Jess Glynne
Jess Glynne
Jessica Hannah "Jess" Glynneis an English singer and songwriter, signed to Atlantic Records. She rose to prominence as a featured artist on Clean Bandit's Grammy Award winning single "Rather Be" and Route 94's "My Love", both of which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2014. Her debut solo single, "Right Here", reached the top ten the same year...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth20 October 1989
CityHampstead, England
photos straight takes time
I have so much hair, so straightening takes a long time. I mean, if I look at photos of myself with straight hair, it's hilarious. I look like a different person.
favourite love secret
I have a secret passion for horse riding. I haven't done it for ages, but I used to have a horse. I love it; it's one of my favourite things.
focused hard inspires lyric writers
I find it hard to write with writers sometimes because of their way of writing. Some are heavily focused on structure, but I have more of a 'Let's go with it' mindset. I like to be creative, and when I hear something that inspires me, I'll come up with a melody, a lyric to that melody, and take it from there. I try to keep it open.
although dad found friend friendly good life night twice university
My dad is from Nottingham - although I've only been there twice in my life, with one being when my friend was at university there. I've always found it a friendly place and has a good night life.
instrument traumatic
It's pretty traumatic knowing that your instrument that's your career isn't working, and you've got to have an operation.
few grammy pinnacle
There's been a few things that have been insane with 'Rather Be', and being nominated for a Grammy is, like, the pinnacle one.
bit love
I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.
cleanse good pimples quite
I look after my skin quite a lot because in this job, it can get stressful. Pimples come out! I cleanse and moisturize, sometimes do face masks. I've also got a Clarisonic, which is good.
chance concern gonna obviously whatever whether worst
In every operation, there's a risk, and you don't know whether it's gonna... you know, obviously there's that 95% chance, whatever they say, they can never say 100% you're gonna be better. But the concern and the worry is the worst thing.
cool people
When people come up and tell me they're such a big fan, it's cool. But weird.
decides harvest stop
When the world decides to stop being greedy... there will be a harvest for the world! Amen.
family half
The fact that I'm on 'Essex Anthems' makes me happy, especially because half of my family's from Essex.
aretha inspired jay people sound
My sound comes from my inspiration, which is people like Aretha and Jay Z and Kanye, as well as everyone from the Whitneys and Mariahs to Destiny's Child and Usher. They all inspired me growing up.
My style is unique and random. But I think it's important that it still makes sense.