Victoria Canal has reflected on Lola Young’s recent decision to take a break from touring to focus on mental health, and explained how “unhealthy” it can be mentally to be a musician. Mental health charity Mind have also shared how people working in the music industry are “more prone to mental health problems than the general population”, with “musicians being up to three times more likely to suffer from depression”. Around that same time, musicians’ charity Help Musicians reported a 200 per cent increase in people engaging with their services over the past two years. Before then, the Universal Music Group announced the launch of a new music health fund in partnership with the Music Health Alliance in February. It builds on its four-year healthcare programme through personalised recommendations for mental health counsellors, grants to offset costs and funding resource recommendations if necessary to ensure the continuation of care through additional financial and mental health support.