Courtney Love told fans her long-awaited new album is finished and opened up about a health crisis that she says nearly killed her after she relocated to London in 2019.
In a video posted to Instagram, Love said she was stepping back from social media for a few weeks. She used the video to address questions that have been circulating about her next record. "A lot of you are asking where my record is at. It's done. It's kind of been done," she said. "It's a really good record. I put a lot into it."
She then described what happened to her health after moving from Los Angeles to London. Without naming a specific diagnosis, she said her body "exploded" and that she was hospitalized repeatedly. According to Billboard, Love has spoken previously about serious health struggles, including a 2021 disclosure that she had nearly died the year before while hospitalized for anemia. At that time, she said she was "stigmatized for being an addict" by doctors.
Love also reflected on Hole's most recent album, 2010's Nobody's Daughter, and its commercial disappointment. She described the experience as "spectacularly humbling," recalling a festival set at 11 a.m. while Limp Bizkit and 30 Seconds to Mars headlined. She closed on a more optimistic note about the current music landscape. "People sound great live. The girlies are amazing," she said. "I will be back."
Love formed Hole in Los Angeles in 1989. The band's 1994 album Live Through This, released days after the death of her husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, became a landmark of 1990s alternative rock. The 1998 follow-up Celebrity Skin debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 and earned four Grammy nominations. Its title track reached the top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Hole disbanded in 2002. Love released one solo album, 2004's America's Sweetheart. Nobody's Daughter followed in 2010 with a partially reformed lineup and reached number 15 on the Billboard 200.
No release date for the new album has been announced.
