“Sorry,” actor-singer Alvin Chong says midway through our interview, his voice breaking. He pauses momentarily and lets the tears fall.
As the wave of emotions passes, the 26-year-old continues: “Whenever my mum called, she’d always ask, ‘How’s life?’ Somehow mothers know. She knew that I wasn’t doing very well, but I would never tell her anything.”
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