Grammy-Winning Singer Seen for the First Time in 10 Years After Scary Kidnapping Ordeal
Duffy, known for her hit song "Mercy" that was released in 2008, has made her first appearance in 10 years. On Wednesday, March 26, the singer made an appearance on TikTok.
"Some of you asked if Duffy was really doing a UK Garage remix with us," the caption read. The video, shared by E.motion.hq featured Duffy mouthing the words to the song and winking at the camera. She then disappeared from the screen, and what looked like AI generated clips appeared in her place.
A few days earlier, the same account shared another post about a "Mercy" remix, claiming that Duffy — whose real name is Aimee Anne Duffy — was coming into the studio to record the track.
@emotion.hq Some of you asked if Duffy was really doing a UK Garage remix with us… #duffy #newmusic #ElectronicMusic #ukgarage #dancemusic #remix
♬ Mercy UK Garage Remix - exoglidemusic
Fans were overjoyed to see the British star, who had removed herself from the spotlight after sharing that she was kidnapped and raped.
In April 2020, Duffy shared a first-hand account of what happened to her.
“It was my birthday, I was drugged at a restaurant, I was drugged then for four weeks and traveled to a foreign country. I can’t remember getting on the plane and came round in the back of a traveling vehicle. I was put into a hotel room and the perpetrator returned and raped me," she wrote.
"I could have been disposed of by him. I contemplated running away to the neighbouring city or town, as he slept, but had no cash and I was afraid he would call the police on me, for running away, and maybe they would track me down as a missing person. I do not know how I had the strength to endure those days, I did feel the presence of something that helped me stay alive," she continued.
The Welsh star said that she didn't feel safe going to the police because she was worried that the man would kill her.
“Rape stripped me of my human rights, to experience a life with autonomy from fear,” she added. “It has already stolen one-third of my life. Deep down I do know it would have been a shame and done such an immense disservice to my existence to just delete myself and forget what I had experienced in music publicly.”
Duffy received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry in 2009. She also won three Brit Awards that same year.