He still has “dreadful” anxiety and hypervigilance – a state of extreme and often inappropriate alertness. But today the 42-year-old is feeling very Zen and “in the moment”. Photograph: Emma Peios/WireImage via GettyĪbout eight years ago Young himself had a breakdown: he couldn’t get out of bed, his anxiety went through the roof, he became addicted to shopping and he would cry constantly. Will Young with his twin, Rupert, in 2008. Rupert had tried to take his own life several times before. Young doesn’t want to talk about it today, but in January he told an inquest that Rupert had struggled with depression and anxiety for more than 20 years.
In July his twin brother, Rupert, took his own life. I don’t really know what I’m doing, but I have such a passion for it now.” His neighbours have started calling him “the garden centre”, as he is always trying to foist cuttings on them.Īs well as his four dogs, gardening has been a comfort for Young in a difficult year. “Did you see the tulips out the front? I’ve gone potting crazy. “I’ve gone completely insane: I’ve never bought so many bulbs in my life,” says Young, on his return from the corner shop. The walled garden is filled with bushes and trees that neither of us is able to name, as well as a tremendous number of plant pots. There can’t be many pop stars who would feel comfortable leaving a journalist alone in their home, especially one who has had as many run-ins with the press as Young. No sooner has he shown me through to his garden than he has popped back out to buy cigarettes. Will Young exits a cab and ambles towards me up a quiet south London street, where I’ve been loitering outside his terraced house like a superfan.
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