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11 Things You Need to Know About Jessie Reyez

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  • Jessie Reyez is a Columbian Canadian singer songwriter.
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  • Jessie's debut single 'Figures' has received over 20 million streams on Spotify.
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  • Jessie released her critically acclaimed debut EP 'Kiddo' in 2017.
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  • Jessie learned how to play guitar as a child and has written songs since she was in high school.
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  • Jessie performed 'Figures' at the 2017 BET Awards and became the Number 1 trending artist on Apple Music straight afterwards.
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  • Jessie has performed with Alessia Cara.
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  • Jessie refers to her sound as "Quentin Tarantino music".
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  • Jessie collaborated with Calvin Harris on the track 'Hard to Love' from his album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
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  • Jessie is the main support act for PARTNEXTDOOR's Infinity Tour in Europe in 2018.
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  • Jessie's hard-hitting single 'Gatekeeper' was inspired by her experience of sexism and harassment in the music industry
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  • Jessie says that she "like[s] to sing about shit [she] don't like to talk about".
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