October 30, 2023 • 17 mins
Celebrating the release of her latest smash "Friend Of Mine", the amazing Grammy Award winning Jess Glynne shares how the song was born, how many Vs there were of it, and why she was a little anxious going into the recording session for it. She also talks about what it was like being a surprise guest on The Voice Australia back in 2019 and actually going through the blind auditions.
We also get to know Jess a little better w #FinkysFirsts!
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We also get to know Jess a little better w #FinkysFirsts!
Find out about:
- the first thing she wanted to be growing up
- the first song she wrote
- the first thing she does to prepare for performances
- the first award/achievement she ever received
- the first dance song that got her into EDM
Follow: @AmericasDance30 on all socials!
Count down the biggest dance songs in the country every week with Brian Fink on America’s Dance 30; listen on stations around the world!
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Count down the biggest dance songs in the country every week with Brian Fink on America’s Dance 30; listen on stations around the world!
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(00:00):
Hey, Jess, how are youright? Sorry, I'm late. Do
you know what? I just smashedthe big bottle of water everywhere, like
all actually right now, I justhad a mayor and there's like water all
over there. But I'm going toleave it and deal with it after.
Are you sure? Yeah, it'sfine, just water only water. I'm
just like, it's so annoying.I'm like, I was like rushing because
(00:23):
the laptop wasn't kept going on,and then like this glass bottle that I've
got just decided to smash itself over. I'm going to say that that's good
luck for this interview. Good lucktoo. I think it's good luck.
(00:49):
Counting down the biggest dance songs inthe country. This is America's Dance thirty.
Jess Glynn. It is so awesomefinally meeting and chatting with you because
I've been such a fan of yoursand your voice for so long. Welcome
to America's Dance thirty for the firsttime. Thank you good to be here.
(01:12):
Could I just say that your hairis looking magnificent right now. I'm
a little jealous right now. Congratulationson your new smash friend of mine.
It is so incredible. I can'twait to find out how this song was
(01:34):
born. But first, since thisis the first time we're chatting, let's
get to know Jess Glynn a littlebetter with Finky's first. Okay, so
you've had music in your life prettymuch your entire life because your mom was
(01:55):
in the industry as well, right, Yeah, she was in the industry
actually years ago, so like shewas in the industry before I was born
and then had me and then slowlyrealized that she just was going to be
a mom for a bit, soshe exited. But was music what you
originally wanted to get into or wasthere something else you wanted to be when
(02:16):
you were growing up? So mywhole life, music's been important to me
and surrounded by my parents are startto be music lovers. And I've always
loved singing since like since I wasa little girl. I never thought it
was going to be my career.I never realized that it was actually something
that I could actually do. Andobviously later on in life when I decided
(02:39):
to pursue it, I mean itwas, you know, a dream come
true that it all kind of workedout. But yeah, I've always been
obsessed with like singing and music Ithink early on in my life, I
like kept it very private and kindof to myself, just because at school
and stuff. It wasn't like Iwasn't massively supported my school, and I
(03:00):
think there was a lot of kindof I don't know, insecurities put in
my head. So I kind ofput it to the side for a while.
And it wasn't until later on Iwas like, right, what do
I want to do. Everybody's goingto UNI, everybody's doing this and that,
and all I want to do iswork is a creative in the music
industry. So I started so Iactually can manage to get a job as
(03:23):
a music in a music management andthat's when I realized that. I was
like, oh, I don't wantto do the business. I want to
be the artist. Yeah. Yeah, the business is annoying. The business
is annoying. However, I'm sograteful that I had that job because it
taught me all about the business andI got like all the kind of I've
got the four O one, Yeahthat's smart now really quickly. Four years
(03:46):
ago, you did a bit onThe Voice Australia where you actually went through
the blind auditions. What was thatlike as an established artist already, do
you know what? It was socrazy the way they invited me onto the
show to do it, and likeI was, I was so confused.
