4.9 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Jessie Reyez sings sad songs, but it's those songs along with her soulful voice and brutally honest lyrics that have garnered her fans around the world. In this "How I Made It" segment, Jessie Reyez talks about the role of music in her childhood, how she writes through her own emotional pain, and how even when her fans sing along to her saddest songs—she feels more connected to them than ever.
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0:40.0 | My household growing up was very, very Colombian-focused, man, because my parents were obviously fresh to Canada. |
0:53.0 | And I was born in Toronto. |
0:56.0 | But in the house, we maintained a real connection to our roots. |
1:01.0 | I wasn't allowed to speak English at home. |
1:03.0 | And food, man, my mom's a basketball player. |
1:06.0 | Like the wickedly, I'm spoiled. I'm aware. I'm very spoiled. |
1:10.0 | When I come home, I have like, in panellistas, with San Cuchito, Yajipique, Patarelos, dos, tamales, Arredelete. |
1:21.0 | She's lighting a man with a mirror on her back. |
1:27.0 | From Food to Romeria, it's Latino-USA. I'm Maria Inohosa. |
1:31.0 | Today, how Grammy-nominated artist, Jesse Reyes, sings from the soul. |
1:44.0 | There's this funny thing that can happen when adult children leave the nest |
1:50.0 | and then come back for a visit. |
1:52.0 | When I go home, I'm sure they still think I'm too fit all inside. |
1:59.0 | One day, Jesse Reyes was in her parents' kitchen in Toronto, Canada, |
2:03.0 | trying to post on Instagram for her 1.5 million followers. |
2:08.0 | I was trying to do a story of me singing a cover. |
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