{"id":2095451,"date":"2026-08-15T08:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2095451"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:57:37","slug":"courtney-love-says-her-new-solo-album-is-done-and-really-good-as-she-shares-how-she-almost-died-and-lost-all-my-hair-in-hospita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2095451","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Love says her new solo album is \u201cdone\u201d and \u201creally good\u201d, as she shares how she \u201calmost died\u201d and \u201clost all my hair\u201d in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Courtney-Love.-CREDIT_-Stuart-C.-Wilson_Getty-Images.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><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><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\">Courtney Love says her new solo album is \u201cdone\u201d and \u201creally good\u201d, as she shares how she \u201calmost died\u201d and \u201clost all my hair\u201d in hospital<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\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>&#8220;I want to tour more than anything, and I want to sing. That\u2019s what keeps my soul and body happy&#8221;<\/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> Laura Molloy<\/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=\"2026-08-15T09:57:37+01:00\">15th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/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>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Courtney-Love.-CREDIT_-Stuart-C.-Wilson_Getty-Images-696x442.jpg\" alt title><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Courtney Love. CREDIT: Stuart C. Wilson\/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>Courtney Love has given an update on her new solo album and shared how she \u201calmost died\u201d. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-listid=\"721\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Courtney Love: \u201cI feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In recent months, Love has been building up hype for her second-ever solo album and long-awaited follow-up to 2004\u2019s \u2018America\u2019s Sweetheart\u2019.\u00a0Now, she\u2019s revealed that the album is finally finished.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a video shared to Instagram yesterday (August 14), Love told fans: \u201cA lot of you are asking where my record is at. It\u2019s done. It\u2019s kind of been done. It\u2019s a really good record. I put a lot into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to discuss an illness she suffered from in 2019, saying that her body just \u201cexploded\u201d and that she was frequently in hospitals. \u201cI almost died,\u201d she said. \u201cI lost all my hair. I was about 100 pounds. And they told me I was going to die. I didn\u2019t believe them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love then looked back on her childhood, when she\u2019d \u201cpattern interrupt the adults,\u201d and how those memories influenced the upcoming record. \u201cThey\u2019d say red was blue, and then I\u2019d see blue. But blue was blue. So I\u2019d gaslight myself that maybe they were right, and red was blue \u2026and my head would explode. Like, fucking cope with that shit. I think some of you can relate to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway,\u201d she added, \u201cI never really lost my ability to see that fucking red was red, despite them telling me that red was blue. And so when they said I was going to die, I just didn\u2019t believe them. And somehow I got better. I\u2019m healthy, which is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded the video by referencing Hole\u2019s last album, 2010\u2019s \u2018Nobody\u2019s Daughter\u2018, calling it \u201cspectacularly humbling\u201d, adding: \u201cLike, playing a Pizza Hut Park at 11am while Limp Bizkit was headlining with 30 Seconds to Mars. That shit\u2019s humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Love then reflected on how great music is right now: \u201cPeople sound great live,\u201d she said. \u201cThe girlies are amazing. Shit\u2019s amazing. I just need to like, understand how to do this. I will be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, Love wrote: \u201cWhen I made [the record], I believed this was my last record so I made the record I always wanted to make. I was in the hospital mostly but when I wasn\u2019t all I did was write &amp; record it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tour more than anything. &amp; I want to sing. That\u2019s what keeps my soul &amp; body happy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcCel7jBR8a\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in November, she first revealed that she had enlisted Echo &amp; The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant for the new album, but not the \u201crude\u201d PJ Harvey. She also later shared more details of his contributions, saying he \u201cdoes these incredible leads. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever played outside the Bunnymen, other than his solo stuff. Maybe I\u2019m wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, Love said that the album will also feature her ex-Hole\u00a0bandmate\u00a0Melissa Auf Der Maur, who also spoke to <i>NME <\/i>earlier this year about the possibility of a Hole\u00a0reunion, hinting that the current state of politics might have made it more likely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0one thing I know about Courtney and Hole,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0that\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0as mysterious as romantic love. You\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0force,\u00a0organise, or plan these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I do know is I\u2019ve always said no for many years, and it wasn\u2019t until the Evil Empire in the US that I began to contemplate where Hole, and Courtney\u2019s fearless feminism, and our generation, could maybe add to this dire dialogue in the US,\u201d she continued.