But it was really cool because itwas like it kind of gave me an
(04:09):
insight into what people go through inthat kind of in those competitions. I
could never do that. I wasalready established, and I was doing it,
you know, for the joy andfor like you know, it was
a pleasure being there. But Iwas so scared. I had all the
chairs back to me, but Iwas like why am I I was like,
(04:30):
why am I scared? You're notin a competition, jete, You're
not in it. But I wasterrified. I was like, this is
so nerve wracking, Like it reallyis nerve wracking. Yeah, I could
not imagine doing that. I givethem so much respect to put themselves on
a platform to be judged like that, Like, wow, you A few
weeks ago, I was chatting withVera Blue, who also went through the
(04:54):
whole process, and I just couldn'timagine because she had a judge turned around
really fast, but then had tocontinue to perform for the rest that hadn't
turned around. So it's like that'sterrifying. So she was actually in the
competition. Yeah, she was inthe competition. To her, I just
don't know how people do that.It's amazing, but I couldn't. Yeah,
(05:15):
there's no way. Now you youhave some amazing songs. Of course,
hold my Hand rather be my Loveone Touch, your latest smash,
a friend of Mine. Those arejust a few. Do you remember the
first song you ever wrote? Ido remember the first song I ever wrote.
Yeah, I don't. I couldn'tsing it to you. Yeah,
(05:36):
I want share. I actually didn't. I actually no, no, I
couldn't. I need to like golisten to it. But I do remember
this the first song I ever wrote. It was terrible. I love how
You Get Quiet? Not one ofmy best moments. What was it about?
(05:58):
It was actually just like club song, just being a girl and like
that, Oh my god, Heyyou got to start somewhere, then we
all got to start somewhere. Itwasn't my finest moment. Now, your
voice is absolutely amazing and very distinguishable. It's it's very strong as well.
It's very kind of like Becky Hill'svoice, where it's very strong. And
(06:23):
I answer the same question, what'sthe first thing you do to make sure
that you don't strain your voice whenyou're performing. I think for me,
like, I've been through a lotwith my voice, and so I really
learned how to take care of it, you know. And I think I
have a very powerful voice and that'sjust how it you know, that's how
it comes out. But it's notactually me. There's no strain or extra
(06:46):
push. It's just how I sing. But I take a lot of care
in like my warm ups and mywarm downs. And I'm very much like
vocal health because I've been through alot with it, and it's like I
don't want to go back through thetrauma that I've already been through. Yeah,
I can imagine. And as somebodyin the radio business, I lost
my voice and actually had to beon complete no speaking for three days,
(07:08):
and it was one of the hardestthings I've ever done. Imagine doing it
for three weeks, no way.Yeah, I had to not talk,
not say a word a three wholeweek nothing. So let me see if
it was the same for you afterthe three weeks. Was it the weirdest
thing speaking? Yeah? Yeah,I had no idea what I even sounded
(07:30):
like. After that, I wasterrified. I thought, Oh my god,
what's going to happen, what's goingto come out? Well, thank
god it came back. Now you'vegot a Grammy Award, You've been nominated
for ompteenth awards. But do youremember the first recognition or award that you
actually got? Wow? Okay,that's a good question. I become one
(07:50):
of the first kind of I usedto love horse riding, and I remember
getting doing competitions and coming third ina show jumping competition. I remember that
very well. Oh that's awesome.So do you still write? I mean
I haven't actually for like a coupleof years, to be honest. It's
quite sad. But yeah, likeany opportunity I would. That's incredible.
(08:22):
As mentioned, you've got some amazingclassics. You've of course worked with some
amazing DJ's producers and artists. Doyou remember the first song that got you
into ed M. It's such astrange thing, you know, because I'm
such a soulful artist and I loveand I love like I'm a ballad girl,
(08:43):
and I love like you know,my mid Timbo's and I love I
love songs like growing up, youknow, like arefa Amy Lauren Hill,
like James like those people. Thatis what I listened to, like for
singing like my where I are Whitney, Like those are my people that I
(09:03):
listened to growing up. And that'sthe music that like really makes me want
to make music. And the danceworld, I guess it's like it's a
weird one because I never really Ilove pop music, right, so,
like pop music is my thing.And I think when I basically went to
the studio with Route ninety four andwe did My Love, it was a
(09:26):
whole other world like for me.But do you know what it's like that
CC Peniston kind of energy where it'slike you have that powerhouse vocal and you
have that like you know, thatsoul in you, but then it kind
of translates onto a dance record.And I think that's the beauty in the
songs that I've done, is thatI've been able to like still do my
ballads and still do my you know, my powerhouse vocal records, but also
(09:52):
mix it in with the dance stuff. And I think that's what's like the
beautiful side of music is that,And especially I think with me is that
I can be diverse like and soI think I never really I like it.
