Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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In a preview of this week's episode of Pop Pantheon: All Access, Louie and Russ gather to discuss British pop star Jessie Ware's fifth studio album, the disco-homaging That! Feels Good!, which dropped a couple weeks ago and where it fits into the broader disco revival which began in 2020 with Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, DJ Louis here. Just dropping a preview of our latest Patreon episode on our Pop Pantheon All Access channel in which Russ and I are discussing Jesse Ware's fifth studio album, That Feels Good, which dropped a couple of weeks ago and positioning it in the broader disco revival that began in 2020 with Duolipa's future nostalgia. We're talking about what this record is doing well, what we like about it, and also |
| 0:24.2 | what makes Jesse a unique pop diva that is operating in this broader space where many |
| 0:30.2 | of our pop girlies are out here employing disco to various ends and putting their own stamp on |
| 0:37.4 | it. So this was a really fun conversation. This is a preview of it. If you enjoy what you hear, you can go to patreon.com slash pop pantheon or click the link in the show notes of this episode to hear the rest, plus the rest of all of our bonus content, access to our Discord channel, et cetera, et cetera. So here is a preview of that episode. Are you ready to chat a little bit about that feels good? |
| 0:56.8 | That feels good. |
| 0:59.0 | Shania was jealous when she saw that title. |
| 1:03.0 | All right, so Jesse brought back James Ford for this album, |
| 1:07.0 | but also brought on Stuart Price, who is best known for his work on Madonna's 2005 album. Confessions |
| 1:13.3 | on a dance floor, one of her greatest works. Another thing you could sort of like place in some sort |
| 1:19.4 | of disco revival. I mean, again, a house record, but these things are very, very fluid. Yeah, |
| 1:24.7 | one of the biggest tracks off it, sampling Abba, who is a act out of the Distisco era. |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.5 | And also another one samples I feel love. |
| 1:32.6 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:37.7 | So this was preceded by the single Free Yourself, which came out way back in July 2020. |
| 1:47.0 | Then Pearls, the single came out in February. |
| 1:50.0 | And just two weeks before the album, we got one last single, Begin Again. |
| 1:54.0 | It has received very positive reviews. |
| 1:57.0 | Right now, it's sitting at an 89 on Metacritic. |
| 2:00.0 | I checked and that is her career best |
| 2:02.4 | score. Louie, let's start up. What were you expecting or hoping for in the lead up to this album? |
| 2:08.2 | Was it highly anticipated in terms of 2023 albums for you? Yeah, because I really liked what's your |
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