Watch Jessie Ware Perform Disco-Infused Single at Mercury Prize Awards

By editorial board on September 8, 2023

Jessie Ware's new record features Kylie Minogue, Clara Amfo and Aisling Bea.

The 38-year-old singer and podcaster revealed that the opening song on her latest album 'That! Feels Good!' contains secret audio clips from a number of her famous friends.

The Mercury Prize tends to favor less mainstream artists, although last year Harry Styles was among the nominees, who also included Wet Leg and Sam Fender.

Ware took the stage at the 2023 Mercury Prize awards ceremony at London’s Hammersmith Apollo last night to perform her vibrant single “Free Yourself.” Ware, a nominee for this year’s award, was joined by a band, horns section, and several back-up singers.

Jessie told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "There are lots of friends and some famous people.

“I went through my phone and had the audacity to message and ask.

“We had made the song 'That! Feels Good!' and I knew it had to start the record.

“I started voice-noting people saying, ‘Can you say, 'That feels good' a load of different times’.

“It ranges from my mum to Kylie Minogue.

“Bless her, she sent three different versions because she’s that much of a pro and we love her for that.

“Roisin Murphy sent hers from a toilet in an airport in Finland.

“There’s also Aisling Bea, Clara Amfo, Jamie Demetriou and Benny Blanco.”

'That! Feels Good!' is Jessie's fifth studio album and she revealed she finally feels confident in her career.

She said: "Totally, yeah. I feel like I’m riding high and having such fun with it.

Jessie Ware has announced her What’s Your Pleasure? follow-up, That! Feels Good! News of the album, which arrives April 28, comes with her first single of the year, “Pearls,” which you can hear below. Made with songwriters and producers Stuart Price, Sarah Hudson, and Coffee, the song “doesn’t take itself too seriously but demands you to have a dance,” said Ware in a press release. “It’s inspired by divas like Donna Summer, Evelyn Champagne King, Teena Marie, and Chaka Khan.”

“That! Feels Good! stems from over 10 years of understanding who I am, and who I enjoy being as an artist and the thrill of performance,” Ware added. The LP is being released through PMR and Interscope.

That! Feels Good!:

01 That! Feels Good!
02 Free Yourself
03 Pearls
04 Hello Love
05 Begin Again
06 Beautiful People
07 Freak Me Now
08 Shake the Bottle
09 Lightning
10 These Lips

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