jessa | "TUFF" (Official Music Video)

Опубликовано 6 октября 2022, 15:34

As a clever songwriter from the Bronx, jessa knows about spinning a heartbreaking story into a funny and relatable pop song.

Presently living in Astoria, Queens, jessa is making music that feels like home, which she says is a marriage between alt R&B and indie pop.

Her new song “TUFF” is a revelation, with warm riffs and smooth falsetto vocal runs. Describing it, the 26-year-old spoke about her music-filled childhood, coming of age in the 2000s, and revisiting her youthful expectations of love and romance—it’s all about “healing your inner child, balancing your expectations, and grounding yourself,” she said.

She wrote “TUFF” with Raffaella Meloni, an artist she’s known for 20 years. “It was the first song we’ve written together,” jessa said. “Raffaella is one of my closest friends, so she was in a unique position, as a cowriter, to help me bring aspects of our childhoods to life in the song.” The two mused over Y2K nostalgia and early teenage millennial drippings, from Butterfly clips to Crocs and Claw Machines, which they included in the song’s music video, recorded on an iPhone at the Mall of America in Minnesota. 

Read more on Noisey here: vice.com/en/article/y3pqvg/jes...

Video shot, edited, and directed by Raffaella
with help from Gianna Mascaro
Coloring by Morgen Wright
"TUFF"
Written by jessa, Raffaella, and Jake Luppen
Produced and mixed by Jake Luppen
Mastered by Alec Ness


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