{"id":492855,"date":"2026-03-26T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/non-classifiee-2\/interview-with-jorja-smith-i-feel-blessed-to-be-able-to-help-people-feel-less-alone\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:00:35","slug":"interview-with-jorja-smith-i-feel-blessed-to-be-able-to-help-people-feel-less-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/music\/interview-with-jorja-smith-i-feel-blessed-to-be-able-to-help-people-feel-less-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with magnetic British R&#8217;n&#8217;B star Jorja Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cb-carousel cb-single-slide\" data-slick=\"{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1,&quot;speed&quot;:300,&quot;arrows&quot;:true,&quot;dots&quot;:false,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:3000,&quot;infinite&quot;:true,&quot;responsive&quot;:[{&quot;breakpoint&quot;:769,&quot;settings&quot;:{&quot;slidesToShow&quot;:1,&quot;slidesToScroll&quot;:1}}]}\">\n            No content found for block ID: 474457<br><\/div>\n\n\n<p>She has been compared to <strong>Lauryn Hill<\/strong> and to her idol <strong>Amy Winehouse<\/strong>, and she admires <strong>Alicia Keys<\/strong> and <strong>Rihanna<\/strong>. But make no mistake, <strong>Jorja Smith<\/strong> is like no other. Since her smashing debut in 2016 with the single <em>Blue Lights<\/em>, a moving anthem against police violence, the 26-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/en\/mode\/jorja-smith-serie-mode-numero-223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English singer<\/a> has imprinted her sensual, soulful voice, her authenticity and her beautiful face on R\u2019n\u2019B music at a global scale. After a splendid debut album, <em>Lost &amp; Found<\/em>, which quickly found its audience, and collaborations with <strong>Drake<\/strong>, <strong>Burna Boy<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/en\/musique\/kendrick-lamar-taylour-paige-we-cry-together-court-metrage-oscars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>, <strong>Stormzy<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/en\/musique\/kali-uchis-interview-no-hay-ley-jorja-smith-sza-sin-medio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kali Uchis<\/a>, the artist has now opened a new chapter in her already very busy life.<br \/><br \/>The artist who has walked for<strong> Marine Serre<\/strong> and was named <strong>Dior<\/strong> <strong>makeup<\/strong> ambassador, released the languid, bold opus <strong><em>Falling or Flying<\/em><\/strong> in September 2023. A record that speaks of love and of \u201c<em>laying oneself bare in a very critical world while (one has) always been (one\u2019s) own first critic<\/em>,\u201d set against a backdrop of pop, house, rock and R&amp;B.<br \/><br \/>As she dropped the single <strong><em>Price Of It All<\/em><\/strong> (2026) a few days ago, featured on the soundtrack of the\u00a0comedy-drama series <strong><em>Bait<\/em><\/strong>, created by and starring <strong>Riz Ahmed<\/strong>, <em>Num\u00e9ro<\/em> looks back on our interview with this powerful, yet vulnerable Gen Z icon, followed by nearly 4 million fans on Instagram. Throwback to an open-hearted conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorja Smith - Falling or flying (Reimagined)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kYe3fa6vjp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2>Interview with singer Jorja Smith<em><br \/><br \/><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Nume\u0301ro<\/em>: Why did you choose to title your new album <\/strong><em><strong>Falling or Flying<\/strong><\/em><strong>?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Jorja Smith: <\/strong>There\u2019s a song on the album called <em>Falling or Flying<\/em>, but the name of the album has nothing to do with that song. It came out of a conversation with one of my best friends. I was telling her how I was feeling, explaining that I didn\u2019t know whether I was falling or flying. It\u2019s a feeling that emerged almost three years ago, and I started to create that album around that time. I couldn\u2019t tell whether I was doing well, whether I was happy or sad, whether I was losing or winning. The ones who know me well know that I\u2019ve never really found myself in that in-between. I\u2019m either one thing or the other. For instance, I\u2019m either obsessed with something, or can\u2019t focus at all. The title also represents the album, because when you listen to it, it flies, then falls, then topples over again, like a roller-coaster. So listening to it might make you want to laugh and cry at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did this album come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the first time I\u2019ve started an album almost from scratch. I only had about three songs already written. I created this record with my producer friends from the duo DameDame in a quite free and organic way, with no deadlines. I\u2019ve known one of the members since I was 15. We just got together and had fun. We ate, talked and spontaneously wrote songs. <em>Lost &amp; Found<\/em>, the first album I released in 2018 was imagined very differently, as a collection of songs that I had already performed on stage and wrote between the ages of 16 and 18. I started singing at a very young age, especially in front of an audience, without necessarily wanting to become famous for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where does the inspiration for your lyrics stem from? They address themes such as complicated feelings of love, the judgment of others, and the chaos that surrounds us&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>I drew my inspiration from life in general, from conversations I\u2019ve had with friends about what\u2019s happening in the world and from my existence. I asked myself, \u201cHow do we feel?