For most of us, our initial introduction to J-J-J-Jessie J (aka Jessica Cornish) was Do It Like A Dude, arriving with a hard hitting "stomp stomp", explicit lyrics and tonnes of feisty attitude. It was followed up with Price Tag: a cheesy pop track with a saccharine message. Despite this confusing juxtaposition of styles, she soon shot to fame.
Now it's time for that difficult second album, led by Wild. And guess what? It's a return to her hard-hitting earlier form. The beat is sexy, the bass is dirty and the staccato almost-rapped vocal delivery is in full force. Then there's the wild-wild-wi-wi-WHOOOAAA outro that's a guaranteed earworm.
And then in comes Big Sean and Dizzee Rascal, as if Cornish is name-dropping as much as Tom Jones on The Voice. The two rappers add little to the song beyond a "fish dinner" and "Bob Marley's locks" - if anything they diminish and dilute a solid comeback song.
Ditch the dudes Jessie - you're big enough now to go it alone.
3/5
Listen: Wild is available to download now.
