Jessie J Says She Was Diagnosed With ‘Early Breast Cancer’ Before the Release of ‘No Secrets’: ‘I Just Wanted to Be Open and Share It’

British singer-songwriter Jessica Ellen Cornish, aka Jessie J, took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal that she was diagnosed with “early breast cancer” before the release of her track “No Secrets” in April.

“Before ‘No Secrets’ came out, I was diagnosed with early breast cancer,” she said. “I’m highlighting the word early. Cancer sucks in any form but I’m holding on to the word early.”

Cornish went on to say that she has been “in and out of tests” since the release of the track and wanted to share the video in an attempt to be “open” about her journey with her supporters.

“I just wanted to be open and share it because selfishly, I do not talk about it enough,” she explained. “I’m not processing it because I’m working so hard. I also know how much sharing in the past has helped me with other people giving me their love and support, and also their own stories. I’m an open book. It breaks my heart that so many people are going through so much. Similar and worse.”

She continued, “I’m getting to keep my nipples, that’s good. It’s a weird topic and a weird situation. And I know the press are going to say crazy stuff but you know what, to get diagnosed with this as I’m putting out a song called ‘No Secrets’ right before a song called ‘Living My Best Life,’ which was all pre-planned before I found out about this, I mean you can’t make it up.”

Some of the Grammy-nominated artist’s other tracks include “Together Till Infinity,” “Heaven Bound,” “I Want Love” and “Brave.”