"Trump was in town, Boris had just got elected and it felt like a bit of an [expletive] show," says the singer, who's a staunch Labour supporter. With a little bit of help from her chef extraordinaire mum Lennie, each week guests from the worlds of music, culture and politics drop by for a bite and a bit of a natter. This episode was recorded last year but is worth the wait. Fans have devoured the show's hilarious, zero-filter conversations with an appetite to match guest star Ed Sheeran, who ate "four helpings of sausages" during his appearance. Like, that's it.I actually think that phones aren't even allowed. And I said, ‘I wanna make a dance record. I was like, 'I'm gonna have that, and I'm gonna have that, and it's gonna be great!' I don't know… Josh was charming and so sweet. Not had a laugh whilst listening over the last few weeks unfortunately What The Focaccia with Niki Webster and Bettina Campolucci Bordi It was intentionally cinematic, and that's what I went full whack with the ol' strings and horns, with Jules Buckley, whose an amazing composer, who I'd worked with when I'd been touring. The song was written in a moment of despondency last summer. And it was really nice.Oh my god, so much imagery.
I also record a podcast with my mum [Table Manners, launched in 2017]. In October 2017, Ware released her third studio album, Glasshouse, by Island Records. So I think that's been really interesting to see how that's worked. That's where it was. "The singer, who shot to fame in 2012 with her Mercury-nominated debut album, is quoting a not-entirely-inaccurate review of her latest single, An irresistible slice of 80s disco-funk, every line is a come-on, propelled by an impatient hopscotch bass line. I wanna do it like a Jessie Ware dance record. It was a pleasure to zoom him in from across London and talk all about his 20 years of serving as a member of parliament for Tottenham, the Lammy review on BAME representation in the criminal justice system and the fact that Boris has not implemented enough of his 35 recommendations. I'm not sure. And he'd fly to Berlin, and he'd get up at 6 o'clock to have his Corn Flakes, and then he'd pop off to go and do a kind of sunrise set at Berghain. I don't know what happened, whether it was a capacity thing, or something. Plus, Ware, who is also a very successful podcaster (as the co-host of the food/chat show Table Manners with her mother, Lennie), discusses how the podcast … I love this feeling that's all about dance. You know part of the reason why I've done so much choreography on this record, on the visuals, is because I'm going to do that in the live show. "It's full of innuendo," she laughs. "The singer put her activism into practice last week, attending several of the Black Lives Matter protests in London, an experience she calls "incredibly powerful and peaceful". I was triggering things with my MPC (drum machine) and it was kind of allowed? ""It's fun playing the temptress, because that's so not me," Ware laughs. It might even have forced her hand. It was intentionally cinematic… I was imagining it in the club, but in my perfect version of a club, that, you know, would be selling a dirty martini and a packet of salt and vinegar crisps (chips).”Ware says it’s her “dream for this record” to play at Berghain’s Panorama Bar and cannot wait to bring the album to life on the road in a live show.“You know part of the reason why I've done so much choreography on this record, on the visuals,” Ware says, “is because I'm going to do that in the live show. It's the best quote I've ever had in my life. "But I want my nightlife to to be like What's Your Pleasure. For it to be a group vocal but to be sung with drama. The singer has been nominated for best female artist at the Brit Awards three times "They said I would have been burned at the stake. The star is embracing the fun side of her new album And I think people are far more forgiving about things being on (a pre-recorded) track (as opposed to having live musicians).At the beginning of my career there were only four of us on stage. And I loved how he'd got into cooking in lockdown. Listen to Table Manners with Jessie Ware on Spotify. But then I worked with [producer] Benny Blanco who was like, 'You've got a voice, sing out a bit more,' so I did a song like "This time I'm going back to this hushed voice - but it's so much more controlled and decisive. Produced by Alice Williams You can play the Panorama Bar. "There's no secrets, there's not that much politeness, we're quite dysfunctional but it works. Lifestyle › Food + Drink At home with Jessie Ware: gnocchi, podcasts and Deliveroo Ed Sheeran’s a guest and her mum’s making dinner — singer Jessie Ware’s new podcast is an ode to food "We were trying to find a way that we could get away with murder without it sounding completely filthy. He’s currently on a strict Keto diet, but tells us all about his cheesecake obsession & his number 1 tipple being a rosé on ice!Love this podcast, it was the first time I found out about podcasts and I think it’s definitely one of the best still, have caught up on them all now so look forward to Wednesdays for the next one.
And so I watched Rosalía, and I was speaking to Kindness actually, who was, you know, really saying, 'you need to be less purist about this, like, it's too expensive to play with (a) full band.' After a disastrous appearance at the Coachella music festival, her tour manager advised her to quit music altogether.Each episode feels like eavesdropping at a family dinner party: Jessie and Lennie bicker and tease and resurrect embarrassing memories, but their affection for each other always shines through. Her fourth album, What's Your Pleasure?, was released in June 2020 to critical acclaim, "It felt like us acknowledging the state of what's going on - and that a bit of intimacy and love can always work a treat. So that was really amazing. I want it to be at the end of an episode of Handmaid's Tale. Love it!I love this podcast and it’s got me through many bleak times but recently it is very “heavy”. Brilliant ladies.Only just started listening to this podcast since lockdown but I love this Mum and daughter partnership. And I wanna have fun.’ And he said, 'I wanna hear you on a dance record. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.