{"id":2063065,"date":"2026-07-26T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2063065"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:50:04","slug":"orville-peck-details-addiction-spiral-that-led-to-near-fatal-overdose-in-2023-a-big-turning-point-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2063065","title":{"rendered":"Orville Peck details addiction \u201cspiral\u201d that led to near-fatal overdose in 2023: \u201cA big turning point for me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-orville-peck-1.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Orville Peck details addiction \u201cspiral\u201d that led to near-fatal overdose in 2023: \u201cA big turning point for me\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>\u201cI was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Poppy Burton<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-26T08:50:04+01:00\">26th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-orville-peck-1-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Orville PEck\" title=\"Orville Peck\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Orville Peck, 2026. CREDIT: James Klug\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Orville Peck has opened up about how a suicide attempt in 2023 inspired some of his most personal music to date on new album \u2018Mule\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Orville Peck \u2013 \u2018Bronco\u2019 review: masked man bares his soul with retro-country razzle-dazzle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The country singer revealed in a new interview that he had been struggling with his mental and physical health before he was forced to cancel his \u2018Bronco\u2019 tour in June 2023. Two days before announcing the cancellation, Peck said he intentionally overdosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic,\u201d he told <em>Rolling Stone <\/em>recently. \u201cAnd I had this spiral moment, where I went back to my hotel and tried to take my life. It was a big turning point for me, with a lot of realisations to come. It was something that needed to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck said he was \u201cin one of the worst places\u201d of his life, and that the experience, along with a breakup and a stint in rehab, became the foundation for upcoming fourth album, \u2018Mule\u2019, which is set to arrive on September 18 via Warner Records \u2013 you can pre-order it here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have learned that whenever I shy away from telling the truth about whatever I am going through in my music, or whenever I\u2019ve been hesitant to really go there, I\u2019m always a little bit disappointed with the product, and I feel like I\u2019m cheating myself a bit,\u201d Peck said of the unflinching look at his addiction on the new album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I was really trying to capture in terms of the concept, there was no way to gloss over or sugarcoat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orville Peck - Too Little, Too Late (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPn7iWVtCg4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>A press release describing \u2018Mule\u2019 said the 13-song collection would serve as a \u201cchronological timeline of the year that reshaped [Peck\u2019s] life, tracing the collapse of addiction, the difficult pursuit of sobriety, and the slow, often uncertain process of rebuilding\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It continued: \u201cTold with unflinching honesty, humour, and compassion, Mule finds Peck confronting love, loss, and identity through songs that move fluidly between classic country storytelling, bluegrass, and expansive Americana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck also told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> that his time in rehab shaped the album track \u2018Rehab Blues\u2019, which sees him sing: <em>\u201cSo catch me on the evening news \/ Dumb f*g dies from the rehab blues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as a sensitive artist, the impulse would be to write a really sad, heavy song about being in rehab,\u201d Peck said of the track. \u201cBut the reality is, I didn\u2019t want to be there. I thought it was a waste of time, that I\u2019m unique and didn\u2019t have a problem. So I was like, I\u2019m going to write the funniest song about this experience, because at the time I was just like, \u2018Fuck this. I want to leave.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talking to\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0previously about how he channels his identity in his work, Peck said there was beauty in presenting a \u201cheightened version\u201d of yourself, \u201cso it\u2019s really sincere on one hand and on [the other] hand it\u2019s larger-than-life, but it\u2019s nice that those things can live side-by-side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had previously touched on people\u2019s attempts to \u2018unmask\u2019 him and reveal his identity, saying it took away his artistic expression and fed into homophobic critiques of him and his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraversing this industry as a gay country musician I already endure daily hate, bullying, aggression and people actively trying to discredit what I do,\u201d he shared. \u201cAll I ask is that people respect my work (and more importantly) my fans enough to maintain this crucial part of my expression as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck\u2019s 2022 LP \u2018Bronco\u2018 scored a four-star review from <em>NME.<\/em> \u201cThis is a rich landscape: wholly modern and proudly queer. It\u2019s an album of unabashed growth, as the artist gets in his feelings but never veers into self-pity,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe masked cowboy is \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 baring his soul, unbridled and all the better for it. On \u2018Bronco\u2019, Peck wears his identity as matter-of-factly as the album\u2019s retro-country razzle-dazzle. Allow him to sweep you away on horseback into the dusty sunset.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>For help and advice on mental health:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u2018Am I depressed?