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Jacob has been open about struggling with depression, which he discusses on his 2021 track "Afraid To Die." He says his goal in sharing his experiences is to help fans in "knowing they aren't alone if they're feeling or have felt the same way."
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1221:Apple Music
999:January 31,
835:"Lovesick"
828:Roman Luck
673:"Lovesick"
647:(featuring
351:Discography
207:John Legend
105:Instruments
88:Occupations
1503:Categories
1160:January 5,
1046:. ABC News
939:January 6,
914:Music Week
894:References
663:"Secrets"
341:Bea Miller
223:John Mayer
219:Ed Sheeran
189:of the US
141:JW Records
97:songwriter
47:1997-11-11
32:Birth name
1494:Instagram
1082:The Fader
993:Billboard
958:Billboard
743:Director
591:US: 4,000
407:streaming
228:Billboard
215:Sam Smith
1489:Facebook
1227:April 5,
1060:Archived
1028:Archived
848:"Focus"
766:"Words"
712:"Whole"
686:"Focus"
634:"Words"
459:Details
366:Details
187:season 2
1484:Twitter
1285:June 6,
1107:July 7,
825:"Ohio"
605:Singles
479:Digital
288:Spotify
236:chart.
79:R&B
737:Title
618:Album
612:Title
491:Albums
481:Albums
465:Sales
456:Title
422:Colors
385:Albums
363:Title
169:Career
132:Labels
114:guitar
111:Vocals
94:Singer
64:Genres
59:, U.S.
871:2017
838:2016
795:2015
756:2014
740:Year
715:2019
699:2017
676:2016
655:2015
626:2014
615:Year
564:(EP)
532:(EP)
74:Indie
1287:2019
1229:2020
1189:2017
1162:2016
1131:2020
1109:2016
1001:2016
941:2022
747:Ref.
680:Why?
489:Ind.
393:Why?
383:Ind.
302:Why?
250:Why?
221:and
41:Born
1150:MTV
586:26
551:23
548:75
516:26
416:25
264:BMG
230:200
70:Pop
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