Rocker Ryan Adams has ended his five-months of silence after being accused of serial sexual misconduct — telling fans to “believe women” while promising to confront the “madness and misunderstanding.”
“I have a lot to say. I am going to. Soon,” the “New York, New York” singer promised this weekend in his first social media posts since the damning allegations against him broke in February.
“Because the truth matters. It���s what matters most,” he wrote on Instagram, admitting it was “past time” he came forward.
“I know who I am. What I am. It’s time people know.”
Adams, 44, was accused of emotional or sexual abuse by seven women — including ex-wife Mandy Moore — in the explosive exposé by the New York Times that saw him drop out of the spotlight after admitting “mistakes.”
An album and tour were both scrapped, and the musician kept off social media until his latest flurry of posts this weekend.
“Believe Women. Believe Truth. But never give up on being part of solutions, and healing,” he wrote Saturday, hinting that he was releasing new music and suggesting it would help the #MeToo movement.
“I want to be a part of that healing. To go play have some great shows and put out these badass records,” he said.
Calling his music “a map for the lost,” he called himself only suitable for a billboard “for being flawed.”
“I’ve always wanted to help. I’m trying,” he wrote.
“So, soon… because it’s time to get back to what I do best. I’m here for the music, for the love and for making things better.”
Without directly confronting the claims made against him, he suggested they were too nuanced for sweeping statements.
“All the beauty in a life cannot be reduced to rubble for confusion, ignoring truths that destroy all the good in us. This madness and misunderstanding,” he wrote.
“There’s enough of that in this world.”
Complaining about his tough life — referring to losing a brother — he also said he had “lost friends who have passed away in this time of self reflection and silence.”
“I can’t be like that,” he vowed, saying he needed his time of silence to “decide how I could be a part of a better tomorrow for everybody.”
“Sometimes that peace comes from opening yourself up. That’s who I want to be,” he wrote, ending his post “with love and with faith,” saying, “In all of us and our best and our faults. RA.”