By the end of the '80s, Cyndi Lauper's fire had sadly burned out. Speaking to the Independent, the singer suggested she was artistically restrained by her record company who insisted she collaborate with others — for her songs, her looks, her sound — as they were "never happy" with her own ideas. Her third album "A Night to Remember" made her so miserable she called it "A Night to Forget" to the newspaper, and the singer's iconic rainbow-dipped hair was replaced with somber wigs of brown or pitch black. 

It was a "dark time" for the star, as Lauper recalled in her memoir (via The Mirror). On top of feeling like she "disappointed the record company" by not living up to expectations, she had also split from her manager and partner David Wolff. "I thought the sadness would never go away," she wrote, stating that she'd sit in the studio "and drink vodka" while she was grieving, and even contemplated suicide. She was haunted by potential news reports, however, "I never wanted a headline to read, 'Girl who wanted to have fun just didn't.'" 

Thankfully, the early '90s pulled Lauper back from the brink, and she met actor David Thornton on the set of the drama, "Off and Running" — the filming of which she described as "the chance of a vacation from myself" to the Independent. The two fell in love, and were married by the end of 1991.

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website.

If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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