I never thought I'd be coming intothe scene doing that kind of record,
and it's kind of amazing that it'slike what I've gone to love and
it's what a part of my careerand a part of who I am now.
(10:16):
But yeah, it's like, doyou know what? It's something that
it's hard to explain. You explainedit perfectly. Something that I always say
is one thing that's made that provesa good dance song is when you can
strip everything away and it still soundsamazing. That's what's so great about your
songs is with your voice, youcan strip everything away and it's still an
(10:39):
amazing song. I think that's thebeauty. And that's the most important thing
with me with songs is that Iwant to always know that I can see
it a piano and sing it.And when I have stripped friend of mine
back and we've done a performance ofit, which you might see, we've
done like this now honestly, andit was so it's because the lyric and
(11:01):
because of the actual you know,because of the song. It feels so
special And it's weird actually because I'mlike, do I prefer this version or
that version? But it's so beautifulbecause of the song. Yeah, one
hundred per Well, let's talk aboutthis smash. How was friend of mine
born? So a friend of minewas made not even that long ago.
It's like I reckon. It wasin September that I went in the studio.
(11:24):
Yeah, like it's been a reallyquick turnaround. But I went in
and it was like I was workingwith one of my long time collaborators and
one of my bestest, bestest friends, Jingin, and we're working with sub
focused drum and bass. And it'scrazy because I've never done like I'm not
a drum and bass girl, LikeI haven't really done any I've never done
a drum and based I was goingto say, this is your introduction into
(11:46):
drum and bass. Yeah, andso I was a bit nervous going into
drum bas room because I've never doneit, and I was like, you
know what to expect. So Iwas like, let's go in get smashed,
not getting I was not getting smash. I don't talked like that.
I was like, get a wickedlyric, get a wicked moment, like
give them what they need, liketo make that record kind of whatever.
(12:07):
I was like, let's just fishbash bosh it. Anyway, we went
in and actually it was a reallybeautiful session because all of us really connected.
It was me, jin Nick andthis guy Ollie as well. And
actually I feel like the song isa drama and based record, but it's
also a pop record with like abeautiful piano and a beautiful kind of like
(12:28):
pop hook. So it's like Ilove it for so many reasons because I
love the dropping it it gets megassed, and then I love the like
journey of like the way that therecord starts and you get to really hear
me and hear the lyric and hearthe message. Because I think for me,
the most important thing is with musicis that it connects and it makes
you feel something. And I thinka lot of my songs that have translated
(12:50):
are the songs that have given peoplea feeling or a message or like being
a kind of a handholder for themand like them going through something or needing
a voice of support, or likefeeling like you're not alone. And I
think that's why I love music,is you know, being able to like
listen to something and to feel likeit's my friend or like it's like doing
a job for me. And soI think with this song, it's like
(13:13):
it feels that when even when Ilisten to it still it's like it's doing
a job for me. And actuallyI did this performance last night for the
first time. I jumped back onstage as a small kind of intimate show,
and it was just like really beautifulto see people like really feel and
like sing the song. Like Iwas stood on this stage and it's the
(13:35):
first time I've done a show likethat's well in a really long time,
and like there were so many people, like so emotional, but it's so
like it's like it's hard to seethat on one hand, but then it's
also so beautiful to know that likethat song means something to them. You
know. Yeah, I would probablyif I saw that in the audience,
that would probably like bring me totears seeing me. I actually ended up
(14:00):
like I was like in the middleof the song and I was like,
better give this girl a hug,so I jumped down to give. Then
I looked over there and my bestmate was in tears, then this other
girl, and I was like,what's going on? The song? It's
like but it was really beautiful becauseit's just like it really shows how much
music is important to us, andI feel like, you know, the
world at the moment is going throughsuch a crazy time and it's really hard
(14:24):
to like sometimes see past the darkness. And I think music allows you to
kind of live in your own littleworld, and like I think bringing those
moments of joy where you can,it's really important. Yeah, I completely
agree. Now, something that Ilove to find out is how many different
versions there are of a song fromwhen you start working on it, all
(14:46):
the tweaking to when you finally putit out. Do you know what the
final v was? A friend ofmine? Do you know with this one?
