her for this song cause the song is able to tell everybody who has questions or who wants to know what happened ... you can hear it in that song.' "
"I was looking for a cure to pull me through...Try to decide which medicine to use...And every bottle has your name on the label...Doctor said you keep me stable...Fever over 98, you hold me and my body shakes"
