Jessie Reyez

The Best Canadian Songs of 2022

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  • 20. Akintoye, “Pizzazz”


  • 19. Nonso Amadi f/Majid Jordan, “Different”


  • 18. City Fidelia f/Shelley fka Dram, “Soulmate”


  • 17. Dylan Sinclair, “Open”


  • 16. Sadboi, “That’s Your Problem (Stank Hoez)”


  • 15. Chxrry22, “The Falls”


  • 14. Skiifall, “Fam Without Blood”


  • 13. Dvsn, “If I Get Caught”


  • 12. Sinzere, “The Mission”


  • 11. Nate Husser, “Dwayne Carter Flow”


  • 10. Nav, “Demons in My Cup”


  • 9. Daniel Caesar f/Badbadnotgood, “Please Do Not Lean”


  • 8. Northsidebenji f/Unknown T, “One In the Chamber”


  • 7. Pressa & Smiley, “Vince Carter”


  • 6. Dijahsb, “Khadijah”


  • 5. The Weeknd, “Out of Time”


  • 4. Savannah Ré f/Dylan Sinclair, “Last One”


  • 3. Kaytranada f/Anderson .Paak, “Twin Flame”


  • 2. Jessie Reyez, “Mutual Friend”


  • 1. Drake f/21 Savage, “Jimmy Cooks”

Jessie Reyez And 6lack Reminisce On Romantic Memories In The Music Video For ‘Forever’

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Jessie Reyez released a new music video for her collaboration with 6lack, “Forever,” as a Facebook exclusive today. The track appears on her recent album, Yessie, finds Reyez reminiscing about someone who isn’t in her life anymore.

“‘Cause sometimes somebody loves somebody / But that body don’t love ’em back / And it’s easy to say that you didn’t know / You didn’t know what you had,” she sings.

6lack enters on the chorus, as the duo’s vocals blend perfectly together. He then gets his own verse while Reyez lip-syncs his lines in the background. “I want you to stay, save the moment / Gotta put it on the camcorder,” he notes. “You could be happy, you should be happy / Long as you here with me.”

Directed by Dane Collison, Reyez and 6lack dance around in a car as old-school recorded camcorder footage (as fittingly mentioned in the lyric) is spliced in of each of them in the woods, adding to the chill vibes of it all. They also appear in matching baseball caps, which is pretty fun.

“You ever meet someone and just know they’re going to be in your life forever?…” Reyez captioned the video on a Facebook post.

Watch the music video for Jessie Reyez and 6lack’s “Forever” here.

The Best Canadian Albums of 2022

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    20. Dylan Sinclair, ‘No Longer In The Suburbs’

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    19. Chung, ‘See You When I C U’

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    18. Raccoon, ‘C00N: la prophétie’

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    17. Thelonious, ‘Albion Road Demos.’

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    16. Pierre Kwenders, ‘José Louis and The Paradox of Love’

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    15. Mike Shabb, ‘Sewaside II’

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    14. Nate Husser, ‘All Time High’

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    13. DJ Charlie B, ‘Across the Board’

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    12. Dvsn, ‘Working On My Karma’

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    11. Tanika Charles, ‘Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly’

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    10. Savannah Ré, ‘No Weapons’

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    9. Nav, ‘Demons Protected By Angels’

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    8. Snotty Nose Rez Kids, ‘I’m Good, HBU?’

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    7. Drake & 21 Savage, ‘Her Loss’

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    6. Adria Kain, ‘When Flowers Bloom’

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    5. Nicholas Craven & Boldy James, ‘Fair Exchange No Robbery’

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    4. Backxwash, ‘His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering’

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    3. Jessie Reyez, ‘Yessie’

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    2. Drake, ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

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    1. The Weeknd, ‘Dawn FM’

Jessie Reyez Shares Her ‘Yessie’ Tracklist Which Includes A Feature From 6lack

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With Jessie Reyez’s new album, Yessie, due out out on Friday, September 16th, the excitement is building for what the Canadian R&B/pop sensation has in store. The recently shared tracklist for Yessie stokes the fire on the album’s release with a featured appearance from Atlanta’s 6lack and a decorated slate of producers along for the ride as well.

Of the 11 tracks on the Yessie tracklist, 6lack’s appearance on “Forever” marks the only credited guest vocalist on the album. But as Reyez shared on Instagram, there’s some serious firepower behind the boards of Yessie as well. For starters, superproducer Calvin Harris adds some dance music flair to “Titos.” Meanwhile, Kehlani and Lizzo producer Pop Wansel is on the beat for “Queen St W.” producers RyKeyz and Tim SUby are featured on multiple tracks, along with others.

When Reyez announced the impending release date for Yessie last month, she dropped the album’s lead single “Mutual Friend” along with it and the powerful music video, which you can watch here.

Check out the album artwork and tracklist for Yessie below.

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1. “Mood”
2. “Hittin”
3. “Forever” Feat. 6lack
4. “Queen St W”
5. “Mutual Friend”
6. “Titos”
7. “Only One”
8. “Still C U”
9. “Break Me Down”
10. Emotional Detachment Demo”
11. “Adios Amor”

Yessie is out 9/16 via FMLY/Island Records. Pre-order it here.

20 Canadians Who Will Shape the Next 20 Years of the Culture

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    Drake

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    Larissa Crawford

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    Stephan James and Shamier Anderson

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    The Weeknd

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    Jessie Reyez

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Lakeyah + Gloss Up Are The Realest, Jessie Reyez Makes An Unexpected Comeback, Rihanna’s New Lip Line, & More!

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The summer may be slowly ending, but the ladies are bringing more heat into the fall. Lakeyah teamed up with Gloss Up in a new hot song and video, Jessie Reyez gave an announcement to her fans, Lola Brooke keeps her head in the game with an all-new track, and more! Lakeyah Releases New Single +  […]

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Jessie Reyez Announces Her New Album ‘Yessie’ And Unveils The Powerful Single ‘Mutual Friend’

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Jessie Reyez is back with the announcement of her new album Yessie out this fall. This comes with the release of her new single “Mutual Friend,” a sonically haunting track with vividly resentful lyrics that tell an immersive story: “Our mutual friend / Don’t know that you’re too self-serving / But I do and that’s why your words don’t mean sh*t,” she sings, and adds: “And guess what? / This heartbreak morphed into hate.”

The video is as powerful as the song, depicting Reyez singing in a house and getting swept up into a visceral dance choreography. One scene captures the singer sitting on a couch surrounded by dying flowers — a heavily symbolic image that evokes the same intense emotions as the ballad does. The lyrics grow even more clever and razor-sharp as the song continues to build over the course of nearly four minutes: “And guess what / Your karma’s that you love me still,” she sings.

Yessie follows the eclectic 2020 LP Before Love Came To Kill Us, which soon after became extended as a surprise deluxe album that features verses from A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Rico Nasty, and more.

Watch the stunning video for “Mutual Friend” above.

Yessie is out 9/9 via FMLY/Island Records.