\u201d, \u201cHow do I feel?\u201d Releasing this album is like closing a book, or rather a diary. I feel like writing these songs has made me become a woman. I was really a child at the time <em>Lost &amp; Found <\/em>came out in 2018. I\u2019m still young though, I\u2019m 26, but I know more about who I am today. I feel like I\u2019ve been through a lot since I started in the music industry. Life has changed so much and I have changed too, whether it is in the way I deal with things or how I set limits for myself. There are so many different viewpoints and feelings I want to talk about today.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorja Smith - Falling or flying\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_O0lUA_lPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Now<em> that I have moved back to my hometown, I feel less stressed about not releasing new music at a fast pace<\/em>.\u201d Jorja Smith<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are all the songs about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not all of them. I also get inspired by people, even when I listen to these songs again afterward, it feels like I\u2019m singing them for myself. Take the song <em>She feels<\/em>, for instance. Originally, I was talking about a friend. Then, as I started singing it in front of my mirror while doing my hair, I thought: \u201cOh, my God, I\u2019m singing it to myself.\u201d Even if I try to write about other people, it always ends up being about me (laughs).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2021, you left London, where you had been living for a while, and decided to move back to your hometown, Walsall, in the West Midlands, 150 miles away from the British capital&#8230; <\/strong>I moved to London when I was 18. I just wanted to explore, get out and experience life. I thought that I needed to be in a big city to do music. A lot of my friends also moved to London, so I wasn\u2019t alone there. I made new friends too. Then everything ramped up very quickly with the release of <em>Blue Lights <\/em>in 2018 on streaming platforms. I went on tour, so I was away from my apartment for quite a while, always busy and moving at a frantic pace. In 2020, the covid pandemic happened and I spent lockdown in London. At that point, I think that I associated very negative feelings with the city. So I felt the need to go back home, where I grew up. Anyway, home had been calling me back for ages.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>You missed your hometown&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I really missed home. Now that I\u2019m back, I feel like I have a new-found balance. I feel less stressed about not releasing new music at a rapid pace. This is my home, so I don\u2019t feel anxious or nervous. I don\u2019t know if it was because of the constant noise, or the fact that I couldn\u2019t see the sky, but I felt a lot of pressure when living in London. I love London and I love everything it has given me. I love spending the night out when I\u2019m there. But working with my friends from DameDame took me back to my teenage years, and reconnected me with my younger self. I remembered who I used to be before I moved to London. I used to play the piano all the time, go for walks alone or with my dog. I\u2019ve taken up the piano again since I came back. Life is slower here. Everything\u2019s calmer. Everyone knows everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorja Smith - Try Me\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gUn6i9bfdRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Music is there for you to interpret as you see fit, whether it makes you cry, smile, or feel less alone<\/em>.\u201d Jorja Smith<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you read the comments made about your songs on YouTube or elsewhere?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so lucky to be able to help people feel less alone through my music, and most of the comments I receive are kind ones. But the problem is that when you read nice comments, you\u2019re bound to come across a negative one and if I\u2019m having a bad day, it can really get me down. Fortunately, my manager sent me some screenshots of beautiful comments that really moved me.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Many people online have shared that your songs have helped them heal from heartbreak. Do you think about how your songs will be received when you write them?