I'm pretty sure that it was theleast amount of versions of I've done
other song. Really, I can'tsay exactly that and give you a fact,
however, it was definitely I don'tthink we were past like four versions.
(15:11):
Now, with your songs, doyou tweet them a lot? Honestly,
that's a really tricky question, becauseyou know what, every song is
different, and it's like sometimes it'sjust for writings. You write the song
and you get the bones of it, and then it's like after you finish
the bones of the record, youthen hear all the other parts to it
and where it's going to go andwhat it's going to be, and it's
like not until you've written it,like say with a piano, that it
(15:33):
then turns into something else like holdmy Hand. I remember, you know,
sitting at the piano with Jack andI wrote that with Gin as well,
and I remember being in the roomand we wrote the song and actually
I had a really similar feeling tothe feeling that I had with a friend
of mine with hold my Hand.And it's a really rare feeling when you
write a song like that, itreally is rare. And I remember with
(15:56):
hold my Hand, I didn't knownecessarily where it was going to go musically,
and it definitely evolved a lot becauseit was like originally quite like,
it was very piano based and likeit didn't like you know how the hook
goes into no no they no,Yeah, Like that whole section for example,
(16:18):
wasn't that. It's it's crazy howit evolved. Wow, I don't
know how to explain it, butyeah, that's kind of like it's just
there's no like exact answer for thatbecause it's different for everything. But then
I've done this song on my albumfor example, where I wrote it,
I went into the studio. Ifinished it with I was working with Greg
Cursting, and we wrote the song, I sang it, and then it's
(16:40):
pretty much not changed. It's likebeen exactly pay and then we just added
some strings and stuff. So it'slike it just it depends. It's a
really special thing because it's like it'sdifferent from the time. It keeps it
interesting and exciting. Yeah, eachsong has its own story. Well,
congratulations on Friend of Mine. Itis such a smash. Congratulations on the
(17:02):
summer twenty twenty four tour that youjust announced, Hey, we're going to
be part. That is so amazing, Jess Glynn, As I said,
it is an honor finally meeting youand chatting with you. Thank you so
much for your time on America's Dancethirty. Thank you so much for having
me. It honestly means a lotto me. America's Dance thirty counting down
(17:22):
the biggest dance songs in the country. Am America's Dance thirty
Hey, Jess, how are youright? Sorry, I'm late. Do
you know what? I just smashedthe big bottle of water everywhere, like
all actually right now, I justhad a mayor and there's like water all
over there. But I'm going toleave it and deal with it after.
Are you sure? Yeah, it'sfine, just water only water. I'm
just like, it's so annoying.I'm like, I was like rushing because
(00:23):
the laptop wasn't kept going on,and then like this glass bottle that I've
got just decided to smash itself over. I'm going to say that that's good
luck for this interview. Good lucktoo. I think it's good luck.
(00:49):
Counting down the biggest dance songs inthe country. This is America's Dance thirty.
Jess Glynn. It is so awesomefinally meeting and chatting with you because
I've been such a fan of yoursand your voice for so long. Welcome
to America's Dance thirty for the firsttime. Thank you good to be here.
(01:12):
Could I just say that your hairis looking magnificent right now. I'm
a little jealous right now. Congratulationson your new smash friend of mine.
