{"id":33634,"date":"2026-08-09T01:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33634"},"modified":"2026-08-09T01:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:36:06","slug":"joe-jonas-says-he-sought-therapy-for-his-low-album-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33634","title":{"rendered":"Joe Jonas says he sought therapy for his low album sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/joe-jonas\">Joe Jonas<\/a>\u00a0has revealed that disappointing sales for his first solo album led him to seek therapy after he began experiencing panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The singer reflected on the response to his 2011 record \u2018Fastlife\u2019 during a recent episode of the\u00a0<i>Hey Jonas!\u00a0<\/i>podcast, which he hosts with his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jonas-brothers\">Jonas Brothers<\/a>\u00a0bandmates and siblings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nick-jonas\">Nick<\/a> and Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he had expected the project to emulate the success that the group had enjoyed and treated it as a test of his own\u00a0self esteem, telling his brothers: \u201cSomewhere in my core, I was like, \u2018If I do that, then I matter\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fastlife\u2019 went on to peak at Number 15 in the US charts, with lead single \u2018See No More\u2019 maxing out at Number 92, which Jonas said he considered a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started having panic attacks and started having physical pain,\u201d he recalled, and said he saw a doctor, who said he was healthy but recommended he see a therapist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hey Jonas! | Brothers Only Episode\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e9JpIvgo9Gk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, what do you\u00a0mean\u00a0a therapist? I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0need a therapist. Why would I need a\u00a0therapist?\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0said, saying he instead chose to go on long bike rides to be away from his phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally spoke to somebody and, after crying through the first question for an hour, [I] realised how great it was. It definitely was so helpful during that season and it has been throughout my life for other major life things that I\u2019ve gone through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonas returned to solo music last year with \u2018Music\u00a0For\u00a0People Who Believe\u00a0In\u00a0Love\u2019, his first solo album under his own name in 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/joe-jonas-reacts-to-taylor-swifts-the-life-of-a-showgirl-everybodys-got-an-opinion-3900768\">Jonas shared his thoughts last year on Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018The Life\u00a0Of\u00a0A\u00a0Showgirl\u2019<\/a>, after fans\u00a0speculated\u00a0that Swift had written some songs about their brief relationship in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard some of it,\u201d he said. \u201cI think she\u2019s obviously the biggest artist out there, and I think it\u2019s good.\u00a0Everybody\u2019s\u00a0got\u00a0an opinion about it, but from what\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0heard, there are some catchy melodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-teddy-swims-bring-out-joe-jonas-vanessa-carlton-and-van-halens-david-lee-roth-at-coachella-2026-3939615\">Jonas also made a surprise appearance during Teddy Swims\u2019 Coachella 2026 set<\/a>, performing the Jonas Brothers\u2019 \u2018When You Look Me\u00a0In\u00a0The\u00a0Eyes\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Jonas\u00a0has revealed that disappointing sales for his first solo album led him to seek therapy after he began experiencing panic attacks. 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