<\/strong><br \/>I feel that whatever you do, someone will always have an opinion, a comment or understand something that may not be wrong, but will change the original meaning or what you actually wanted to say. And that vagueness is what I love about music. That\u2019s why it exists. Music is there for you to interpret as you see fit, whether it makes you cry, smile, or feel less alone. A lot of people interpret my single <em>Go Go Go <\/em>as a breakup song.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>It can also be seen as an empowering song&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it wasn\u2019t a breakup song in my mind when I imagined it. It\u2019s a song that means \u201cfuck you.\u201d For this track, I asked myself, \u201cwhy can\u2019t I just hang out with someone without them feeling the need to talk about our relationship to others?\u201d and \u201cwhy do people need to gossip about others?\u201d Yet, everyone can hear what they want in it. The same thing happened to me when I was listening to <em>Stronger Than Me <\/em>(2003) by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.numero.com\/en\/music\/amy-winehouse-grammy-museum-los-angeles-back-to-black-frank-mark-ronson-gil-cang-camden-town-death-exhibition-dolce-gabbana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Winehouse<\/a> as a child. As I sang along, I didn\u2019t quite understand what she was talking about. Then, one day, when I was 18 or 19, I started talking to boys and had my first relationship, so I listened to that song differently. A lot of things were going on in my head as I listened to the lyrics. It\u2019s amazing how a song can radically change its meaning when you rediscover it ten years later and then go through the same thing as its author did when she wrote it.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorja Smith - Little Things\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqtDXcwX61I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<em>I just want to take people on a journey with my songs, whether they&#8217;re thinking about their present, past or future<\/em>.\u201d Jorja Smith<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>On your new album, we can hear a wide range of sounds from R\u2019n\u2019B to pop and rock&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I listen to a lot of different genres. If I like a specific sound, I\u2019m going to want to sing to it. Some people might say, \u201cOh, I didn\u2019t expect that song from you. It doesn\u2019t sound like you.\u201d But if they knew me well, they would know that this was not so unexpected for me. I am my music, so it sounds like me. It\u2019s not just a job. There are so many different genres that I love, so I don\u2019t want to pigeonhole myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your music videos are well-thought-out, especially the one for <\/strong><em><strong>Try Me<\/strong><\/em><strong>, in which you embody a bullfighter dominating a dancer who personifies \u201cthe world and its opinions beyond my control\u201d in a limestone quarry in Les Baux-de-Provence, a town in the South of France&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no rules regarding my music videos. <em>Try Me <\/em>was the first single from my album, so I released this wild, incredible, abstract and very thought-out video, with a narrative that wasn\u2019t rooted in reality. But then, when I released the video for <em>Little Things<\/em>, which plunges us into a party where you can seduce anyone with a single glance, and the one for <em>Go Go Go<\/em>, shot in Marseille, in which I wear one look only. I was gradually craving small elements that felt real. I don\u2019t need to act in my videos, I just need to be myself. I like to be myself and that\u2019s what I have recently realized.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>What message are you trying to convey through your music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just want my music to exist so that people who listen to it can feel something, whether it\u2019s joy, nostalgia or the desire to change something in their lives, and maybe feel what I\u2019ve experienced too. Since I started out, I\u2019ve just wanted to take people on a journey with my songs, whether they\u2019re thinking about their present, past, future, or want to send that song to someone because they feel it will help them have a good day or get through a difficult situation. I\u2019ve already found myself in a situation where I would play my music in front of someone who wasn\u2019t a fan, and wasn\u2019t really listening to me. Then that person changed their mind and said, \u201cOh my God, you\u2019re talking to me now.\u201d I hope I can connect with people that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Price Of It All (2026) by Jorja Smith, available now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Traduction Emma Naroumbo Armaing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jorja Smith - GO GO GO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LMMXg_ecrSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics 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