Singaporean singer-songwriter JJ Jun Jie Lin, will release his seventh and latest album "100 Days" later this month. It marks his return to the music scene after his his medical treatment for vocal cord injuries earlier this year.
JJ, 28, has been suffering from an itchy throat and had to take a break after it got worse from a series of colds. He was due to perform at a concert in Beijing earlier this year when he suddenly lost his voice right before the concert started.
JJ was under severe stress as about 30,000 fans turned up to hear him sing. He only managed to regain his voice after he was hooked up to an intravenous drip and received steroid shots.
Once the concert ended, he was immediately rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment and then moved to an isolated ward. JJ then returned to Singapore to recover after his discharge and was not heard from until now, right before he is about to releas this upcoming album!
JJ's vocal chords have been corroded by gastric acid and an endoscopy revealed that they were very swollen and badly damaged, and this greatly affected his morale. He recalled how depressed he felt one night during his hospital stay, "I felt it was the end of the world and thought I could never sing again. I was in complete despair. That night felt 100 days long." (Thus, the inspiration for his latest album). He was so depressed that he even wrote a will-like letter.
JJ told his lyricist about how he felt during those dark days which inspired him to write the lyrics for the album's single, "The Nth 100 Days."
The singer said that he is now fully recovered and raring to go. "100 Days" will be released on 18 December.