Duffy reveals horrific details of past rape and kidnapping, explains absence from music

In February, Duffy took to social media to reveal that she recused herself from her career and the limelight as the result of trauma from being kidnapped and raped.

The British singer had been inactive for the better part of a decade – in the late 2000s, she seemed poised for the kind of massive neo-soul career that Adele has enjoyed in her wake.