"RECOGNISE caught up with Jessie J to talk about the rumours surrounding her sexuality, her dreams of a Tinie Tempah collaboration and making lasagne for our cover stars McFly…
She’s the fierce new face of British pop 音乐 and she’s here to make a statement. Jessica Cornish, 或者 Jessie J as she’s better known, follows in a long line of successful and empowering female 音乐 artists. As a graduate of the prestigious Brit School, Jessie recently picked up the Critic’s Choice at this year’s Brit Awards, emulating fellow alumni Ellie Goulding and Adele.
At just 22 years old she’s already written songs for the cream of the crop in the 音乐 world, including Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera and Chris Brown. Jessie’s debut single ‘Do It Like A Dude’ blasted her onto the UK 音乐 scene as a 星, 星级 in her own right, with the record charting at number two. There was only one way to better that and her 秒 single ‘Price Tag’, stormed straight to the 最佳, 返回页首 of charts.
And there’s much 更多 than just success to this straight-up madam with the razor-sharp bob. The teetotal Essex girl is a socially conscious lyricist who wants to inject some sense and positive energy into the 音乐 industry. With her newly launched ‘Be True to Who 你 Are’ campaign, Jessie is the role model that the kids have been waiting for.
Did 你 get discovered 由 promoting yourself on YouTube? No, I had already been signed for three years when I started putting clips on YouTube. A lot of people do think I was discovered on there but I was actually discovered 由 Gut Records at a showcase I did with a girl group I was in at the time.
You went stateside for a while. How did that come about? My label Gut Records had gone bankrupt just before I was going to release. I tried to get signed to another UK label but at the time there were a lot of female artists about to be launched like 阿黛尔 and Duffy so I just missed the window. The week Gut went bust I was signed to Sony as a songwriter and flew out to New York and Los Angeles on a 写作 trip.
What did 你 miss about 伦敦 when 你 were away? My family, my friends, the honesty, the 食物 and the weather, believe it 或者 not!
You mixed with quite a famous crowd in the US. Who do 你 hang out with in the UK? I’m 由 myself 或者 with my manager half the time when I’m in the US. I’m not in this industry to be in a clique with celebs. But when 你 are in the same job it’s natural 你 will make 老友记 with people. I am a very family and 老友记 orientated person.
Your video for ‘Do it Like a Dude’ was refreshingly different. Do 你 think being true to yourself and being openly bisexual may affect your success? I don’t put a label on my 音乐 或者 on my sexuality. I am who I am and I fall in 爱情 with who I fall in 爱情 with. The Do It Like A Dude video was tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. It was me making fun of myself. It grabbed people’s attention and that’s what I wanted it to do. It created a buzz.
Why did 你 keep ‘Do It Like A Dude’ and not give it to Rihanna? Sometimes when 你 write a song 你 have to come to the decision to keep it for yourself 或者 give it away. I’m glad I kept it.
You’ve been compared to Lady Gaga. Would 你 ever wear a meat dress? Never say never. But probably not!
You’ve accomplished so much while still so young. What words of wisdom would 你 give to young people looking up to you? Be true to who 你 are. Just live life to the fullest and always base your confidence on purity. Never say never and always make sure you’re happy. Life is too short to be anything but.
Which British artists would 你 like to work with? Devlin, Tinie Tempah and Leona Lewis - to name a few!
We heard 你 made 意大利面 for McFly? They were in the studio with a good friend of mine, Dallas Austin, and I promised I’d cook for him, so I made lasagne, chicken 咖喱 and cheesecake for McFly and Dallas. It was a fun night. They’re lovely guys.
She’s the fierce new face of British pop 音乐 and she’s here to make a statement. Jessica Cornish, 或者 Jessie J as she’s better known, follows in a long line of successful and empowering female 音乐 artists. As a graduate of the prestigious Brit School, Jessie recently picked up the Critic’s Choice at this year’s Brit Awards, emulating fellow alumni Ellie Goulding and Adele.
At just 22 years old she’s already written songs for the cream of the crop in the 音乐 world, including Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera and Chris Brown. Jessie’s debut single ‘Do It Like A Dude’ blasted her onto the UK 音乐 scene as a 星, 星级 in her own right, with the record charting at number two. There was only one way to better that and her 秒 single ‘Price Tag’, stormed straight to the 最佳, 返回页首 of charts.
And there’s much 更多 than just success to this straight-up madam with the razor-sharp bob. The teetotal Essex girl is a socially conscious lyricist who wants to inject some sense and positive energy into the 音乐 industry. With her newly launched ‘Be True to Who 你 Are’ campaign, Jessie is the role model that the kids have been waiting for.
Did 你 get discovered 由 promoting yourself on YouTube? No, I had already been signed for three years when I started putting clips on YouTube. A lot of people do think I was discovered on there but I was actually discovered 由 Gut Records at a showcase I did with a girl group I was in at the time.
You went stateside for a while. How did that come about? My label Gut Records had gone bankrupt just before I was going to release. I tried to get signed to another UK label but at the time there were a lot of female artists about to be launched like 阿黛尔 and Duffy so I just missed the window. The week Gut went bust I was signed to Sony as a songwriter and flew out to New York and Los Angeles on a 写作 trip.
What did 你 miss about 伦敦 when 你 were away? My family, my friends, the honesty, the 食物 and the weather, believe it 或者 not!
You mixed with quite a famous crowd in the US. Who do 你 hang out with in the UK? I’m 由 myself 或者 with my manager half the time when I’m in the US. I’m not in this industry to be in a clique with celebs. But when 你 are in the same job it’s natural 你 will make 老友记 with people. I am a very family and 老友记 orientated person.
Your video for ‘Do it Like a Dude’ was refreshingly different. Do 你 think being true to yourself and being openly bisexual may affect your success? I don’t put a label on my 音乐 或者 on my sexuality. I am who I am and I fall in 爱情 with who I fall in 爱情 with. The Do It Like A Dude video was tongue in cheek and a bit of fun. It was me making fun of myself. It grabbed people’s attention and that’s what I wanted it to do. It created a buzz.
Why did 你 keep ‘Do It Like A Dude’ and not give it to Rihanna? Sometimes when 你 write a song 你 have to come to the decision to keep it for yourself 或者 give it away. I’m glad I kept it.
You’ve been compared to Lady Gaga. Would 你 ever wear a meat dress? Never say never. But probably not!
You’ve accomplished so much while still so young. What words of wisdom would 你 give to young people looking up to you? Be true to who 你 are. Just live life to the fullest and always base your confidence on purity. Never say never and always make sure you’re happy. Life is too short to be anything but.
Which British artists would 你 like to work with? Devlin, Tinie Tempah and Leona Lewis - to name a few!
We heard 你 made 意大利面 for McFly? They were in the studio with a good friend of mine, Dallas Austin, and I promised I’d cook for him, so I made lasagne, chicken 咖喱 and cheesecake for McFly and Dallas. It was a fun night. They’re lovely guys.
