NOT TODAY

The formidable JessB reveals the first taste of her new project, ‘Not Today’ – an experimental and high energy track rooted in heartbreak, but with a hopeful undercurrent.

“‘Not Today’ is a song about being at rock bottom. You know that you will get through the heartbreak but also you know that it’s ‘not today’, and you allow yourself to sit in the feelings of the present,” says JessB.

The new track showcases the depth to JessB’s artistry and while she’s renowned for raising the roof with her dance-floor anthems and tongue-twisting rhyme schemes, she proves on ‘Not Today’ that she’s just as gifted at digging deep and delivering powerful messages of sadness, loss and dislocation.

Meanwhile, the visuals for ‘Not Today’ were designed to mirror the sonic world created through both the production and lyricism. Set against the vast, rugged landscapes of Tāmaki Makaurau’s west coast, the imagery explores the loneliness and isolation that can come with heartbreak . The feeling of being small within something much bigger than yourself, while still carrying the quiet beauty and hope that lives inside the song.

Co-produced by JessB and Andrew Meyer, this is the first new music from JessB this year and it paves the way for an exciting new project, which the award-winning rapper will drip feed to fans in the coming months.