Nelly Furtado Pauses Performances Amid Resurgence

Grammy-winning singer Nelly Furtado announced on Oct. 24 via Instagram that she will step away from live performance for the foreseeable future to pursue other creative and personal endeavors, without providing specific plans. She said she still loves writing music and will identify as a songwriter forever, and thanked fans, collaborators and a new generation rediscovering her work. The announcement coincides with the 25th anniversary of her debut album Whoa, Nelly! and follows her September 2024 return with the album 7 and a summer festival tour that reconnected her with audiences. Several outlets have noted her recent resurgence on TikTok and widespread fan enthusiasm, and some reports linked the timing of her pause to recent online body-shaming, an explanation Furtado did not explicitly give. She framed the decision as entering a new phase while expressing gratitude for her career and community.