London (AFP)

Welsh singer Duffy said on Tuesday that she decided to be absent for a long time after being "raped, drugged and kidnapped for a few days".

Duffy, who in 2011 announced "taking a break" from his public activity, wrote on Instagram: "I'm ok and safe now" but "it took a while".

"There is no easy way to say it. But I can tell you that for the past decade I have promised myself to want to feel the sun shine in my heart and the sun is shining now," said the singer. 35 years.

"You wonder why I did not choose to use my voice to express my pain? I did not want to show the world the sadness in my eyes. I wondered how to sing with my heart if it is broken ? And slowly it repaired itself, "she added.

The singer, who is also a composer, won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2008 with her album Rockferry. In 2009, born artist Aimee Anne Duffy also won three Brit Awards.

In 2013, she appeared alongside many French artists during a concert in New York in homage to Edith Piaf. She contributed to music and had a role in the movie Legend (2015).

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