Nicole Scherzinger has opened up about her album title Big Fat Lie, revealing it was inspired by her past struggles with an eating disorder.

During an interview with Digital Spy, the former X Factor judge explained: "I guess it's me finally being comfortable and confident enough in my skin where I'm able to really talk about some of the things that I always concealed.

"This is me finally being revealed. I think we all have our own big fat lies. The lies that we tell ourselves. You know, things aren't always what they seem. I think people will be able to relate to that.

"Part of where it came from is battling with an eating disorder for many years and recently, in the past few years, it's come out and people were talking to me about that.

"I realised that, even though it was a hard subject for me to talk about, when I did I was able to help other people and inspire other people battling any disorders or any diseases themselves."

[related]The Your Love singer continued: "I noticed I had not really addressed that on the album and Big Fat Lie, I went to The-Dream with that personally and I was like: 'This is a big part of who I am and what has gotten me here. And what has gotten me to this place of strength.'

"I decided to title the album that because things aren't always what they seem. Facing those issues head-on is what has gotten me to my most authentic place now and a courageous place to be able to talk about it a lot and deal with it."

She added: "Everybody's wanting that, everybody's wanting that peace, everyone's wanting clarity and acceptance in their life."

Nicole went on to conclude that she sees revisiting those difficult moments in her past as a release, stating: "It's therapy for me. It's so freeing and so liberating for me to create.

"That's the only positive thing is you can create, you know. Create something beautiful from maybe something that wasn't once so beautiful."

Scherzy's new single On The Rocks is due for release on October 12, ahead of Big Fat Lie on October 20.