User:Jewels1520/Jessica Jarrell
Jessica Jarrell | |
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| Born | Jessica Lauren Jarrell January 1, 1995[1] Diamond Bar, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, model |
Jessica Lauren Jarrell (born January 1, 1995) was raised in Diamond Bar, California. She started modeling when she was only four years old. Then she became featured in campaigns for major brands such as K-Mart, American Girl, and Mattel. She also began to write lyrics and record songs when family friend, Terrance Korran, had connections to several Los Angeles recording studios. She was then signed by David Massey to Mercury Records, which is a part of the Island Def Jam Music Group
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It wasn’t too long ago, while in her mid-teens, that Jessica Jarrell was opening sold-out shows for Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson. Now at 20, Jessica is all grown up, on her own, and ready for the world to experience her unforgettable, magnetic voice and her sexy, incomparable style.
Born in Diamond Bar, California, Jessica began modeling at the age of 4, appearing in print ads for Kmart, American Girl, and Mattel up until the age of 9 but it was an accidental audition for a singing role in a school Christmas play at the age of 11 that began Jessica’s love for performing and solidified her dreams.
At 13 years old in 2008, Jessica posted a video of herself singing Beyoncé’s “Listen” on Youtube. The video caught the eye and ears of Toby Gad, a producer at Def Jam who had worked with Beyoncé, John Legend and Fergie. Jessica signed to Def Jam, released the single “Almost Love” and found herself performing at the White House for President Obama’s annual Easter Egg Roll, and then starring in the Nickelodeon film, “The School Girl’s Movie,” with Nick Cannon. In 2009 she began modeling for Angela and Vanessa Simmons’ Pastry clothing label. She became the brand ambassador for the line, traveling overseas and appearing in ads and commercials.
In 2010 Jessica teamed up with Justin Bieber to record their duet, “Overboard”. For three months, Jessica traveled across the country with Bieber on his “My World” Tour, opening for more than 750,000 fans collectively and performing the popular duet “Overboard.”
In 2012, Jessica went on tour with good friend Cody Simpson, performing one of the four songs they recorded together, “Ay Na Na.”
After the tour, Jessica hit the studio and started working on her own project. “I really needed to figure out what I wanted my sound to be,” she remembers. “I was writing songs and evolving as a person and the tours taught me how to be a performer, but what I felt was missing was a certain sound and so I got in the studio and started trying new and different things I hadn’t tried before.”
In 2014 she joined forces with the production team, Red Jacket which includes Tom Higgenson from the Plain White T’s, Chaucer Hwang, Sam Sumser, and Sean Small to create the edgy, sexy, full length album, “Goldbooded,” set to release in 2015. The album exudes everything from hypnotic dance tracks, to sultry, seductive rhythmic tunes, to heart-tugging ballads. The tracks showcase Jessica’s dynamic singing, her gritty rapping skills, and her overall multi-layered talent. “There are records for everybody on this album. It’s cool. It’s bugged out,” says Jessica, who co-wrote the songs.
The track “Goldblooded” is an interesting take on the term cold-blooded. “It’s one of my favorite songs on the album,” says Jessica. “People say you have to be tough, you have to be cold-blooded but I changed it to ‘Goldblooded.’ The song is about knowing that you’re a boss and that to get anywhere in life you’ve got to believe in yourself and have that drive.”
On the ultra-sultry track “Break The Bed,” Jessica shows just how much she’s grown up since her Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson days. She croons, “We’ll be breaking the bed/ Baby break me off/ You can keep it coming /til' the break of dawn.” She pushes the envelope even further on the steamy, mesmeric dance track “Snake Charmer” where she sings, “Put my lips on it/They in a trance/Snake charmer/Follow it.”
Beautiful and gifted, Jessica Jarrell has come a long way and her hard work, versatility, and perseverance has paid off and led her to release an electrifying debut album. “Music is my passion and I hope from this album that people get a sense of who I am,” she says. “I want them to see what goes on in my head so they can feel like they know me when they listen to one of my songs. I want to be an inspiration and a light in their lives.”
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- ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly (1255/1256): 31. March 19–26, 2013.