Cody Simpson reveals he cannot 'walk or talk' as he postpones new album

Cody Simpson was forced to postpone his upcoming album and live performances due to dislocating his knee and damaging his vocal chords. The Australian singer took to Instagram on June 30 to announce the devastating news.

The 29-year-old explained that he had injured his knee during rehearsals for a music video. This meant that an operation for his damaged vocal cord was consequently delayed. The social media post featured a photograph of the star on crutches and a video of the moment he dislocated his knee.

"The universe is serving it to me this year! An update on where I’ve been: I’ve been on and off vocal rest for close to 3 months trying to heal a damaged vocal cord," he penned. "We decided to operate to aid the recovery, then I dislocated my knee rehearsing for a new music video and we had to push surgery back to let my knee settle. I can’t walk or talk for some time now, and no singing or dancing for months to come."

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Cody shared that he had been "pushing my body and mind for years now non-stop," and must now accept this "forced rest." "You can't hold me down! I’ll be back stronger," he added.

Back in May, the singer revealed that he discovered he had a "serious hemorrhage on one of my vocal cords". "It occurred due to my overzealousness in the studio singing through a sinus infection I didn’t know I had. Assumed it was just fatigue and kept showing up to the studio until one day I could no longer sing," he wrote on Instagram at the time.

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Cody was on vocal rest for weeks and had to cancel performances for his new single "Baby Blue". "This has also affected my ability to complete the album and polish up the next singles," he said, adding that he's been "prescribed another 2 weeks of silence in hopes of avoiding a surgery which demands a much longer recovery process."

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The star said that he is back in the studio writing "strictly as a lyricist on mute with my collaborators, and hearing/writing my vocal melodies on my guitar (which I will eventually replace with my voice when I’m able to)."

"Where there’s a will, there’s a way. I've been extremely up and down but am now reframing this as a realignment for the long-term good."