"I’ve just been prescribed another 2 weeks of silence in hopes of avoiding a surgery," the Australian musician shared on Instagram
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NEED TO KNOW
- Cody Simpson has revealed he’s suffering from a vocal cord hemorrhage after singing through an undiagnosed sinus infection
- The injury has forced him to cancel performances and delay work on his album, with the star currently ‘prescribed another two weeks of silence’ in the hopes of avoiding potential surgery
- Simpson recently returned to music after a swimming career and released new singles “Baby Blue” and “When It Comes to Loving You”
Cody Simpson is dealing with a serious vocal cord injury.
On Monday, May 11, the singer, 29, revealed he discovered he had a “serious hemorrhage on one of my vocal cords” just over a month ago.
“It occurred due to my overzealousness in the studio singing through a sinus infection I didn’t know I had. Assumed it was just fatigue and kept showing up to the studio until one day I could no longer sing,” the Australian star wrote in the caption of his Instagram post.
Simpson went on to share that he has been on and off vocal rest for weeks and has had to cancel TV and radio performances for his latest single, “Baby Blue.”
“This has also affected my ability to complete the album and polish up the next singles,” he continued, adding that he’s been “prescribed another 2 weeks of silence in hopes of avoiding a surgery which demands a much longer recovery process.”
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The musician said that he is back in the studio writing “strictly as a lyricist on mute with my collaborators, and hearing/writing my vocal melodies on my guitar (which I will eventually replace with my voice when I’m able to).”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” Simpson added. “I’ve been extremely up and down but am now reframing this as a realignment for the long-term good.”
The caption accompanied a photo of Simpson sitting in what appeared to be a doctor’s office.
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Simpson marked his return to music in March following a hiatus that lasted several years so he could pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a professional swimmer.
Last month, he exclusively debuted the Fight Club-inspired music video for his single "When It Comes to Loving You," which he released on March 27 alongside “Baby Blue,” with PEOPLE.
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"Now felt like the perfect time to return to music thanks to where pop music, and music in general, is right now. Pop is in the best place it’s been in years and I was really excited to come back and play in the scene again," he told PEOPLE of his musical return.
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"All through my years as a professional swimmer I was so excited about eventual return, I felt like a bowstring pulled back. So when I was finally able to get back into the studio every day it just poured out of me," he continued. "It took about a year to figure out exactly what I wanted to achieve sonically but I feel like I got there with this sound! And am so excited to be finally starting to roll it out!"
The star's last full-length record was his self-titled album, which he released in 2022.
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