Jess Glynne brought all the good energy and vibes to ELLE, and singing hits by Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, and Ed Sheeran made this Song Association video that much more fun. Watch along to hear Jess speak about her experience working with The Spice Girls and Ed Sheeran, the artist who was her biggest inspiration growing up, and her motive behind covering a Beyoncé song.
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00:00 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
00:02 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
00:04 ♪ Eh, eh, eh, eh ♪
00:06 ♪ Until an ♪
00:08 Hey, I'm Jess Glynn,
00:09 and I am playing Song Association with Elle.
00:11 How do I think I'm gonna do?
00:13 I'm not sure.
00:14 (laughs)
00:15 I don't know.
00:16 I'm gonna try my best.
00:17 (imitates drum roll)
00:21 Okay, I'm ready.
00:21 Hello?
00:25 How weird is that?
00:26 I just have to sing it.
00:27 ♪ Hello from the other side ♪
00:32 That's "Hello" by Adele.
00:34 Stop.
00:35 ♪ Stop right now ♪
00:38 ♪ Thank you very much ♪
00:39 ♪ I need somebody with a human touch ♪
00:44 (laughs)
00:44 Stop by Spice Girls.
00:46 Touring with the Spice Girls
00:48 was one of the funnest things I've done in my career.
00:50 Honestly, it was such a electric moment in my life.
00:53 Did I have a favorite?
00:54 Maybe Ginger Spice, yeah, Scary Spice.
00:56 They were probably my faves.
00:58 They were the wildest, you know?
01:00 (laughs)
01:02 Dream.
01:02 ♪ Dream lover, come rescue me ♪
01:08 Oh, wait, what's the lyric?
01:09 (imitates vocalizing)
01:12 Mariah Carey, "Dream Lover."
01:18 Name.
01:19 Oh, yeah.
01:22 ♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
01:24 ♪ When no one is around you ♪
01:26 ♪ Say baby I love you ♪
01:27 ♪ If you ain't playing games ♪
01:29 ♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
01:30 If I could get Destiny's Child back together
01:33 and perform any song with them,
01:35 it would actually be "Say My Name."
01:37 That's the truth.
01:37 (laughs)
01:38 Fly.
01:39 Fly.
01:41 Oh, wait.
01:45 I can't think of a song.
01:47 Fly.
01:50 Oh, messed it up.
01:53 Oh my God, I lost one.
01:54 Wow.
01:55 (laughs)
01:57 Notice.
01:58 Oh my God, that's really hard.
02:01 Serve me notice.
02:02 Ah.
02:03 ♪ And I didn't notice ♪
02:05 ♪ I lost part of me ♪
02:07 ♪ 'Cause daydreams turn to nightmares ♪
02:10 ♪ And I'm lonely in the hallway ♪
02:13 ♪ Keep living in the moment ♪
02:15 ♪ With these tainted memories ♪
02:19 ♪ Oh ♪
02:21 ♪ Silly, silly me ♪
02:22 That is such a bad impression of that song.
02:25 It's very high, and that was very low.
02:26 (laughs)
02:27 Yeah, that's my single, "Silly Me."
02:29 Do you know what?
02:30 It's been such a blessing coming back with that song.
02:31 I feel like "Silly Me" was such a nice moment
02:33 for me to reenter in such a kind of,
02:35 with a message and with a softness
02:38 that I feel like people were probably not expecting,
02:41 which I think was quite important for me.
02:42 I love it.
02:43 Singing it live is actually really fun.
02:45 Together.
02:46 ♪ Together ♪
02:50 That's not the right, is that right?
02:51 ♪ Together forever ♪
02:53 ♪ We're meant to be together ♪
02:55 ♪ And then you and I ♪
02:58 Wait, who is that?
03:00 Shakira, oh my God, yeah.
03:01 There you go.
03:02 Young.
03:03 I'm thinking of that Jay-Z song, "Young,"
03:08 with Mr. Hudson.
