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Just two weeks after a suicide attempt, American Idol season three winner Fantasia appeared on Good Morning America today, proclaiming, “I’m fine, better.”

She says she swallowed a bottle of aspirin earlier this month not so much in reaction to being named in a legal filing by a woman who accused her of breaking up her marriage, but as a result of six years of stress and drama.

Editor’s note to Fantasia: People who do not like drama should not star in a reality show on VH1.

Anyway, you can check out the GMA interview here. And VH1 will air a new Fantasia: Behind the Music tonight at 9 p.m.

The publicity, of course, is timed to coincide with today’s release of Fantasia’s third studio album, “Back to Me.”

Fantasia has already scored a modest hit with her first single from the album. “Bittersweet” was number eight on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B last week; the song jumped from 90 to 79 last week on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Want more Fantasia?

Here’s a link to a Walmart Soundcheck performance during which Fantasia sings “Free Yourself” from her debut album, “When I See U” from her second album, “Summertime/Hood Boy” and her current single.

And here’s a link to a review of her new album, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.