JADE - "FUFN" + Debut Album

[MrJames]

I genuinely don’t think we’re ready. She has what it takes to give a truly spectacular performance. The voice, the music, the dancing, the charisma.

 

[GimmeWork]

"I'mma bells and whistles girlie" She's just the most adorable human being ever I'm sorry. *stanning intensifies*

 

[Felp]

Apparently she said the last track on the album is a track which had partially leaked a while ago. I wonder which one? I can’t remember songs leaking partially.

 

[Square]

Put. The. Album. Up. For. Pre-order. In. Time. For. The. Brits.

If her label fumble this…

 

[P'NutButter]

Love her.

Wait those vocals!!!

 

[Bon Frère]

The bonus tracks feel so badly produced next to the rest of the album, which regardless of how I feel about the music always sounds expensive and well made. Both "Busy Woman" and "15 Minutes" are good songs but the production sounds... strange, like the mastering is all off.

I'm also kind of curious to see where she goes from here, because she's leaned into the, "tee hee split me in half omg who said that???" angle hard across this era in almost every way and you can kind of see the edges beginning to somewhat fray. It's not a case of her immediately having to switch up her sound or anything, but I do think she leans hard into a certain... submissive, plaintive perspective in her songwriting on this album that might wear thin if we go for another round of it. It's not that big an issue; she clearly has the pen to do all this, it's just a matter of whether or not she wants to.

That’s the wrong IT Girl.

 

[RJF]

That’s the wrong IT Girl.

Mess.

 

[TheOnlyOne]

 

[Felp]

Apparently she mentioned on the live that the tracklist isn’t ready…. What is she doing….

 

[Vasilios]

Apparently she mentioned on the live that the tracklist isn’t ready…. What is she doing….

Mess.

 

[timothy_b]

Apparently she mentioned on the live that the tracklist isn’t ready…. What is she doing….

I watched the live and didn’t hear her say that…?

 

[Grins]

I hope they’re not overthinking this. The music is good, she has the vision, the audience is waiting. Just release it!

 

[Felp]

I watched the live and didn’t hear her say that…?

Choosing to trust you then because someone on ATRL said otherwise.

I hope they’re not overthinking this. The music is good, she has the vision, the audience is waiting. Just release it!

I do think she might be overthinking it chasing that acclaimed album she often talks about.

 

[AlmostMidnight]

To be performing at the Brits and not have an album ready to go is insane.

 

[SlowBurn]

To be performing at the Brits and not have an album ready to go is insane.

Yep. I absolutely adore Jade, but that is just inexcusable, especially after such a long rollout.

 

[Drew]

Generally speaking, going back and changing things to fit the response one song has gotten is a poor choice. What happens if - knock on wood - FUFN is a mega smash and she's just gone back in to record more songs that sound ~quirky~ for the sake of it because she thinks half baked songs with an unconventional structure are what 'the people' want? Only for her biggest success to be a standard pop banger that probably more closely fit what she already had.

If she made an album she liked and believed in, stick to the plan.

 

[BananaJean]

I think the label wants another hit before committing to an album roll out personally.

 

[timothy_b]

What are we basing this album talk on? We basically know nothing… she might as well announce the album next Friday. Or use a stellar Brits performance (and potential win) to announce it (including pre-order links) same night. Or maybe she‘ll surprise release it… or maybe it’s canned, let’s just wait and see. She‘s literally serving us left and right and is not giving any indication of slowing down… we just got an international Fendi campaign plus single pre-save a few days ago.

 

[mindtrappa]

I really don’t believe things have changed all that much. She said last year that there were going to be a lot of songs out before the album was released, but even then we’d heard there was a tentative release date because she had a deadline to turn it in by the end of the year. Obviously there was a shift because she decided to change the title, but we don’t know when that happened. Based on what she said more recently, it’s still coming out around the same time it was initially planned to. Not sure where the hand wringing is coming from. If we get to the Brits and there’s no significant update maybe then we can freak, but until then…

 

[Drew]

I dont think anyones freaking out, we're just giving our thoughts based on what other people are posting. Like in every thread.