One year ago today. A moment that changed my life. Of all the audience choirs I’ve ever experienced, this is one of the deepest of them all.
Djesse Vol. 4 features over 100,000 voices from audience choirs from every corner of the world, recorded between 2022-2023. It’s a sound beyond anything I can put into words.
Over the course of collaging them together, I’ve been building an audience choir instrument for you all to play, that I’m SUPER excited about. More on that soon 🙂
Djesse Vol. 4 out Feb 29th at 11:59PM 💙💚💛♥️
@torikelly . Where do I even START with you???
This session will be forever etched in my memory as one of the craziest musical experiences of my life. There is literally no other vocalist on the face of the Earth to match the range, agility, colour, phrasing, attention to detail and PATIENCE you have. My harmonic ambition for this verse rendered it practically unsingable… but if there was one singer who could do it justice, I KNEW it had to be you. Safe to say you just blew it completely out of the water.
I swung by Tori’s house last October, for a lightning-fast session, as she had to rush off perform with @lawrencetheband that very night. As a result, the entire session lasted approximately an hour. I left in a state of shock 🤯 and, a mess of inspiredness, recorded all the harmonies beneath, that very night, before flying to Mumbai and delivering Vol. 4 to mastering 48 hours later.
And yet, with all the craziness of her musicianship, the thing that blows me the most away about Tori is her human spirit. Tori – I am just so proud to be your friend and SO HAPPY that you’re on this planet, raising the bar for all of us. You really are the best of the best of the best.
Bridge Over Troubled Water OUT NOW!!!
I cannot wait to do this live someday, somehow 😈
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS
DJESSE VOL. 4 OUT @ MIDNIGHT 💥💥💥💥
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
TWO WEEKS until Djesse Vol. 4 🕺🏽
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER is out now!!!!!
@torikelly @johnlegend @yebbasmith – thank you all for inspiring me to no end.
Djesse Vol. 4 is out in ONE WEEK.
25,000 COMMENTS and I’ll drop the full version of Yebba’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, with @johnlegend & @torikelly , THIS WEEK.
Djesse Vol. 4 is yours ♥️ Swipe for story time.
Djesse Vol. 4 is yours ♥️ Swipe for story time.
Djesse Vol. 4 is yours ♥️ Swipe for story time.
Bridge Over Troubled Water feat. @johnlegend & @torikelly – OUT AT MIDNIGHT!!!!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
This version DOES include Yebba’s iconic original rendition 🙂 However, Yebba has requested not to be featured in the song title, given that she did not contribute something new.
This is the final single from Djesse Vol. 4 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Bridge Over Troubled Water LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN. Tonight @ 9pm UK / 4pm ET / 1pm PT live-streaming on YouTube. SEE YA THERE !!! Link in story 🔗
❤️🔥🤮 Thank you for having me, @ucla !
IT’S DJESSE VOL. 4 WEEK 💥🚩🎒🦑🏮🧲
IT’S DJESSE VOL. 4 WEEK 💥🚩🎒🦑🏮🧲
END OF DAY TOMORROW, FEB 29TH 💥💥💥💥
A word on the masterful @johnlegend and Bridge Over Troubled Water:
Long before I thought to arrange the song for Djesse Vol. 4 (which drops on Thursday night !!!), I was an adorer of John’s rich vocal majesty, and his iconic North Sea Jazz rendition of the song.
Naturally, when the idea came to feature three singers in sequence, I immediately thought of him. So I called him up, and a couple of days later, he sent me a vocal that blew my mind and roasted my heart. To me he is the glue which makes the song’s journey coherent. His storytelling is unmatched (not to mention, Eb major is undefeated).
Thank you, John, for bringing so much heart, soul and power to this arrangement of mine. I am forever moved by your magic.
