00:00 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
00:02 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
00:04 ♪ Eh, eh, eh, eh ♪
00:06 ♪ Until an ♪
00:08 Hey, I'm Jess Glynn,
00:09 and I am playing Song Association with Elle.
00:11 How do I think I'm gonna do?
00:13 I'm not sure.
00:14 (laughs)
00:15 I don't know.
00:16 I'm gonna try my best.
00:17 (imitates drum roll)
00:21 Okay, I'm ready.
00:21 Hello?
00:25 How weird is that?
00:26 I just have to sing it.
00:27 ♪ Hello from the other side ♪
00:32 That's "Hello" by Adele.
00:34 Stop.
00:35 ♪ Stop right now ♪
00:38 ♪ Thank you very much ♪
00:39 ♪ I need somebody with a human touch ♪
00:44 (laughs)
00:44 Stop by Spice Girls.
00:46 Touring with the Spice Girls
00:48 was one of the funnest things I've done in my career.
00:50 Honestly, it was such a electric moment in my life.
00:53 Did I have a favorite?
00:54 Maybe Ginger Spice, yeah, Scary Spice.
00:56 They were probably my faves.
00:58 They were the wildest, you know?
01:00 (laughs)
01:02 Dream.
01:02 ♪ Dream lover, come rescue me ♪
01:08 Oh, wait, what's the lyric?
01:09 (imitates vocalizing)
01:12 Mariah Carey, "Dream Lover."
01:18 Name.
01:19 Oh, yeah.
01:22 ♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
01:24 ♪ When no one is around you ♪
01:26 ♪ Say baby I love you ♪
01:27 ♪ If you ain't playing games ♪
01:29 ♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
01:30 If I could get Destiny's Child back together
01:33 and perform any song with them,
01:35 it would actually be "Say My Name."
01:37 That's the truth.
01:37 (laughs)
01:38 Fly.
01:39 Fly.
01:41 Oh, wait.
01:45 I can't think of a song.
01:47 Fly.
01:50 Oh, messed it up.
01:53 Oh my God, I lost one.
01:54 Wow.
01:55 (laughs)
01:57 Notice.
01:58 Oh my God, that's really hard.
02:01 Serve me notice.
02:02 Ah.
02:03 ♪ And I didn't notice ♪
02:05 ♪ I lost part of me ♪
02:07 ♪ 'Cause daydreams turn to nightmares ♪
02:10 ♪ And I'm lonely in the hallway ♪
02:13 ♪ Keep living in the moment ♪
02:15 ♪ With these tainted memories ♪
02:19 ♪ Oh ♪
02:21 ♪ Silly, silly me ♪
02:22 That is such a bad impression of that song.
02:25 It's very high, and that was very low.
02:26 (laughs)
02:27 Yeah, that's my single, "Silly Me."
02:29 Do you know what?
02:30 It's been such a blessing coming back with that song.
02:31 I feel like "Silly Me" was such a nice moment
02:33 for me to reenter in such a kind of,
02:35 with a message and with a softness
02:38 that I feel like people were probably not expecting,
02:41 which I think was quite important for me.
02:42 I love it.
02:43 Singing it live is actually really fun.
02:45 Together.
02:46 ♪ Together ♪
02:50 That's not the right, is that right?
02:51 ♪ Together forever ♪
02:53 ♪ We're meant to be together ♪
02:55 ♪ And then you and I ♪
02:58 Wait, who is that?
03:00 Shakira, oh my God, yeah.
03:01 There you go.
03:02 Young.
03:03 I'm thinking of that Jay-Z song, "Young,"
03:08 with Mr. Hudson.
03:10 ♪ Young forever young ♪
03:12 ♪ I wanna be forever young ♪
03:16 That's all you're getting.
03:18 Hero.
03:20 ♪ And then a hero comes along ♪
03:24 ♪ With the strength to carry on ♪
03:28 ♪ And put all your fears aside ♪
03:31 ♪ And you know you can survive ♪
03:35 ♪ And when it feels like hope is gone ♪
03:38 ♪ Just look inside you and be strong ♪
03:42 ♪ And you'll finally see the truth ♪
03:45 ♪ That a hero lies in you ♪
03:49 That's Mariah Carey and that's "Hero,"
03:50 and that's one of my favorite songs growing up.
03:53 Thinking.
03:54 Thinking.
03:56 Thinking Out Loud.
03:59 ♪ Da, thinking out loud ♪
04:02 ♪ Darling we found love ♪
04:05 ♪ Right where we are ♪
04:08 Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud."
04:10 Yeah, working with Ed was like a real journey.
04:13 It was really special.
04:14 We did "Thursday," which was on my album,
04:16 and then we did another song called "Woman Like Me,"
04:18 which Little Mix took.
04:20 I learned that we're both kind of similar,
04:22 that we're both very emotional,
04:23 and we both go through the same struggles.
04:25 We had a real deep one when we wrote "Thursday,"
04:27 and it was a really kind of beautiful day
04:30 in the way that song came together.
04:31 It was quite special, so yeah.
04:33 We kind of just knew each other,
04:35 and we're on the same label at the time,
04:36 and I don't know, we always seen each other at places.
04:39 We were just in similar circles and stuff,
04:41 and I think it just came to me writing my second album,
04:44 and I feel like he reached out.
04:46 I think he reached out and was like, "I would love to write,"
04:48 and I was like, "Yeah, same."
04:49 And I really love the songs that we did.
04:51 "Alone."
04:52 Wait, "Alone."
04:54 I'm alone.
04:55 Who's alone?
04:56 Wait, what is alone?
04:57 Oh, no.
04:58 ♪ And I ♪
05:02 Can't think.
05:04 I'll lose.
05:05 I'll take that L on that one.
05:06 "Back."
05:07 Wait, I'm dead.
05:09 "My Neck."
05:11 Can I do that one?
05:11 ♪ My neck, my back ♪
05:13 ♪ Lick my, and my crack ♪
05:15 [laughing]
05:18 "Break."
05:19 Oh, that's a...
05:21 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:24 That was so out of tune.
05:25 [clapping]
05:27 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:29 ♪ You won't break my soul ♪
05:31 ♪ Eh, eh, eh, eh ♪
05:33 ♪ I'm telling ♪
05:34 [laughing]
05:35 Forget it.
05:36 I don't even wanna.
05:37 But Beyonce, "Break My Soul."
05:39 [laughing]
05:40 Covering "Break My Soul" was a lot of fun.
05:41 It was just like, I love the song.
05:43 It came out, and I was like, "Oh, that's a bit of me."
05:45 And me and my mate, we went out
05:46 and just filmed a little visual,
05:47 and it just, yeah, it was a nice little moment, actually.
05:50 "Nothing."
05:51 Okay.
05:53 ♪ I had nothing, nothing, nothing ♪
05:57 ♪ If I don't have you ♪
06:00 That was Whitney Houston.
06:03 Whitney Houston inspired me to really sing.
06:06 Her voice and her vocal and her wow-ness.
06:09 Yeah, I wanted to have a big, powerful voice like that.
06:12 Her and Aretha, I used to listen to a lot growing up,
06:15 and just mimic how they sang.
06:18 Always.
06:19 ♪ And I ♪
06:22 [laughing]
06:24 All right.
06:27 ♪ Will always love you ♪
06:30 There you go.
06:32 I got 13 out of 15 right,
06:34 and I feel really pleased with the fact that I got that.
06:37 They could've been a lot worse.
06:39 Thanks for watching, and go check out my new single,
06:42 what do you do?
06:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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