Since August last year,

Simz said it was "one of the moments on the album where I was like, I'm just going to tell it how it is and leave it on the record".Simz now said Lotus is the work she's most proud of and that it's restored her self-belief.

"This album has really helped bring me back to what my purpose is," she told Radio 1's Jack Saunders."I definitely feel way more empowered to do what I'm doing, and more confident than I did when I was first making this record."It's really helped me find my belief in myself again."

The album name, Lotus, is taken from the flower renowned for its ability to survive in hostile habitats.Simz has said, like herself, it "learned how to thrive in muddy waters".

"It's such a brilliant example of something coming from these conditions and being something so beautiful and overcoming," she says.

"One of the themes [of the album] is growth but it's more so rising above it.Both Wegovy and Mounjaro are given as weekly injections via pre-filled pens that can be self-administered into the upper arm, thigh or stomach.

They work as an appetite suppressant by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).This is an intestinal hormone which is released after eating, and typically makes people feel fuller.

Mounjaro also affects another hormone, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), which affects metabolism and helps regulate energy balance.Patients generally start on a low dose which is gradually increased until they reach a higher maintenance dose.