Lola Young says vaping has made breathing feel like a chore

British singer Lola Young has described experiencing breathing difficulties that she associates with her vaping habit, saying her lungs feel “battery powered” and that breathing has become a chore.

British singer Lola Young has described experiencing breathing difficulties that she associates with her vaping habit, saying her lungs feel “battery powered” and that breathing has become a chore.

Young, 25, made the comments in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday, saying she had previously dismissed warnings that she would eventually feel the effects of vaping.

She said: “Someone once said to me, Lola, there will be a day when you wake up, you’ll be 25 or 26, from a deep sleep and you’ll start to feel the effects of vaping.”

“And do you know what I said? I said ‘nah’ and rolled my eyes,” she added.

Young then said: “The day has come, where my lungs feel like they’re battery powered, like they’re just one big battery, and breathing feels like a chore.”

She described breathing as “hard work” and joked that she should be paid £30 an hour to do it.

Young also joked that she would try to quit vaping when she is 45.

The comments come after Young took a break from performing following an onstage collapse at the All Things Go festival in New York in September 2025. She later said she was in recovery from drug use and had sought treatment.

Young, whose full name is Lola Emily Mary Young, was born in London in 2001. She gained early attention after winning the under-16 category of the Open Mic UK competition in 2016.