\u00a0\u201cSome of my\u00a0interest in returning to Hole in any\u00a0shape or form\u00a0is because the world needs that kind of power, rebellion, and intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DVb9e-QCa-L\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahead of that, in March, Love sparked fresh speculation of another return by sharing a mysterious video online. The clip featured Auf der Maur posing in a flowing gown, before showing off a gold ring in a close-up shot. Hole\u2019s 1998 hit \u2018Malibu\u2019 played in the background. In the caption, Love wrote: \u201cSo do we tell the kids about the tour?\u201d Auf der Maur replied in the comments section: \u201cIt starts with eternal love\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love later\u00a0clarified\u00a0that there would be \u201cno Hole reunion\u201d, but\u00a0did reveal that she and Auf der Maur would be \u201cplaying some shows, new songs\u201d together. She also added a new comment to her original video, telling fans: \u201cNot a\u00a0reunion baby. Me and [Auf der Maur] touring new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u00a0got back in the studio together in 2024\u00a0for the first time in over two decades, and later that same year,\u00a0teamed up for an appearance on 070 Shake\u2019s cover of Tim Buckley\u2019s \u2018Song To The Siren\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Love and Auf der Maur did appear on stage together in October 2018 in Hudson, New York, playing Hole songs \u2018Doll Parts\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Miss World\u2019 and \u2018Softer\u00a0Softest\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Love called her previous solo album one of her \u201clife\u2019s great shames\u201d, alongside Steve Coogan and crack.<\/p>\n<p>Love picked up the Icon Award at the 2020 <em>NME<\/em> Awards. In her acceptance speech, she said: I woke up this morning and I have the honour of picking up this fuck you thing [waves <em>NME<\/em> award], which is fantastic in the capital of this fantastic country where I first picked up a New Musical Express in I don\u2019t know, 1981 in fucking Liverpool where I read the other day I lost my virginity to Joy Division\u2019s \u2018Isolation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s psychotic. I\u2019m also 18 months sober today. I can\u2019t believe that and that\u2019s pretty wild. Thanks so much, I\u2019m very honoured. Thanks a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that win, she spoke to\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0about the early stages of her latest solo album. \u201cIt\u2019s early days and I\u2019ve recorded several new songs whilst I\u2019ve been in London,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve also taken this time to enjoy rediscovering really good songwriters like Aimee Mann, who\u2019s from LA but went to Juilliard and is a genius and overlooked. Frances [Bean, daughter] sends me playlists, which are fantastic and full of artists that I hadn\u2019t come across before too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for her upcoming memoir, Love has reportedly assured fans that it will arrive before Christmas this year, and will be distributed through HarperCollins. 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Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-listid=\"721\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\"><b>READ MORE:<\/b>\u00a0<b>Courtney Love: \u201cI feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In recent months, Love has been building up hype for her second-ever solo album and long-awaited follow-up to 2004\u2019s \u2018America\u2019s Sweetheart\u2019.\u00a0Now, she\u2019s revealed that the album is finally finished.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a video shared to Instagram yesterday (August 14), Love told fans: \u201cA lot of you are asking where my record is at. It\u2019s done. It\u2019s kind of been done. It\u2019s a really good record. I put a lot into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to discuss an illness she suffered from in 2019, saying that her body just \u201cexploded\u201d and that she was frequently in hospitals. \u201cI almost died,\u201d she said. \u201cI lost all my hair. I was about 100 pounds. And they told me I was going to die. I didn\u2019t believe them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love then looked back on her childhood, when she\u2019d \u201cpattern interrupt the adults,\u201d and how those memories influenced the upcoming record. \u201cThey\u2019d say red was blue, and then I\u2019d see blue. But blue was blue. So I\u2019d gaslight myself that maybe they were right, and red was blue \u2026and my head would explode. Like, fucking cope with that shit. I think some of you can relate to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway,\u201d she added, \u201cI never really lost my ability to see that fucking red was red, despite them telling me that red was blue. And so when they said I was going to die, I just didn\u2019t believe them. And somehow I got better. I\u2019m healthy, which is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She concluded the video by referencing Hole\u2019s last album, 2010\u2019s \u2018Nobody\u2019s Daughter\u2018, calling it \u201cspectacularly humbling\u201d, adding: \u201cLike, playing a Pizza Hut Park at 11am while Limp Bizkit was headlining with 30 Seconds to Mars. That shit\u2019s humbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Love then reflected on how great music is right now: \u201cPeople sound great live,\u201d she said. \u201cThe girlies are amazing. Shit\u2019s amazing. I just need to like, understand how to do this. I will be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, Love wrote: \u201cWhen I made [the record], I believed this was my last record so I made the record I always wanted to make. I was in the hospital mostly but when I wasn\u2019t all I did was write &amp; record it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tour more than anything. &amp; I want to sing. That\u2019s what keeps my soul &amp; body happy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcCel7jBR8a\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in November, she first revealed that she had enlisted Echo &amp; The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant for the new album, but not the \u201crude\u201d PJ Harvey. She also later shared more details of his contributions, saying he \u201cdoes these incredible leads. