Fifteen years into a career that has taken her from R&B and electronic minimalist to businesswoman and podcaster to glitter-stained dancefloor diva, is embracing the freedom to define what comes next on her own terms.

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These multitudes underpin her sixth studio album ‘Superbloom’  – the deluxe edition is out today – which became her highest-charting album to date, while its accompanying tour will mark her first arena shows this Autumn. Ware’s podcast with her mother Lenny, ‘Table Manners’, added a new string to her bow as a public personality, and with it, a different perspective on what she wanted from her career. 

There’s something grounding about the contrast between the woman whose music has soundtracked some of this decade’s most decadent explorations of escapism and sensuality, and the woman whose life beyond the stage above all is very ordinary. Jessie Ware’s not chasing virality but longevity. 

As she tells CLASH: “I think people enjoy me being the underdog. There’s a beautiful kind of ownership and pride there. But then ‘Say You Love Me’ is the gift that keeps on giving and I’m sure people are getting married to a song like ‘Til The End’. I care more about that than a fucking number one.”

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Pre-order your copy of Issue 135 Jessie Ware