Jess Glynne talks Debut Album Out in Summer + US. EP release
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We love your “Right Here” track with Gorgon City. How did that collaboration come about?
JG: I wrote that song with them, and it was actually something we just put to bed and didn’t really discuss it any further. Then it came about again, and people started to hear and loved it. I was going to put out a single for myself, but ["Right Here"] was just the perfect tone after “Rather Be” and “My Love” — just to show that I write my own music and that I’m getting my album together. It is quite different compared to what my album sounds like, but at the time it felt right coming from “Rather Be.” The song came about from my publisher who manages Gorgon City, and he put us together.
So I personally think your “Hold My Hand” single has a country vibe to it, was that your intention?
JG: [Begins freestyling a country twang] I actually wrote it with Jack [Patterson] from Clean Bandit and this girl called Janee [Bennett] who I pretty much write all my songs with. When we started it, me and Janee had this idea before we even got to the studio of the line “Darling, hold my hand.” It wasn’t originally like, “Oh we’re thinking country.” But when we put the chords down and started singing, it kind of sounds a little bit like Dolly Parton’s “9 To 5.” I later on realized that, but it wasn’t done on purpose.
The video looks really fun too! What was it like being on set?
JG: It was amazing, I had such a good time. We were in a desert in L.A. and it was just wild!
So let’s talk about the album, do you know when it will be released?
JG: Well it’s pretty much finished, and it’ll probably be out mid-year. I know it’s going to come out in the UK towards the end of June/beginning of July, and I’m sure it will come out near enough here — I hope so anyway. I’m going to release an EP here soon, so you’ll be getting that first.
What kind of sounds can we expect from the album? Are you doing to dive into more downtempo vibes?
JG: The album has lot more of a live feel to it, and it’s a lot more soulful and rootsy. Just what I’ve been inspired by growing up. It’s definitely not a downtempo album, it’s a feel-good album. There are obviously moments of that in there, but that’s my story up until now. I’m introducing the world to me and what I’ve been through in the past few years. There are moments of sadness, because we’re not happy all the time, but it’s a mixture of everything.
People obviously know you for collaborating with Clean Bandit, and now you’re breaking into your own. How do you plan on differentiating yourself from being “The girl who sings ‘Rather Be'” and just being “Jess Glynne?”
JG: I think my music has to speak for itself, because the only way people are going to catch onto it is hearing my stuff and paying attention to what I’m doing. I mean, the sound where I’m going is very different. They’re [Clean Bandit] are more of a house-pop vibe whereas I’m more of a soul/R&B-pop girl — so it’s different lanes.
So the album is not just housey-europop but R&B, soul as well 
