Jessie Ware is having a pretty good Thursday. Her great new album That! Feels Good! was just nominated for the Mercury Prize, and she’s also released a new version of “Freak Me Now” featuring a dream pair-up with Róisín Murphy.
“It is a huge honour to have the queen of disco, Róisín Murphy on ‘Freak Me Now,’” Jessie says. “I messaged her hoping she may be interested in featuring on the song and before I knew it she was in the studio. She recorded all her vocals for the track and sent them over to us. I have admired her work for so many years & respect her so much. To have her on one of the most fun tracks on That! Feels Good! Is amazing. I can’t wait for us to do this together live in the future! I know my fans are gonna go crazy about this, as am I. I still can’t quite believe we are on a track together and have done a bonkers video together. She is graceful, she is generous, she is pioneering, she is Róisín Murphy and she is on ‘Freak Me Now!’”
Róisín returns the compliment, saying, “Jessie is just brilliant, a super talented songwriter and an amazing singer. She’s truly beautiful but she’s also very funny and never take’s herself too seriously. We’ve been talking about working together for a while. When she sent me ‘Freak Me Now’ I just adored it and felt it was perfectly right for me to be on the song. We had mad fun dressing up on the day of the video, it was fashion chaos!! Like a high-class jumble sale, behind the scenes. We laughed at our ridiculousness and we were very silly all day! Just love her and loved everything about working with her.“
You can listen to the song now and tomorrow they’ll share the “Freak Me Now” video that was directed by Sophie Muller and Theo Adams.
Róisín’s new album Hit Parade is out in September and both she and Jessie will be on tour in North America this fall.