Special Post - Jessie J's Brithday

Today is the birthday of one of my favorite singers, Jessie J.

Happy Birthday

I wanted to write something about her but didn’t want to waste time re-writing what is on Wikipedia- it’s really a waste of time, because everyone has access to that.
I wanted to do something different maybe because I have some free time but maybe it’s just that I like her so so much, that I feel like you guys deserve to know her, the way I do. And I know that sometimes we don’t know how incredible some artists are because the credit given isn’t as much as it should be.



But let’s say in a few lines how she got where she is now… She graduated in the class of 2006 along with singers Adele and Leona Lewis. Since that time she has been in the music industry mainly writing songs for other artists. She began recording her debut studio album in 2006 and it was completed on 19 January 2011

If you have been following what I like the most on an artist you have noticed that I give a lot of credit to what artists can do on stage. I love searching for live performances of my favorite singers/bands. I love even more when they are capable of performing live as good as on studio and when they are good enough to innovate and be able to surprise their fans with their vocal abilities. And Jessie does that. She sings in a way that it seems that singing is actually easy. I usually say that she plays with her own voice, mostly live when she improvise.



Jessie J Who You Are - The X Factor Live

Why is it so emotional?
Because when you start writing songs as an artist, and all this – point at the stage and public - doesn't exist in your world and you are sitting in a studio and you really don't know what your journey is going to do, it's scary. ‘Cuz I wasn't in a great place when i wrote that song and if i haven't been in that bad place, I wouldn't be able to sing it to people to make them feel better. I feel good.


Notice that in this video she gives the idea that she sings for her fans too. Because she has been in “that place” and if she hasn’t she wasn’t able to sing it for other people. At the same time she is doing what she loves, but she is helping others. And trust me, this song is an hell of cheer up.

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing
It's okay not to be okay
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart
Tears don't mean you're losing
Everybody's bruising
Just be true to who you are


Jessie J - We Found Love (Rihanna's cover)

Awesome comment on Youtube: Did Rihanna just get owned in her own song?

I wasn’t the author of that comment but I totally agree with what he is trying to say. No one has ever made me like a song with a cover when I didn’t like the original. It’s nothing against Rihanna – she may have some talent, I don’t know – but Jessie J makes her song a TOP one. This is an incredible performance and an incredible interpretation of the original song.

The Voice

Along with will.i.am (of The Black Eyed Peas), Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue (of The Script), Jessie J will be on the coaching panel Each coach chooses their team acoording to The Blind Auditions and have the goal to make them winners while giving them advices based on their own careers. I'm sure that the people that will be on Jessie’s team will have a lot of luck because they will find an enthusiastic, young and dreamer coach.

By now you must have already understood how incredible and inspiring she can be, as an artist and as a person.

I look forward to hear her new album and who knows a show here in Portugal.

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In Portugal there is this web fan-base: http://www.facebook.com/JessicaCornishPortugal - Here you can find every single news about Jessie the minute it goes out. I appreciate it very much!