United Kingdom, April 21 -- Grimes' new music helped her to overcome her personal problems.

The 38-year-old star "totally quit music a couple of years ago" amid issues in her personal life, but Grimes has managed to overcome her problems through music.

Grimes - who has three children with Elon Musk, the world's richest man - told Interview magazine: "I totally quit music a couple of years ago. Everything I'd been going through with the public and my personal life and having kids, I was like, 'I'm just going to be a stay-at-home mom. Screw this.

"I couldn't listen to music without getting PTSD. I was only interested in writing and reading. I started writing poetry, and then someone was like, 'Can you write a rap for this K-pop artist?' ...