NEW YORK — Grammy-winning singer Muni Long has revealed she had a double lung transplant six months ago after doctors told her she’d die in a week without one.

Long was struggling with pneumonia and the ongoing lupus she’d been diagnosed with in 2014 when she bowed out early from the 2025 “The Boy Is Mine” tour with Brandy and Monica last November, she told “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts on Tuesday.

“I should have never taken that tour,” Long said in retrospect, though noting that she felt that “I had to do it” given everything going on in her life at the time.

On top of the lupus she’d been diagnosed with in 2014, Long got sick during the tour, came down with pneumonia, and found herself “only able to do two songs” by the time she left about a week early, she said.

While Long could tell something was terribly wrong, she was not prepared for what came next. She returned home to rest over Thanksgiving, and next thing she knew, she “woke up in the hospital” to the news that she’d die in days without a double lung transplant.

“My jaw dropped. Literally,” Long recounted. When she quipped, “That’s rude,” doctors said it was “not a joke” and laid out her stark options: Get lungs, or check into hospice.

Even then, vanity and fears about the effect on her voice almost turned her against the surgery. But thinking about her son made her realize that “quality of life was first,” Long said. “I can’t sing if I’m not here.”

Long officially left the 32-city tour on Nov. 29, about a week before its Dec. 4 conclusion.

Six months after the transplant and the vocal surgery she also needed, Long said she’s doing “fabulous” — asymptomatic and infection-free. In fact, Wednesday is slated to be her “last appointment for all the things” until her vocal checkup in August. Moreover, she says her voice is better than ever, and she’s looking forward to being able to perform again in six months to a year as doctors have advised.

Reflecting on lessons learned, Long said taking care of oneself is the route to being there for everyone else.

“Don’t put yourself on the back burner for everyone else,” she told Roberts. “You need to focus on you. You need to pour into yourself. Don’t be afraid to say no. Rest if you need to. That is a radical thing, for us to rest.”

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