Joe Jonas suffered panic attacks after debut solo album underperformed

Joe Jonas has recalled how he suffered severe panic attacks after his debut solo album, *Fastlife*, underperformed on the charts. During the latest episode of the *Hey Jonas!* podcast on Wednesday, the singer-songwriter spoke to his brothers, Nick and Kevin Jonas, about his struggles with anxiety following the release in October 2011. Jonas released the album around a year after the Jonas Brothers went on hiatus, and it received mixed reviews from critics. "The reason I started doing therapy is because of the first taste of, like, not achieving 'success,'" he said. "I released a solo album when I was about 21 or 22, and it didn’t do as well as I thought it would because everything the Jonas Brothers touched back then would be a number one hit." Jonas described putting immense pressure on himself to succeed alone, recalling, "I put something out by myself, and I think I had a lot of high expectations of success without you guys. That was important to me somewhere in my core. I was like, 'If I do that, then I matter.'" After multiple visits to his doctor for panic attacks and pain, he was advised to seek therapy. "I was like, 'What do you mean a therapist? I don’t need a therapist. Why would I need a therapist?'" he recalled. He finally spoke to a therapist after crying through the first session for an hour, realizing its value. "It definitely was so helpful during that season, and it has been throughout my life and other major life things that I’ve gone through." Jonas later released his second studio album, *Music for People Who Believe in Love*, in May 2025. He is set to appear as a coach on the upcoming season of *The Voice*, which begins airing early next year.