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s ever played outside the Bunnymen, other than his solo stuff. Maybe I\u2019m wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, Love said that the album will also feature her ex-Hole\u00a0bandmate\u00a0Melissa Auf Der Maur, who also spoke to <i>NME <\/i>earlier this year about the possibility of a Hole\u00a0reunion, hinting that the current state of politics might have made it more likely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0one thing I know about Courtney and Hole,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0that\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0as mysterious as romantic love. You\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0force,\u00a0organise, or plan these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I do know is I\u2019ve always said no for many years, and it wasn\u2019t until the Evil Empire in the US that I began to contemplate where Hole, and Courtney\u2019s fearless feminism, and our generation, could maybe add to this dire dialogue in the US,\u201d she continued.\u00a0\u201cSome of my\u00a0interest in returning to Hole in any\u00a0shape or form\u00a0is because the world needs that kind of power, rebellion, and intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DVb9e-QCa-L\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahead of that, in March, Love sparked fresh speculation of another return by sharing a mysterious video online. The clip featured Auf der Maur posing in a flowing gown, before showing off a gold ring in a close-up shot. Hole\u2019s 1998 hit \u2018Malibu\u2019 played in the background. In the caption, Love wrote: \u201cSo do we tell the kids about the tour?\u201d Auf der Maur replied in the comments section: \u201cIt starts with eternal love\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Love later\u00a0clarified\u00a0that there would be \u201cno Hole reunion\u201d, but\u00a0did reveal that she and Auf der Maur would be \u201cplaying some shows, new songs\u201d together. She also added a new comment to her original video, telling fans: \u201cNot a\u00a0reunion baby. Me and [Auf der Maur] touring new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u00a0got back in the studio together in 2024\u00a0for the first time in over two decades, and later that same year,\u00a0teamed up for an appearance on 070 Shake\u2019s cover of Tim Buckley\u2019s \u2018Song To The Siren\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Love and Auf der Maur did appear on stage together in October 2018 in Hudson, New York, playing Hole songs \u2018Doll Parts\u2019,\u00a0\u2018Miss World\u2019 and \u2018Softer\u00a0Softest\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Love called her previous solo album one of her \u201clife\u2019s great shames\u201d, alongside Steve Coogan and crack.<\/p>\n<p>Love picked up the Icon Award at the 2020 <em>NME<\/em> Awards. In her acceptance speech, she said: I woke up this morning and I have the honour of picking up this fuck you thing [waves <em>NME<\/em> award], which is fantastic in the capital of this fantastic country where I first picked up a New Musical Express in I don\u2019t know, 1981 in fucking Liverpool where I read the other day I lost my virginity to Joy Division\u2019s \u2018Isolation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s psychotic. I\u2019m also 18 months sober today. I can\u2019t believe that and that\u2019s pretty wild. Thanks so much, I\u2019m very honoured. Thanks a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that win, she spoke to\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0about the early stages of her latest solo album. \u201cIt\u2019s early days and I\u2019ve recorded several new songs whilst I\u2019ve been in London,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve also taken this time to enjoy rediscovering really good songwriters like Aimee Mann, who\u2019s from LA but went to Juilliard and is a genius and overlooked. Frances [Bean, daughter] sends me playlists, which are fantastic and full of artists that I hadn\u2019t come across before too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for her upcoming memoir, Love has reportedly assured fans that it will arrive before Christmas this year, and will be distributed through HarperCollins. It\u2019s a promising update, as Love\u00a0last said in 2022 that the memoir\u00a0<em>The Girl With The Most Cake<\/em>\u00a0was complete, but at the time of writing has yet to be published.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/courtney-love-says-her-new-solo-album-is-done-and-really-good-as-she-shares-how-she-almost-died-and-lost-all-my-hair-in-hospital-3962828&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Courtney-Love.-CREDIT_-Stuart-C.-Wilson_Getty-Images.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Courtney Love says her new solo album is \u201cdone\u201d and \u201creally good\u201d, as she shares how she \u201calmost died\u201d and \u201clost all my hair\u201d in hospital &#8220;I want to tour more than anything, and I want to sing. 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