It is so incredible. I can'twait to find out how this song was
(01:34):
born. But first, since thisis the first time we're chatting, let's
get to know Jess Glynn a littlebetter with Finky's first. Okay, so
you've had music in your life prettymuch your entire life because your mom was
(01:55):
in the industry as well, right, Yeah, she was in the industry
actually years ago, so like shewas in the industry before I was born
and then had me and then slowlyrealized that she just was going to be
a mom for a bit, soshe exited. But was music what you
originally wanted to get into or wasthere something else you wanted to be when
(02:16):
you were growing up? So mywhole life, music's been important to me
and surrounded by my parents are startto be music lovers. And I've always
loved singing since like since I wasa little girl. I never thought it
was going to be my career.I never realized that it was actually something
that I could actually do. Andobviously later on in life when I decided
(02:39):
to pursue it, I mean itwas, you know, a dream come
true that it all kind of workedout. But yeah, I've always been
obsessed with like singing and music Ithink early on in my life, I
like kept it very private and kindof to myself, just because at school
and stuff. It wasn't like Iwasn't massively supported my school, and I
(03:00):
think there was a lot of kindof I don't know, insecurities put in
my head. So I kind ofput it to the side for a while.
And it wasn't until later on Iwas like, right, what do
I want to do. Everybody's goingto UNI, everybody's doing this and that,
and all I want to do iswork is a creative in the music
industry. So I started so Iactually can manage to get a job as
(03:23):
a music in a music management andthat's when I realized that. I was
like, oh, I don't wantto do the business. I want to
be the artist. Yeah. Yeah, the business is annoying. The business
is annoying. However, I'm sograteful that I had that job because it
taught me all about the business andI got like all the kind of I've
got the four O one, Yeahthat's smart now really quickly. Four years
(03:46):
ago, you did a bit onThe Voice Australia where you actually went through
the blind auditions. What was thatlike as an established artist already, do
you know what? It was socrazy the way they invited me onto the
show to do it, and likeI was, I was so confused.
But it was really cool because itwas like it kind of gave me an
(04:09):
insight into what people go through inthat kind of in those competitions. I
could never do that. I wasalready established, and I was doing it,
you know, for the joy andfor like you know, it was
a pleasure being there. But Iwas so scared. I had all the
chairs back to me, but Iwas like why am I I was like,
(04:30):
why am I scared? You're notin a competition, jete, You're
not in it. But I wasterrified. I was like, this is
so nerve wracking, Like it reallyis nerve wracking. Yeah, I could
not imagine doing that. I givethem so much respect to put themselves on
a platform to be judged like that, Like, wow, you A few
weeks ago, I was chatting withVera Blue, who also went through the
(04:54):
whole process, and I just couldn'timagine because she had a judge turned around
really fast, but then had tocontinue to perform for the rest that hadn't
turned around. So it's like that'sterrifying. So she was actually in the
competition. Yeah, she was inthe competition. To her, I just
don't know how people do that.It's amazing, but I couldn't. Yeah,
(05:15):
there's no way. Now you youhave some amazing songs. Of course,
hold my Hand rather be my Loveone Touch, your latest smash,
a friend of Mine. Those arejust a few. Do you remember the
first song you ever wrote? Ido remember the first song I ever wrote.
Yeah, I don't. I couldn'tsing it to you. Yeah,
(05:36):
I want share. I actually didn't. I actually no, no, I
couldn't. I need to like golisten to it. But I do remember
this the first song I ever wrote. It was terrible. I love how
You Get Quiet? Not one ofmy best moments. What was it about?
(05:58):
It was actually just like club song, just being a girl and like
that, Oh my god, Heyyou got to start somewhere, then we
all got to start somewhere. Itwasn't my finest moment. Now, your
voice is absolutely amazing and very distinguishable. It's it's very strong as well.
It's very kind of like Becky Hill'svoice, where it's very strong. And
(06:23):
I answer the same question, what'sthe first thing you do to make sure
that you don't strain your voice whenyou're performing. I think for me,
like, I've been through a lotwith my voice, and so I really
learned how to take care of it, you know. And I think I
have a very powerful voice and that'sjust how it you know, that's how
it comes out. But it's notactually me. There's no strain or extra
(06:46):
push. It's just how I sing. But I take a lot of care
in like my warm ups and mywarm downs. And I'm very much like
vocal health because I've been through alot with it, and it's like I
don't want to go back through thetrauma that I've already been through. Yeah,
I can imagine. And as somebodyin the radio business, I lost
my voice and actually had to beon complete no speaking for three days,
(07:08):
and it was one of the hardestthings I've ever done. Imagine doing it
for three weeks, no way.Yeah, I had to not talk,
not say a word a three wholeweek nothing. So let me see if
it was the same for you afterthe three weeks. Was it the weirdest
thing speaking? Yeah? Yeah,I had no idea what I even sounded
(07:30):
like. After that, I wasterrified. I thought, Oh my god,
what's going to happen, what's goingto come out? Well, thank
god it came back. Now you'vegot a Grammy Award, You've been nominated
for ompteenth awards. But do youremember the first recognition or award that you
actually got? Wow? Okay,that's a good question. I become one
(07:50):
of the first kind of I usedto love horse riding, and I remember
getting doing competitions and coming third ina show jumping competition. I remember that
very well. Oh that's awesome.So do you still write? I mean
I haven't actually for like a coupleof years, to be honest. It's
quite sad. But yeah, likeany opportunity I would. That's incredible.
