Courtney Love Says She 'Almost Died' in 2019 From Mystery Illness
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- Courtney Love revealed in an Instagram video that she "almost died" from a mystery illness in 2019 while relocating from Los Angeles to London, saying her body "exploded" and she was frequently hospitalized
- Love said doctors told her she was going to die; she refused to believe them, lost all her hair, and dropped to about 100 pounds at her worst
- Love confirmed her upcoming album is finished and that she's worked on it with Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and longtime friend Michael Stipe, writing that she "wants to tour more than anything"
- Love connected her survival instinct to childhood experiences of being gaslit by adults who told her red was blue, saying those memories influenced the new record
- Love called Hole's last album, 2010's Nobody's Daughter, "spectacularly humbling," recounting opening at a Pizza Hut Park at 11 a.m. while Limp Bizkit headlined with 30 Seconds to Mars
- Antiheroine, a documentary about Love directed by Edward Lovelace and James Hall, premiered at Sundance in January
Why it matters: After years of relative quiet, Love resurfaced with two concrete updates: a finished album she's recorded with high-profile collaborators, and a public accounting of a near-death health crisis she previously kept private — giving fans and promoters a clear sign she intends to tour and record again.
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