“Frustratingly fragile”: Beloved Voice Australia star Edde Masson completely shatters her silence as a shattering secret health battle and devastating chronic illness are violently unmasked.
Edde Masson defies her biggest fear with four chair turns
Being on the popular television show The Voice Australia is not something Edde Masson ever actually imagined for herself during her lengthy music career.
This hesitation was not because she lacked the necessary musical talent, but simply because she did not think it was physically possible for her.
The talented thirty two year old artist had already successfully established herself in the competitive music industry with more than a decade of professional experience.
However, when the dedicated musician eventually became a loving mother, her entire world completely changed in ways she had never previously anticipated or expected.
Throughout her highly difficult pregnancy, she tragically suffered from Hyperemesis gravidarum, which is a severe and debilitating pregnancy complication causing immense physical distress.
This terrible medical condition meant she was severely unwell throughout her entire pregnancy, forcing her to constantly battle against intense nausea and severe exhaustion.
She bravely explains that she was violently vomiting every single week leading up until her precious son’s birth, an agonizing experience that completely decimated her.
The horrific, prolonged illness absolutely destroyed her fundamental sense of self and fundamentally altered how she originally thought she would exist in the world.
During this incredibly dark and exhausting period, the passionate singer also tragically lost her beautiful voice, describing her vocal cords as being completely shredded.
Despite spending several years actively recovering and slowly getting back onto the musical path, she heavily doubted whether she would ever publicly perform again.
Her deep personal hesitation stemmed from the unfortunate reality that she also suffers daily from severe chronic fatigue alongside a challenging coeliac disease diagnosis.
Not only has joining the popular reality television show wonderfully helped her reclaim herself as a singer, but it also helped reform her identity.
The inspiring artist firmly explains that going on the competitive television show was a deeply personal decision, doing this entirely for herself and nobody else.
Despite successfully recovering after her traumatic pregnancy, she still deeply worried about officially joining the demanding production because of her ongoing chronic fatigue.
Performing late at night, consistently not getting enough sleep, and struggling to prioritize necessary recovery time heavily influenced her highly difficult professional career decisions.
These severe physical limitations eventually forced the loving mother of one to make the heartbreaking decision to not pursue being a full time performing artist.
She realized she still wanted to make meaningful art and share it globally, but recognized the entertainment industry lacks space for completely different bodies.
Because of this incredibly harsh reality, the talented Queenslander knew she had to bravely carve out her very own unique path in the music world.
Even to this current day, she must constantly remain incredibly aware of exactly how much she does because her physical body remains frustratingly fragile overall.
Her ongoing, complex health woes ultimately led the dedicated music lecturer to start writing beautiful music commissions specifically tailored for other struggling people globally.
She primarily focuses on carefully creating deeply emotional songs for expectant mothers, new mothers, and grieving women who have tragically lost their precious babies.
It is something she wonderfully did for herself while going through her own highly traumatic pregnancy by creating her personal album, Birth of a Mother.
For this highly compassionate singer, carefully creating music that is profoundly meaningful for someone else is exactly how she truly measures her professional success.
She sincerely hopes to deeply connect with many other individuals through her highly public musical journey on the massive stage of The Voice Australia.
She firmly believes a big reason for putting herself onto that stage was to give vulnerable people the perfect opportunity to find highly supportive music.
When she was heavily pregnant, she desperately looked for comforting music that could safely hold her through the absolute hardest time of her entire life.
Unfortunately, she quickly realized that there was absolutely nothing out there that could provide the specific, vital emotional support she so desperately needed back then.
Today, she has successfully built quite a beautiful little following online, constantly receiving deeply touching messages from many highly grateful women across the country.
These women often tell her that they actively listened to her comforting album during their own highly difficult pregnancies or their intense birthing experiences.
Hearing these incredibly powerful testimonies made her realize that significantly more people should absolutely know about this incredibly vital and emotionally supportive musical project.
Despite being completely racked with intense nerves immediately ahead of her crucial television audition, she remained fiercely determined to finally make it onto the stage.
Thank goodness she bravely pushed through the overwhelming, crippling anxiety, as she miraculously secured an impressive four chair turns from the highly impressed celebrity judges.
She honestly confesses that the terrifying audition process suddenly brought up every single deep insecurity that she thought she had successfully dealt with previously.
The overwhelming, massive pressure of the gigantic television production made her feel exactly like she was anxiously sitting back inside a university classroom all over again.
It genuinely felt like she was receiving a strict, formal performance assessment again, causing her to heavily breathe while standing quietly on the stage side.
She vividly remembers truly heavy breathing while desperately trying not to accidentally pass out from the immense pressure right before stepping into the glaring spotlight.
But in the glorious end, her brilliant, highly creative decision to use a musical loop to carefully re-imagine Melanie C’s massive hit song completely paid off.
Her incredibly unique, powerful rendition of the classic track I Turn To You was spectacular, and she ended up happily choosing Melanie as her official coach.
For the triumphant, resilient singer, this unforgettable audition felt like ultimate freedom, representing the absolute truest and most beautiful creative expression of herself today.