(08:22):
As mentioned, you've got some amazingclassics. You've of course worked with some
amazing DJ's producers and artists. Doyou remember the first song that got you
into ed M. It's such astrange thing, you know, because I'm
such a soulful artist and I loveand I love like I'm a ballad girl,
(08:43):
and I love like you know,my mid Timbo's and I love I
love songs like growing up, youknow, like arefa Amy Lauren Hill,
like James like those people. Thatis what I listened to, like for
singing like my where I are Whitney, Like those are my people that I
(09:03):
listened to growing up. And that'sthe music that like really makes me want
to make music. And the danceworld, I guess it's like it's a
weird one because I never really Ilove pop music, right, so,
like pop music is my thing.And I think when I basically went to
the studio with Route ninety four andwe did My Love, it was a
(09:26):
whole other world like for me.But do you know what it's like that
CC Peniston kind of energy where it'slike you have that powerhouse vocal and you
have that like you know, thatsoul in you, but then it kind
of translates onto a dance record.And I think that's the beauty in the
songs that I've done, is thatI've been able to like still do my
ballads and still do my you know, my powerhouse vocal records, but also
(09:52):
mix it in with the dance stuff. And I think that's what's like the
beautiful side of music is that,And especially I think with me is that
I can be diverse like and soI think I never really I like it.
I never thought I'd be coming intothe scene doing that kind of record,
and it's kind of amazing that it'slike what I've gone to love and
it's what a part of my careerand a part of who I am now.
(10:16):
But yeah, it's like, doyou know what? It's something that
it's hard to explain. You explainedit perfectly. Something that I always say
is one thing that's made that provesa good dance song is when you can
strip everything away and it still soundsamazing. That's what's so great about your
songs is with your voice, youcan strip everything away and it's still an
(10:39):
amazing song. I think that's thebeauty. And that's the most important thing
with me with songs is that Iwant to always know that I can see
it a piano and sing it.And when I have stripped friend of mine
back and we've done a performance ofit, which you might see, we've
done like this now honestly, andit was so it's because the lyric and
(11:01):
because of the actual you know,because of the song. It feels so
special And it's weird actually because I'mlike, do I prefer this version or
that version? But it's so beautifulbecause of the song. Yeah, one
hundred per Well, let's talk aboutthis smash. How was friend of mine
born? So a friend of minewas made not even that long ago.
It's like I reckon. It wasin September that I went in the studio.
(11:24):
Yeah, like it's been a reallyquick turnaround. But I went in
and it was like I was workingwith one of my long time collaborators and
one of my bestest, bestest friends, Jingin, and we're working with sub
focused drum and bass. And it'scrazy because I've never done like I'm not
a drum and bass girl, LikeI haven't really done any I've never done
a drum and based I was goingto say, this is your introduction into
(11:46):
drum and bass. Yeah, andso I was a bit nervous going into
drum bas room because I've never doneit, and I was like, you
know what to expect. So Iwas like, let's go in get smashed,
not getting I was not getting smash. I don't talked like that.
I was like, get a wickedlyric, get a wicked moment, like
give them what they need, liketo make that record kind of whatever.
(12:07):
I was like, let's just fishbash bosh it. Anyway, we went
in and actually it was a reallybeautiful session because all of us really connected.
