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The new Jessie J single: is it any good?

Don't ask us, we obviously haven't heard it, but:

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1. This image is brilliant. It's a shame they're not using it for the official artwork but we suppose it might be a bit 'Jesusy' for that. Anyway we suppose the main point of the image and us saying it's brilliant is that it's quite bold and cha­ris­matic and unusual but also inter­est­ing, ie all the things Jessie herself is on a good day.

2. She's done 'Wild' — for that is the name of the song under dis­cus­sion — acous­tic­ally already. There are clips knocking around, as you may have seen, but we haven't listened to the clips because we don't want any 'spoilers' and there's no better way of 'spoiling' an amazing song than having to endure it acous­tic­ally. If you would like to watch/hear the song, you can do that here. WARNING: ACOUSTICISM FOLLOWS.

If there's anything you think we need to know, tell us in the comments below.

3. One of the main things missing from the acoustic version is Dizzee Rascal, whose hard-to-secure services Jessie has somehow managed to obtain for her new tune. (Big Sean is on it as well.) We have mixed feelings about artists making comebacks with big guest stars. It feels like it dilutes the impact of the big reveal, and Iin moments like this the spotlight should really just be on the star making the comeback. Roping in rappers isn't a sign of weakness or nervous­ness per se and we're not saying Dizzee and Sean have been intro­duced as a response to some perceived need to underline Jessie's position as a more dynamic and 'young' artist in the face of com­pet­i­tion from someone like Emeli Sandé, but it's a shame 'Wild' won't be the big 'LOOK AT ME I'M BACK AND I'M AMAZING' moment it could have been.

4. We're not so keen on the new logo.

JESSIE-J-LOGOS

Although it's quite inter­est­ing that both logos have exactly the same dimen­sions. (THAT'S NOT INTERESTING IN ANY POSSIBLE SENSE — THE WORLD)

5. Anyway the single's premier­ing on Sunday, probably as part of some insuf­fer­able hashtag jamboree (she's already suggested that we get '#WILD'), so keep your eye on Twitter over the weekend then let's meet back here on Monday morning to discuss what's 'gone down'. Jessie J is generally a good pop thing so we're hoping for a 9/10 belter here.

In the meantime, and in the words of the image we've just nicked off Jessie's official Facebook page:

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Very true.