Mid-March Update
- jesskhealey
- Mar 11
- 2 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
WOWOWOWOW AMAZING NEWS. Some of yall checked in on me after I sent the last newsletter bc I was despresso espresso. I admit I’ve been a bit of an Eeyore. BUT some new characters have entered the story, and things have since taken a turn for the better. Generous, solution-oriented, organized, they’re kicking my ass in the best way
I have learned (too many times now) that every business transaction that ever happens ever ever ever needs a mf contract. Never again will i not use a contract. Ever. ChatGBT that shit and move tf on. Never no contract. So stupid.
THE GOOD NEWS: first single from my debut EP will be out Wednesday, March 26th. “You Poor Thing” is by far one of my favorite original songs. I say that about every new song I write, but YPT has remained in the top even since writing eight more.
I’m sharing the cover art with y'all BEFORE ANYONE ELSE SEES IT!! My best friend, Val, saved me. I said “Girl I’ve been so stressed about getting the song finished and ready for release that I completely forgot about cover art. I have absolutely no ideas or concept whatsoever help me” And she said i gotchu 📷 Go follow Val's photo account on Instagram @honeybananatoast
What is You Poor Thing even about anyways?? “You Poor Thing” is a very, very sad song about someone who I loved very much. This person suffers from crippling self-sabotage — paranoia, lack of self-control, and betrayal.
Some of my songs come from intellectualization, trying to make sense of confusing feelings. This song, however, is purely cathartic. I already knew how I felt about our dumpster-fire of a relationship, but those feelings were never heard.
So, out of equal parts pity, spite, and devoted affection, I wrote those feelings into metaphors I thought would be powerful and illuminating for a listener with no other context of who this person is.
I hope my clarity of thought and confidence in my point of view come through — neither of which I fully possessed until after the song (and the relationship) was finished.
I hope the listener feels the complicated combination of resentment and sympathy. I hope they can learn to understand this person’s wounds but still side with me in knowing that they treated me like a little bitch.
Pre-save here, and share with with friends ❤️🔥
Remaining March Shows:
Jessica Healey Band
Jupiter Supper Club
Sat. March 22nd | 8pm, 10pm, 12am
Solo Acoustic
Four Seasons Hotel - Ciclo
Sun. March 23rd | 11am - 2pm
Jessica Healey Band
Jupiter Supper Club
Thurs. March 27th | 8pm, 10pm, 12am
Solo Acoustic
Mozart’s Coffee Roasters
Sun. March 29th | 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Solo Acoustic
Four Seasons Hotel - Ciclo
Sun. March 30th | 11am - 2pm