\u2018 \u2013 Help and advice on mental health and what to do next<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Help Musicians UK \u2013 Around the clock mental health support and advice for musicians<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Music Support Org \u2013 Help and support for musicians struggling with alcoholism, addiction, or mental health issues<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>YOUNG MINDS \u2013 The voice for young people\u2019s health and wellbeing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CALM \u2013 The Campaign Against Living Miserably for young men<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Time To Change \u2013 Let\u2019s end mental health discrimination<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Samaritans \u2013 Confidential support 24 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 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date on new album \u2018Mule\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Orville Peck \u2013 \u2018Bronco\u2019 review: masked man bares his soul with retro-country razzle-dazzle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The country singer revealed in a new interview that he had been struggling with his mental and physical health before he was forced to cancel his \u2018Bronco\u2019 tour in June 2023. Two days before announcing the cancellation, Peck said he intentionally overdosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic,\u201d he told <em>Rolling Stone <\/em>recently. \u201cAnd I had this spiral moment, where I went back to my hotel and tried to take my life. It was a big turning point for me, with a lot of realisations to come. It was something that needed to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck said he was \u201cin one of the worst places\u201d of his life, and that the experience, along with a breakup and a stint in rehab, became the foundation for upcoming fourth album, \u2018Mule\u2019, which is set to arrive on September 18 via Warner Records \u2013 you can pre-order it here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have learned that whenever I shy away from telling the truth about whatever I am going through in my music, or whenever I\u2019ve been hesitant to really go there, I\u2019m always a little bit disappointed with the product, and I feel like I\u2019m cheating myself a bit,\u201d Peck said of the unflinching look at his addiction on the new album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I was really trying to capture in terms of the concept, there was no way to gloss over or sugarcoat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orville Peck - Too Little, Too Late (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPn7iWVtCg4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>A press release describing \u2018Mule\u2019 said the 13-song collection would serve as a \u201cchronological timeline of the year that reshaped [Peck\u2019s] life, tracing the collapse of addiction, the difficult pursuit of sobriety, and the slow, often uncertain process of rebuilding\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It continued: \u201cTold with unflinching honesty, humour, and compassion, Mule finds Peck confronting love, loss, and identity through songs that move fluidly between classic country storytelling, bluegrass, and expansive Americana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck also told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> that his time in rehab shaped the album track \u2018Rehab Blues\u2019, which sees him sing: <em>\u201cSo catch me on the evening news \/ Dumb f*g dies from the rehab blues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as a sensitive artist, the impulse would be to write a really sad, heavy song about being in rehab,\u201d Peck said of the track. \u201cBut the reality is, I didn\u2019t want to be there. I thought it was a waste of time, that I\u2019m unique and didn\u2019t have a problem. So I was like, I\u2019m going to write the funniest song about this experience, because at the time I was just like, \u2018Fuck this. I want to leave.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talking to\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0previously about how he channels his identity in his work, Peck said there was beauty in presenting a \u201cheightened version\u201d of yourself, \u201cso it\u2019s really sincere on one hand and on [the other] hand it\u2019s larger-than-life, but it\u2019s nice that those things can live side-by-side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had previously touched on people\u2019s attempts to \u2018unmask\u2019 him and reveal his identity, saying it took away his artistic expression and fed into homophobic critiques of him and his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraversing this industry as a gay country musician I already endure daily hate, bullying, aggression and people actively trying to discredit what I do,\u201d he shared. \u201cAll I ask is that people respect my work (and more importantly) my fans enough to maintain this crucial part of my expression as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peck\u2019s 2022 LP \u2018Bronco\u2018 scored a four-star review from <em>NME.<\/em> \u201cThis is a rich landscape: wholly modern and proudly queer. It\u2019s an album of unabashed growth, as the artist gets in his feelings but never veers into self-pity,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe masked cowboy is \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 baring his soul, unbridled and all the better for it. On \u2018Bronco\u2019, Peck wears his identity as matter-of-factly as the album\u2019s retro-country razzle-dazzle. Allow him to sweep you away on horseback into the dusty sunset.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>For help and advice on mental health:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u2018Am I depressed?\u2018 \u2013 Help and advice on mental health and what to do next<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Help Musicians UK \u2013 Around the clock mental health support and advice for musicians<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Music Support Org \u2013 Help and support for musicians struggling with alcoholism, addiction, or mental health issues<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>YOUNG MINDS \u2013 The voice for young people\u2019s health and wellbeing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CALM \u2013 The Campaign Against Living Miserably for young men<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Time To Change \u2013 Let\u2019s end mental health discrimination<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Samaritans \u2013 Confidential support 24 hours a day<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/orville-peck-details-addiction-spiral-that-led-to-near-fatal-overdose-in-2023-a-big-turning-point-for-me-3959003&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-orville-peck-1.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Orville Peck details addiction \u201cspiral\u201d that led to near-fatal overdose in 2023: \u201cA big turning point for me\u201d \u201cI was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic\u201d By Poppy Burton 26th July 2026 Orville Peck, 2026. 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