Following the Friday (11.28) release her new LP Don’t Tease Me with a Good Time, Jessie J cried “happy ugly proud tears.”
Taking to her Instagram account, the British-born musician told her fans that she was feeling emotional and proud of herself for finally completing the album after working on it on and off during the challenging time in her life, adding:
“I started writing this album 6 years ago AND IT’S OUT NOWWWWWWWW!!! DON’T TEASE ME WITH A GOOD TIME!!!” “What I went and have been through to get to this point, to this moment only I will truly ever know. But that’s what I am celebrating in this moment. I didn’t quit. Man was I close in moments but I didn’t!!! I did it!!! We did it!!! Thank you to everyone who supported making this happen…. I’m sobbing posting this. Like happy ugly proud tears,” alongside a series of behind-the-scenes video clips of the making of the LP.
Born Jessica Ellen Cornish, it was in 2018 that the 37-year-old artist released her last LP, This Christmas Day, and on The Graham Norton Show she said that started working on her new record in 2019 but “then Covid hit and then lots of stuff happened,” perhaps referring to the birth of her son Sky in May of 2023, or the several health setbacks she has suffered in recent years (including a mastectomy in June after being diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.)
When asked about her health on the show, the superstar singer/songwriter shared, “This year has been wild. I am good. I have just recovered from breast cancer, so I am just happy to be here. I love being back.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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