Orville Peck tells Nightline about overdose, rehab and new album Mule

Orville Peck has spoken in detail about a near-fatal overdose, a stay in rehab and getting sober in an interview for ABC's Nightline airing on Tuesday night at 12:35 a.m. ET.

The interview was conducted by ABC News correspondent Jaclyn Lee and was taped backstage before Peck's Sept. 18 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, according to Billboard.

Peck said the overdose led him to cancel touring, enter rehab and lose his relationship. He was found by his team the morning after the overdose.

He said he did not go to rehab willingly. He was effectively given an ultimatum about his career. His team had told him to get clean.

Peck said he first pursued sobriety for other people. He was frightened of people leaving him. That fear, he said, kept him in the process at the start.

He also spoke about life since getting sober. His anxiety at times feels worse, he said, because he had previously been numbing it. Sobriety removed that cover.

He talked as well about his fringed mask. Its first purpose, he said, was as armour. It let him be vulnerable in his songwriting.

The conversation coincides with a new album. Mule, produced by Jay Joyce, was released on Sept. 18. Peck has described the record as tracing his time in rehab.

Mule includes a collaboration with Emmylou Harris. It debuted at No. 19 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, the weekly ranking of country album consumption in the United States.

Peck is now on The Man Turned Mule Tour. The run continues through Nov. 22, when it ends in Huntington, New York. One dollar from every ticket sold is donated to the Trevor Project.