After a lifetime of living with an undiagnosed heart defect, singer and songwriter Amy Grant was told in 2020 that she needed to have life-saving open heart surgery. Now, the six-time Grammy winner is gearing up to release her first new studio project in 13 years.

As a super-fit Olympic medallist, I always felt a bit of a fraud as I sat in the cardiology unit waiting for my annual check-up, surrounded by people who were clearly very ill. I was 11 when I was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition – a bicuspid aortic valve – but I never experienced any symptoms from my “leaky valve”.