R&B King Usher got candid in an interview sharing life lessons, reflecting on his upbringing and romantic relationships.

Speaking to VIBE in an exclusive interview the singer talked about his decades-long career and his Las Vegas residency.

The “My Boo” hitmaker opened up about his “most difficult” lessons in life over the years.

“I think the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do was be single,” the singer revealed. He explained how he doesn’t like “being alone.”

“The idea of creating a life with someone is what I would like to do, maybe because I didn’t have or didn’t see that. And I get to remedy that idea by having an incredible partnership. I can then have the thing that I ultimately wanted to see.”

Usher talked about “healing” and he got through his dislike of “being alone” and “be able to” be by himself. He explained that “healing took a lot and looking back,” he believes that “Maybe I was suffering a lot from — just maybe not necessarily having the kind of love that I would’ve wanted as a kid. And wanting to figure out what that was all about,” he explained.

“I didn’t have that relationship that I would’ve wanted to have with my father. And that the relationship that I had with my mother was slowly beginning to be under pressure. Because one, we were working together. Two, we had our differences. Three, I was getting older, but I think it was just life lessons…”

The “Hey Daddy” singer explained how therapy “really did help” him to be “ale to be by” himself.

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