03:10 ♪ Young forever young ♪
03:12 ♪ I wanna be forever young ♪
03:16 That's all you're getting.
03:18 Hero.
03:20 ♪ And then a hero comes along ♪
03:24 ♪ With the strength to carry on ♪
03:28 ♪ And put all your fears aside ♪
03:31 ♪ And you know you can survive ♪
03:35 ♪ And when it feels like hope is gone ♪
03:38 ♪ Just look inside you and be strong ♪
03:42 ♪ And you'll finally see the truth ♪
03:45 ♪ That a hero lies in you ♪
03:49 That's Mariah Carey and that's "Hero,"
03:50 and that's one of my favorite songs growing up.
03:53 Thinking.
03:54 Thinking.
03:56 Thinking Out Loud.
03:59 ♪ Da, thinking out loud ♪
04:02 ♪ Darling we found love ♪
04:05 ♪ Right where we are ♪
04:08 Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud."
04:10 Yeah, working with Ed was like a real journey.
04:13 It was really special.
04:14 We did "Thursday," which was on my album,
04:16 and then we did another song called "Woman Like Me,"
04:18 which Little Mix took.
04:20 I learned that we're both kind of similar,
04:22 that we're both very emotional,
04:23 and we both go through the same struggles.
04:25 We had a real deep one when we wrote "Thursday,"
04:27 and it was a really kind of beautiful day
04:30 in the way that song came together.
04:31 It was quite special, so yeah.
04:33 We kind of just knew each other,
04:35 and we're on the same label at the time,
04:36 and I don't know, we always seen each other at places.
04:39 We were just in similar circles and stuff,
04:41 and I think it just came to me writing my second album,
04:44 and I feel like he reached out.
04:46 I think he reached out and was like, "I would love to write,"
04:48 and I was like, "Yeah, same."
04:49 And I really love the songs that we did.
04:51 "Alone."
04:52 Wait, "Alone."
04:54 I'm alone.
04:55 Who's alone?
04:56 Wait, what is alone?
04:57 Oh, no.
04:58 ♪ And I ♪
05:02 Can't think.
05:04 I'll lose.
05:05 I'll take that L on that one.
05:06 "Back."
05:07 Wait, I'm dead.
05:09 "My Neck."
05:11 Can I do that one?
05:11 ♪ My neck, my back ♪
05:13 ♪ Lick my, and my crack ♪
05:15 [laughing]
05:18 "Break."
05:19 Oh, that's a...
05:21 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:24 That was so out of tune.
05:25 [clapping]
05:27 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:29 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:31 ♪ Eh, eh, eh, eh ♪
05:33 ♪ I'm telling ♪
05:34 [laughing]
05:35 Forget it.
05:36 I don't even wanna.
05:37 But Beyonce, "Break My Soul."
05:39 [laughing]
05:40 Covering "Break My Soul" was a lot of fun.
05:41 It was just like, I love the song.
05:43 It came out, and I was like, "Oh, that's a bit of me."
05:45 And me and my mate, we went out
05:46 and just filmed a little visual,
05:47 and it just, yeah, it was a nice little moment, actually.
05:50 "Nothing."
05:51 Okay.
05:53 ♪ I had nothing, nothing, nothing ♪
05:57 ♪ If I don't have you ♪
06:00 That was Whitney Houston.
06:03 Whitney Houston inspired me to really sing.
06:06 Her voice and her vocal and her wow-ness.
06:09 Yeah, I wanted to have a big, powerful voice like that.
06:12 Her and Aretha, I used to listen to a lot growing up,
06:15 and just mimic how they sang.
06:18 Always.
06:19 ♪ And I ♪
06:22 [laughing]
06:24 All right.
06:27 ♪ Will always love you ♪
06:30 There you go.
06:32 I got 13 out of 15 right,
06:34 and I feel really pleased with the fact that I got that.
06:37 They could've been a lot worse.
06:39 Thanks for watching, and go check out my new single,
06:42 what do you do?
06:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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