It is an unfortunate coincidence that in a year when dancfloors around the world were closed, Jessie Ware produced one of the best dance records in recent memory. Her fourth album, What’s Your Pleasure?, is an ecstatic celebration of sweaty clubs and passionate romance that proudly wears its influences on its sleeve: the sharp, art-world disco of late ’70s New York, the flirtatious pop of ’00s Kylie Minogue, and the open-hearted anthems of Robyn. It was one of 2020’s highlights and also marks a turning point in Ware’s career, moving her towards a sound more in-tune with her outgoing personality.
Following 2017’s , Ware’s career had felt in retreat, trading the club-adjacent pop of her early work for a more conventional radio-friendly sound. reasserts her place in alternative music. It’s fortunate too that the album has also sparked a commercial renaissance, earning her two Brit Award nominations and her first UK top five album in eight years. Jessie Ware is back on top—and she’s doing it]
