The 22-year-old Dubliner singer Jessy Rose made a splash with Dublin R&B trio Hare Squead, signing to Columbia Records with the group in 2016.
A year later and Rose suffered a mental health crisis which prompted him to leave the group who have since continued as a duo.
Rose took some time to work on those issues and he returned to music working with producers like Felix Joseph, Hoskins and SG Lewis and a co-write on Mahalia’s song ‘Sober’.
Earlier this year, Rose featured on Ben Esser’s track ‘Daily’ and on Friday, his first solo single ‘Bloom’ dropped.
‘Bloom’ is a piano-lead ballad about coming through the storm and feeling good once again buoyed by falling in love. “I feel the sun inside my chest,” Rose sings. “A flower’s bloom is merely a fraction of what you represent.”
Welcome back, Jessy Rose.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
