Duffy Tell Her Story In New Disney+ Documentary

Duffy has announced she’ll tell her story for the first time in a new documentary.

The chart-topping singer winner became a household name in the late 2000s thanks to her hits Mercy and Warwick Avenue, taken from her Brit Award– and Grammy-winning album Rockferry.

In the years that followed, she took a major step back from the limelight, and in 2020, she disclosed that she had been “raped and drugged and held captive over some days” a decade earlier, leading to her withdrawing from public life.

Six years after coming forward with her story, it’s been announced that Duffy will be the subject of a new Disney+ documentary about her experiences.

An official press release teased: “Documenting her life in this way for the first time, the documentary will be a retrospective film traversing Duffy’s life, from her upbringing in Wales, through to her meteoric rise to fame and her withdrawal from public life following her unfathomable experience.

“The original documentary film will be driven by new, unprecedented access to Duffy, along with a rich and nostalgic archive, and interviews with family, friends, and close peers in the music industry.”

Streaming platform Disney+’s vice president of unscripted content, Sean Doyle, said in a statement: “This film will give Duffy the chance to tell her story in her own words. I am grateful to our collaborators at Rare TV for this unprecedented access, along with Stellify Media for handling this project with sensitivity and care.

“We set out in a search for impactful, female-led stories in collaboration with Northern Ireland Screen, and it’s a privilege that Duffy’s is the first we’re able to help tell. But above all, I’m especially in awe of Duffy – for her honesty and courage to share her story.”

Last year, it was reported that the Welsh performer had been privately working on new music, which would mark her first major release since the release of her second album Endlessly in 2010.

Her last top 40 was in 2008, when she released the single Rain On Your Parade from a repackaged version of her Rockferry album.

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