Jessie Reyez

him being in person and being human and having succeeded despite all the adversities that he faced yeah made it more of a reality for me to be like okay fuck you could do it you're human you bleed like me you breathe like me i can do it too that's cool i love that so how long after you were in the remix project did you end up like getting signed or signing to someone or start putting out singles like what order did that happen in

him being in person and being human and having succeeded despite all the adversities that he faced yeah made it more of a reality for me to be like okay fuck you could do it you're human you bleed like me you breathe like me i can do it too that's cool i love that so how long after you were in the remix project did you end up like getting signed or signing to someone or start putting out singles like what order did that happen in

The team slowly started coming together. At that point, it was with my first manager, Mauricio Ruiz, who also told me about the remix project. Okay. And then he was friends with Byron Wilson, who was my other manager, who was over there. Love. And still here. Love that. Yeah, yeah. He works with another artist who, was Jeremiah doing publishing for Sun? Yeah.

The team slowly started coming together. At that point, it was with my first manager, Mauricio Ruiz, who also told me about the remix project. Okay. And then he was friends with Byron Wilson, who was my other manager, who was over there. Love. And still here. Love that. Yeah, yeah. He works with another artist who, was Jeremiah doing publishing for Sun? Yeah.

Publishing for a son who heard my shit and was like, lit, I want to bring her out. And then flew me and Ruiz out to L.A. for the first time. And I was terrified to sign because you hear so many fucking horror stories about Hollywood. I know, dude.

Publishing for a son who heard my shit and was like, lit, I want to bring her out. And then flew me and Ruiz out to L.A. for the first time. And I was terrified to sign because you hear so many fucking horror stories about Hollywood. I know, dude.

Yeah. And so I was terrified of contracts and I was terrified of... It's so funny because you dream of getting signed when you're a kid and then when you're at the precipice of it, you realize how much is at stake. So I was hella nervous, but it was great because Jermai was really patient and like...

Yeah. And so I was terrified of contracts and I was terrified of... It's so funny because you dream of getting signed when you're a kid and then when you're at the precipice of it, you realize how much is at stake. So I was hella nervous, but it was great because Jermai was really patient and like...

months months of me being like I don't know I don't know if I want to do and they he just he like went out on a limb for me like made BMG still fork up money for me and sent me to a writing camp in Sweden while I'm while you're not signed to the company when the company is willing to invest in you regardless is them trying to be like yo we really believe in you and I didn't have anything I didn't have much out as an artist anything to merit investment was strictly based off of someone seeing potential

months months of me being like I don't know I don't know if I want to do and they he just he like went out on a limb for me like made BMG still fork up money for me and sent me to a writing camp in Sweden while I'm while you're not signed to the company when the company is willing to invest in you regardless is them trying to be like yo we really believe in you and I didn't have anything I didn't have much out as an artist anything to merit investment was strictly based off of someone seeing potential

you know so it was him seeing potential and willing to risk it and then i went to sweden and then wrote a bunch of songs because it was a songwriting camp for bigger artists met these two producers there on like the third first of all i was really depressed and drinking a lot so these guys helped me out because they were like we love you we want to pay for you to stay on our dollar stay an extra so the writing camp was paid for by bmg the extra week it was the two producers being like we want you to stay we'll pay for it we can work on whatever you want

you know so it was him seeing potential and willing to risk it and then i went to sweden and then wrote a bunch of songs because it was a songwriting camp for bigger artists met these two producers there on like the third first of all i was really depressed and drinking a lot so these guys helped me out because they were like we love you we want to pay for you to stay on our dollar stay an extra so the writing camp was paid for by bmg the extra week it was the two producers being like we want you to stay we'll pay for it we can work on whatever you want

You can write for others. You can write for yourself. We just have faith in you. And I was like, OK. And so I stayed. And then that week I ended up writing figures.

You can write for others. You can write for yourself. We just have faith in you. And I was like, OK. And so I stayed. And then that week I ended up writing figures.

I hate fighting for it. I hate when I have to search for it. It doesn't feel natural. And usually in my life, I get knee-jerk when I'm really, really emotional. It'll just pour out like vomit. And the benefit of my working process is that for me, it's more quantity-based. And then I sort out the quality.

I hate fighting for it. I hate when I have to search for it. It doesn't feel natural. And usually in my life, I get knee-jerk when I'm really, really emotional. It'll just pour out like vomit. And the benefit of my working process is that for me, it's more quantity-based. And then I sort out the quality.

oh okay yeah so i'll be in the studio for like full day and like make like five songs and not all five are good like four of them might be shit and one of them is worth polishing and then i'll take that one and invest mind you like that's i know there's people that there's much more successful people that will devote five hours to the one but i have to do it after because i hate committing and then four hours in i'm like this is ass yeah you might know you can't save it yeah yeah you can't save it yeah this one's dead yeah give her back

oh okay yeah so i'll be in the studio for like full day and like make like five songs and not all five are good like four of them might be shit and one of them is worth polishing and then i'll take that one and invest mind you like that's i know there's people that there's much more successful people that will devote five hours to the one but i have to do it after because i hate committing and then four hours in i'm like this is ass yeah you might know you can't save it yeah yeah you can't save it yeah this one's dead yeah give her back

i prefer that but then but then the downside of that is then when it comes time to make an album it's such a shitty process because there's so many dead songs on the floor that that you just kind of gotta say goodbye to or you put them on a shelf and you say maybe later when the time's right or you give them to other artists yeah yeah how has that been for you do you prefer do you like writing for others too a lot of my friends who are musicians too they they really love writing for other people yeah who

i prefer that but then but then the downside of that is then when it comes time to make an album it's such a shitty process because there's so many dead songs on the floor that that you just kind of gotta say goodbye to or you put them on a shelf and you say maybe later when the time's right or you give them to other artists yeah yeah how has that been for you do you prefer do you like writing for others too a lot of my friends who are musicians too they they really love writing for other people yeah who