Since the very first day someone introduced me Jessie J's music video of 'Do it Like a Dude', back in the last months of 2010, I felt I'd have special eyes on her career. Nobody believed me, they all thought she was some kinda british Lady GaGa, but I KNEW she could be herself. 'DILAD' is a damn great song, but it gets you the absolute wrong first impression. You can see some of her sense of humor and creativity on writing lyrics, but the melody could get you confused with other songs out there.
So I turned internet inside out to find more about her, and BANG I found some acoustic versions of Do it Like a Dude and the first versions, still very raw and new-born, of Price Tag and Who You Are. I was impressed about the way the sexy, funny, and mannish singer could turn into a serious, emotional and lyrical woman. The whole versatility without lacking personality caught my eyes and I never forgot my bets she had to be THE new artist of 2011. Nobody believed she would be successful out of her homeland, and there she is, worldwide famous by the B.o.B. collabo, 'Price Tag'.
I have to confess I have a crush on british rising artists, and I'm still waiting for some UK wonders get their deserved success around the world, like Jessie did (Natalia Kills is the clear example), but I've never cheered so much for someone to be known... the talent this girl has NO WAY could be wasted.
About the album, Who You Are, my thoughts are that it's almost a masterpiece. It doesn't even look like a debut album, it looks like Jessie's been doing that for ages. I do understand that in some point of it, the 'love everybody no matter what' theme is heard in more song that it should be, but it's a small detail.
I love ALL the choices Jessie J made for the singles, including the promising 'Who's Laughin Now', my first addiction from the wonderful album.
I have nothing to complain, except of course about the posers and all the sudden fans that POPPED when Price Tag started popping in american lands. I'm brazilian, and in my english classes, I showed the song on youtube, in the beginning of the year, and EVERYBODY was like WTFFF. A few months ago I could hear some of them mind-siniging it and recently I've heard them saying they love it and that kind of crap.
