Jessie J is officially back. After years away from the spotlight, the powerhouse singer made a bold return with an intimate industry showcase in London — declaring that her new chapter is hers to own.
The 35-year-old artist, who rose to fame with hits like Price Tag and Domino, performed at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, marking the start of her long-awaited comeback.
Speaking candidly to the audience, in which The Standard was in attendance, she made one thing clear: she’s no longer holding back.
“It’s about me,” she joked mid-performance. “I’ve done this too long, I’ve been signed to too many record labels, I’ve had way too many managers to just be low-key about it now.
“This is my f**king moment and it’s not about you.”
The Essex-born singer is working on her sixth studio album, with a new track No Secrets set to drop later this month via Darco Artist Partnership (D.A.P.).
After parting ways with Republic Records in 2023 — her label of nearly two decades — Jessie announced plans to go independent, before recently revealing that she’s written three albums’ worth of material.
At her showcase, she performed classics like Do It Like A Dude and Domino, along with new tracks including And the Award Goes To, which she said was written “a long time ago when I fired my sixth manager, I’m now on my eighth.”
Reflecting on the road that brought her here, Jessie opened up about the highs and lows of the last few years — including a devastating miscarriage in 2021 and the joy of welcoming her first child, son Sky, in 2023.
“I can’t tell you how grateful I am to even be here, to still have the excitement and joy that I’ve felt from people wanting to hear from me again,” she said.
“I’m so proud of this album. I feel like it’s finally f**king clicked… I truly feel like I’ve gone back to 2010 but 2.0, y’know?”
Jessie credited her current team and support system for helping her feel grounded and focused: “I just feel so lucky to have great musicians, great people and people who give a f**k about me — how I feel when I wake up and how I feel when I go to sleep, which is the most important thing in life. Everything in between is survival.”
She ended her performance with a message about self-worth and resilience: “Never, ever, ever… forget to love yourself first. My worth and my value is worth more than anything — more than any success, any chart number, any album sale, any story that’s written about me that might be true or untrue.”
Her return marks the beginning of a new, unfiltered era — one led entirely on her own terms.
