I honestly don't think Leona wants or needs people's sympathy. She genuinely seems to be in great spirits in her tweets and she seems just as excited as ever about the album. I think part of the delay is down to the label but I think somewhere along the line Leona seems to have agreed with them that they needed better material or something and now she seems quite happy.
She'll be back and I think she'll be proving a few people wrong, especially people who've written her off and say she's had her time now. Will she ever reach the level of success that Spirit had? Unlikely but not impossible, but she'll certainly have success I think. I already think Glassheart is going to be my favourite Leona album, going off what information we've been given about it so far.