Whatever happened to our promiscuous girl, Nelly Furtado?

In doing some deep dives towards researching on local and Canadian artists, I realized that she hadn’t released any new music since 2017. I was first introduced to her over the radio where they would play her two biggest singles, “Turn off the Lights” and “Like a Bird” off her debut album, “Whoa Nelly”.

I fell in love with these songs so much that my parents ended up buying me her album in 2000; which also happened to be my very first album I ever owned.

The release of her third album, “Loose” in 2006 coincided with my grade 8 year of high school. I remember going to parties for the first time where “Promiscuous Girl” or “Maneater” were always being played at some point during the night. Whenever someone heard me playing Nelly Furtado, they knew I was in the mood to sing and dance. I guess you can say she accomapanied me through the stages of my crazy adolescence.

I didn’t find out until researching for this article that she had a nervous breakdown on stage while on tour back in 2007. She cited that being a mother and trying to portray this image of being a popstar artist simply became too much to handle for herself. She’s taken a big step back and put her career on hiatus.

I do hope that she finds the time and desire to release music again, because she is a beautiful and an amazing artist. Putting one’s mental and physical health is also very important. If she wants to go from being the “Promiscuous Girl” to the “Mysterious Girl”, I think we as fans should all respect that and let her fly like a bird.