I sent a message to him on his bandcamp page and he sent an email back to me.
I’m safe. Actually if you want the truth I smoked a bunch of meth and had a massive mental breakdown. I spent 3 days hiding in the woods (not shelterless I had my car and I had money to go get food) just because I was scared of everybody. I nearly lost my job, although I didn’t but I wish I had, and for 3 days I was scared of my own shadow and didn’t know what I was going to do. I just had an intense mental breakdown. I never really meant that I was planning on killing myself exactly, but I didn’t know what I was going to do. I’m kinda just embarrassed to come back now, and I’m still pretty shaken up. You can relay this entire message if you like. They deserve an explanation.
Whether he comes back or not, let him know we all love him (even though he smells bad [in fact you should also tell him to take a shower]).