Singer Jessie J has released her latest music video for her track ‘I Want Love’ and shares honest Instagram post on her struggle with nodules on her throat that meant she had to take a break away from her career.
In a teary Instagram post of the artist softly singing her latest track, accompanied by a series of stories, Jessie J has opened up about her struggle with the nodules for the past four to five months, which has meant she has had to refrain from singing and talking. The 33-year-old wrote: “I want to start by explaining this video. I was asked to send a speech therapist a video of me singing something quietly, so she could hear my voice.”
She continued: “The first song I sang was I want love. Just hearing myself sing it and feel so vulnerable whilst singing bought me to tears. I have never ever to this day (since recording it) been able to to sing it because of the pain I am experiencing. Man it’s been hard not singing. It’s literally my life line and my happiness. Being quiet is not something I’m good at. Or makes me feel like myself. Lord knows I’m loud af.”
Jessie explained how she is “still in the same pain every day” despite varying treatments in a series of Instagram stories that followed the video. She stated that although the nodules have “melted away, “ doctors advised that they will return if she continues to sing. However, even with the “agony,” she still pushed for her latest record, believing it was important to give her fans new music. Concluding her posts positive that she will “find the reason to all of this.” She said: “I don’t always get it out but I am honest and I hope you can respect that. Love you all… Stress will only make it worse. And speaking my truth since I was a little girl helps with my stress of anything.”
The London singer has also revealed the inspiration behind her latest track and video: “I had an argument with a bf once after a major red carpet. I went to a bar where I didn’t know anyone and I danced alone until sunrise. I took a shot with strangers and I talked to myself in the mirror in the bathroom. My tough exterior that I so often use as a defense mechanism went away, my heart softened. My fear left the room and I just let go. That’s what this song this video means and represents to me. A simple moment in time. Where I just let go in the REAL world. It’s where I like to be. I like to face life head and heart on. I don’t live in a fantasy,” she wrote on Instagram. Continuing, ” I wanted this video to feel like I felt like that night. I’m so grateful (and honestly intensely emotional) that you can all finally see it and Channel this same energy in your own lives in your own way.“
You can watch Jessie J’s latest music video for ‘I Want Love’ now on YouTube.
