Jessie Ware: Beyoncé inspired Devotion & Say You Love Me
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Jessie Ware on Her New Album, Wedding Songs, and Sexy-Talking With Miguel
There are a couple moments in “Say You Love Me,” vocally, that completely destroy me. I’m just going to say the lyrics because I don’t want to have someone hear me sing it.
Is it the [sings] "I want to feel burning flames?" That bit.
And we should say, for people who don't know your work, you had done a lot of, kind of, feature singing on other people's albums. And then you came out with Devotion, which became a pretty big album. It's funny hearing you say you felt unsure of yourself, because all of the images from that album — like on the cover of it and things like that — you look very intimidating.
I know! I think I was trying to go for that Beyoncé fierce vibe, but maybe it didn't come across quite like that. It was just — I looked like a cow. No. I was scared and I was like — I felt like I need to, kind of, put my armor on. And that was makeup and hoops and slicked-back hair. And it was like, "Okay, you wanna try and be a pop star? Go and then try. And, like, try — mean business." So for me it was a lot to do with, kind of, camouflaging and feeling like I'm fitting in that way. But this time I've got like the messiest hair on the front cover, got a pulled-out white shirt. I mean, it couldn't be more different. I think it's probably because I feel a bit more comfortable this time out.
Yeah you can totally tell in the "want to feel burning flames..." bit is a bit reminiscent of Beyonce. I played the song for one of my friends and she thought it was a Beyonce song too.
I see it a little less on Devotion because she kinda hid her vocals behind reverb and the production whereas Bey usually has her vocals upfront, but I still see the comparison.
