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St Vincent reflects on the stress of working in music and reveals she has suffered with an anxiety disorder since she was eight years old: 'It robbed me of the joy of doing it'


The singer, 41, has a new album coming out called All Born screaming, which is set to be released on April 26.

St Vincent opened up about the stress of working in music, as she revealed that she has had an anxiety disorder since the age of eight in an interview with The Sun on Friday (Pictured in April) The singer – whose stockbroker father was jailed for 10 years for crimes related to stock manipulation – believes there is a 'direct line' between the country's past history with slavery and the inequalities of the current legal system, which includes 'injustices' such as drug laws being designed to disproportionately affect people of colour. When it comes to her father's situation, the New York singer – whose real name is Annie Clark – thinks he had the 'best-case scenario' of integrating back into normal life when he was released from prison.

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