{"id":33476,"date":"2020-05-29T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=33476"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T19:34:30","slug":"premiere-jessie-hyde-debut-ep-unsupervised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-jessie-hyde-debut-ep-unsupervised\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIERE: Jessie Hyde Finds Catalyst for Healing on Debut EP UNSUPERVISED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870-324x216.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jessie-Hyde-e1590694177870-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jessie Hyde had no clue how cathartic making her first EP would be. With a background in modeling, tech, and entrepreneurship (as the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glucosegoddess\/\">Glucose Goddess<\/a>), songwriting revealed itself after an especially brutal breakup. She knew she had to rediscover herself, and through her writing, greatly influenced by Katie Melua and Norah Jones, she found the peace she long desired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking music and releasing this first EP has changed my life. I gained a connection to a calling that I didn\u2019t know existed inside of me, and it makes me feel more authentic,\u201d the San Francisco singer-songwriter tells Audiofemme. \u201cI found a refuge in music, a new nook in which to ground, extract and sublimate my feelings. Making music also invited incredible people into my life, and I\u2019m so thankful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hyde\u2019s EP, called <em>UNSUPERVISED<\/em>, is raw and barebones in tone and structure, as she sifts through the rubble of her aching heart. A minimalist by nature, she rebuilds boundaries in her life with opener \u201cCharity,\u201d crunchy flickers pulsating against a bedrock of keyboard. A heavenly serenity sprouts from her fingertips, even when her lyrics are coarse and unapologetic. Therein lies her greatest strength.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, she braids together her French roots (she was born in Basque Country and later raised in Paris) with \u201cPetite Fille,\u201d a gritty, fear-confronting setpiece. Then, \u201cPerpetuate\u201d closes the release with a choir of songbirds, whose tender warbles backdrop her liberation as she finally, once and for all, declares her self-worth. \u201cMy shadow eats pieces of all the women before me,\u201d she sings, cutting the shackles of the past.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1028310031%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-MqVHnCRsUBN&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hyde is a monster of instinct, driven to bend her raw, intense emotions into her songwriting. Over the last seven or eight months, she came to understand the importance of honesty in her work, as well as how to define a singular voice. \u201cInspiration starts with a feeling. I can\u2019t write unless I am experiencing a feeling. I can\u2019t force it or tell myself that the next song I\u2019ll write will be about this or that,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt happens in the moment. A feeling comes up inside me, I find a pen and paper as quickly as possible, and I write words immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She is also \u201cat the mercy of some sort of creative god when it comes time to go to my keyboard and try to put the words onto a melody,\u201d she admits. \u201cI just write words first; I never know what the song is going to sound like until I get to the keyboard. I get excited and nervous as my hands hover over the keys, and I try out a chord progression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chords, melody, and words fly from her being, erupting from some dark crevice in her soul, and even when the parts don\u2019t quite fit together, there is still a lesson to be learned. She surrenders herself to the process, and whatever will be will be. \u201cI don\u2019t get hard on myself if it doesn\u2019t work. It\u2019s not about me. It\u2019s about something I can\u2019t control,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>As much emotion spins around on only four songs, there is an equal two-ton weight still hovering over her heart. The process of healing, from the dark depths of pain to enlightenment, is never really over. \u201cWriting songs is the best catalyst for healing that I\u2019ve ever found. When I have a rough day, feel overwhelmed or sad, I write a song about it in my bedroom and turn the tears into lyrics,\u201d she says. \u201cI extract the pain through this process, and that\u2019s how I heal the wounds. I\u2019ve been through the most growth and healing of my life since I started making music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fear continues haunting her, however, and it\u2019ll take even more time to mend those wounds. \u201cI was really nervous that [this EP] would be bad. I was nervous [about] what people would think once I made the music public. My fear told me that I needed to find a co-writer, a partner, or someone to make the beats, give me their opinion, stir me into a \u2018better\u201d direction.\u2019 I felt insecure and like my work wasn\u2019t professional enough,\u201d she says. \u201cUltimately, I worked through the fear and realized, you know, I\u2019m just proud of myself for doing it and putting something out and learning so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jessie Hyde stakes her claim with <em>UNSUPERVISED<\/em>, a four-song anthology of her life, coursing from songs about \u201cboys boys boys\u201d to \u201cmore interesting territory\u201d around womanhood and fearlessness. \u201cI know I speak from pure truth and am not scared of telling things like they are. I have a lot to say as it relates to being honest with ourselves and others, having compassion for our process, and making space for healing and finding our power as women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Jessie Hyde on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jessiehydemusic\/\">Facebook<\/a> for ongoing updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Jessie Hyde had no clue how cathartic making her first EP would be. With a background in modeling, tech, and entrepreneurship (as the founder of Glucose Goddess), songwriting revealed itself after an especially brutal breakup. 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