Jesy Nelson går solo.
OPPDATERT: Nicki Minaj forsvarer Jesy – drar inn Kylie Jenner og Kim Kardashian
I fjor forlot London-kvinnen (født i 91) Little Mix; en av Englands største popgrupper noensinne. Simon Cowell satt dem sammen i 2011 etter The X Factor, men Jesy Nelson hadde alltid en drøm om å stå på egne ben.
I dag solodebuterer 30-åringen.
Jesy Nelson
Dog ikke alene.
Jesy har fått med seg Nicki Minaj på «Boyz», hvor New York-veteranen åpner med «ayo, it’s the UK baddie and the Barbie». Briten synger at hun trenger en «bad boy».
– When I ride that hee-haw / you know I know how to please ya… – Ooh, I like them tattoos and them gold teeth, synger Little Mix-mor i refrenget.
Nedenfor er videoen, som Jesy har regissert sammen med Harry James.
– Bad bitches want a bad boy / word to Biggie, Diddy, and Mase / woah, like Rob, rapper Nicki.
Bad boy-referansene er ikke tilfeldig. Låten og videoen er en slags hylles til den 20 år gamle P. Diddy-slageren «Bad Boy for Life» feat. Black Rob (R.I.P.) og Mark Curry. Puff Daddy selv dukker opp i snutten til Jesy Nelson og Nicki Minaj.
I den originale videoen stiller Ben Stiller.
Jesy Nelson har tatt en 180 fra The X Factor-dagene med Little Mix.
Det har også hele gruppen, som i 2018 teamet opp med Nicki Minaj.
Til tross for bidraget fra den amerikanske superstjernen, gikk denne sangen ikke inn på Billboard Hot 100.
(Den «største» hitsingelen til Little Mix i USA er «Shout Out to My Ex» som i 2016 tok 69. plass.)
Etter sin exit fra gruppen har Jesy Nelson forandret stilen enda mer.
Jesy Nelson 2011 vs 2021 (skjermbilde ITV, Instagram/jesynelson)
Sangeren, som er hvit, ble i sommer trending på sosiale medier etter å ha blitt anklaget for Kardashian blackfishing.
I august fortalte Jesy at hun ikke kunne forstå at folk mente hun var blackfishing, og at hun ble «forvirret av anklagene».
– Jeg har aldri ment å krenke noen, og det er virkelig opprørende, sier Jesy til The Guardian. – Jeg hadde ingen anelse av folk følte det sånn, forteller briten, og legger til at hun aldri har sagt at hun ikke er hvit.
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(Instagram/jesynelson)
(Instagram/jesynelson)
Til tross for at Little Mix har holdt på i en dekade, var i det i sommer at mange fant ut at Jesy er hvit.
Og ikke en gang little mixed.
https://twitter.com/SnorlaxBabyyy/status/1393989101477670919
no because so many people didn’t know that jesy nelson is literally white why do people not see how that is a BIG PROBLEM.
— em / blu 🫧 (@ryusparx) May 10, 2021
Etter videoen til «Boyz», blusser anklagene om blackfishing opp på nytt.
Jesy er i skrivende stund trending på Twitter.
Jesy Nelson blueprint is Black Women. My fellow sistas we know that entire video screams "Black caricature "
Cute chorus…didn't understand some of the lyrics…the label doing weird things with her voice.
But okay 💀— Sarah| Posh,Punk&Divested🤘🏾 (@punkdivestedbw) October 8, 2021
How can you lots allow Jesy Nelson to keep parading in a black/black inspired aesthetic? She hasn’t even properly apologised for blackfishing. pic.twitter.com/3aD1PTet2C
— ji (@nakki_jem) October 8, 2021
Jesy singing she likes them “so hood, so good, so damn taboo” where does this bangers and mash english girl think she knows hood mandem from???
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) October 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/ChantayyJayy/status/1446383019405815820
so jesy nelson really said she wasn’t aware that people thought she was black fishing & apologised for causing offence, then 5 months later released a song about liking “hood boyz” looking like this? lmaoooo girl did not read the temperature in the room pic.twitter.com/kRd49Xe4Io
— Holly Harrison (@holly_india) October 8, 2021
The whole thing where Jesy Nelson came out as finally being happy in her own skin and then releasing a video where she is black fishing harder than ever before is 🥴🥴🥴
— Elle Rudd (@ElleRudd_) October 8, 2021
Noen mener at hun snart er klar for Brazilian Butt Lift? (Som angivelig kan være livsfarlig.)
I feel like Jesy Nelson’s BBL is pending, that’s the final stage for white women trying to cultivate a black audience
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) October 6, 2021
just found out jesy nelson is white?? i genuinely spent all these years thinking she was black?? how much fake tan has this girl been using pls
— anusha 🌺 (@anusha_rangan) October 8, 2021
I’ve really been rooting for Jesy Nelson but the black fishing is too much pic.twitter.com/rWYQxHdjOy
— ᴀ ᴍ ʙ ᴇ ʀ ☾ ʀ ᴏ ꜱ ᴇ 🥀 (@_okamber) October 8, 2021
jesy nelson profiting off of black culture, when she herself couldn’t even be a good ally to an ex bandmate let alone the black community, whilst black fishing and trying to sing with a blaccent in an attempt to sound hard when she’s from Essex…in british black history month????
— row (@westxallens) October 8, 2021
My fear is not just that Jesy Nelson wants to be black, it's that she wants to be specifically African American. pic.twitter.com/cKVjvr4rJW
— Sisa (@TheTitanBaddie) October 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/teddypickermp3/status/1446339654505091074
https://twitter.com/tribbylo/status/1446331609716772865