It was me, jin Nick andthis guy Ollie as well. And
actually I feel like the song isa drama and based record, but it's
also a pop record with like abeautiful piano and a beautiful kind of like
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pop hook. So it's like Ilove it for so many reasons because I
love the dropping it it gets megassed, and then I love the like
journey of like the way that therecord starts and you get to really hear
me and hear the lyric and hearthe message. Because I think for me,
the most important thing is with musicis that it connects and it makes
you feel something. And I thinka lot of my songs that have translated
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are the songs that have given peoplea feeling or a message or like being
a kind of a handholder for themand like them going through something or needing
a voice of support, or likefeeling like you're not alone. And I
think that's why I love music,is you know, being able to like
listen to something and to feel likeit's my friend or like it's like doing
a job for me. And soI think with this song, it's like
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it feels that when even when Ilisten to it still it's like it's doing
a job for me. And actuallyI did this performance last night for the
first time. I jumped back onstage as a small kind of intimate show,
and it was just like really beautifulto see people like really feel and
like sing the song. Like Iwas stood on this stage and it's the
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first time I've done a show likethat's well in a really long time,
and like there were so many people, like so emotional, but it's so
like it's like it's hard to seethat on one hand, but then it's
also so beautiful to know that likethat song means something to them. You
know. Yeah, I would probablyif I saw that in the audience,
that would probably like bring me totears seeing me. I actually ended up
(14:00):
like I was like in the middleof the song and I was like,
better give this girl a hug,so I jumped down to give. Then
I looked over there and my bestmate was in tears, then this other
girl, and I was like,what's going on? The song? It's
like but it was really beautiful becauseit's just like it really shows how much
music is important to us, andI feel like, you know, the
world at the moment is going throughsuch a crazy time and it's really hard
(14:24):
to like sometimes see past the darkness. And I think music allows you to
kind of live in your own littleworld, and like I think bringing those
moments of joy where you can,it's really important. Yeah, I completely
agree. Now, something that Ilove to find out is how many different
versions there are of a song fromwhen you start working on it, all
(14:46):
the tweaking to when you finally putit out. Do you know what the
final v was? A friend ofmine? Do you know with this one?
I'm pretty sure that it was theleast amount of versions of I've done
other song. Really, I can'tsay exactly that and give you a fact,
however, it was definitely I don'tthink we were past like four versions.
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Now, with your songs, doyou tweet them a lot? Honestly,
that's a really tricky question, becauseyou know what, every song is
different, and it's like sometimes it'sjust for writings. You write the song
and you get the bones of it, and then it's like after you finish
the bones of the record, youthen hear all the other parts to it
and where it's going to go andwhat it's going to be, and it's
like not until you've written it,like say with a piano, that it
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then turns into something else like holdmy Hand. I remember, you know,
sitting at the piano with Jack andI wrote that with Gin as well,
and I remember being in the roomand we wrote the song and actually
I had a really similar feeling tothe feeling that I had with a friend
of mine with hold my Hand.And it's a really rare feeling when you
write a song like that, itreally is rare. And I remember with
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hold my Hand, I didn't knownecessarily where it was going to go musically,
and it definitely evolved a lot becauseit was like originally quite like,
it was very piano based and likeit didn't like you know how the hook
goes into no no they no,Yeah, Like that whole section for example,
(16:18):
wasn't that. It's it's crazy howit evolved. Wow, I don't
know how to explain it, butyeah, that's kind of like it's just
there's no like exact answer for thatbecause it's different for everything. But then
I've done this song on my albumfor example, where I wrote it,
I went into the studio. Ifinished it with I was working with Greg
Cursting, and we wrote the song, I sang it, and then it's
(16:40):
pretty much not changed. It's likebeen exactly pay and then we just added
some strings and stuff. So it'slike it just it depends. It's a
really special thing because it's like it'sdifferent from the time. It keeps it
interesting and exciting. Yeah, eachsong has its own story. Well,
congratulations on Friend of Mine. Itis such a smash. Congratulations on the
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summer twenty twenty four tour that youjust announced, Hey, we're going to
be part. That is so amazing, Jess Glynn, As I said,
it is an honor finally meeting youand chatting with you. Thank you so
much for your time on America's Dancethirty. Thank you so much for having
me. It honestly means a lotto me. America's Dance thirty counting down
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the biggest dance songs in the country. Am America's Dance thirty
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