Jessica Wilde Drops New Single “Here Right Now”: Like she just swallowed whole the book of Eckhart Tolle’s ‘Power Of Now’, an influential work often cited by Madonna and Kendrick Lamar, and then went on a trip on P-Funk’s Mothership with Prince and Bootsy Collins strapped in for the ride, highly acclaimed and much-loved singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and South London native Jessica Wilde is back with a thought-provoking new single, “Here Right Now“. This release turns up the heat for her highly anticipated new album dropping this summer, which has already gained heavy support from BBC R1 tastemakers Jack Saunders and Jess Iszatt, who said, “We get excited every time we get a new track in our inbox from Jessica Wilde”.
“‘Here Right Now’ is a song for the times,” exclaims Jessica Wilde. “In an age of everyone glued to their screens, missing the beauty of life all around, this is an anthem to wake and shake us up, to bring us back to the now!”
The inspiration for “Here Right Now” struck Wilde during a tube ride where she tried to catch the eyes of a cute guy across the carriage, only to notice he was too busy looking at his devices. This moment led her to reflect on the current state of the world, greedy politicians out of touch with reality, consumerism, and a hustle mentality that has us chasing material gains to feed the ego while missing the true joys of life that exist only in the present moment. Wilde chants, “Come back to the… Here right Nowwww”.
The track follows her recent singles “FADE”, co-written with multi-platinum selling writer James Newman, who penned Rudimental’s Brit Award-winning song “Waiting All Night” with Ella Eyre, “Freak Out”, “Feathers” with Zoe Kypri, and “Love Like This” with Josh Barry, also from the forthcoming new album. These singles stirred up serious heat with multiple spins on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Future Artists’, BBC Introducing, and a recent in-studio interview and live performance on BBC Radio London with Carrie and David Grant. The airplay from John Kennedy at Radio X and editorial playlist support across Spotify, Apple, TIDAL, YouTube Music, Pandora, along with features in CLASH, Complex, Wonderland, The Independent, and more, has further amplified Wilde’s presence.
Not only does Wilde’s artistry continue to impress music lovers and tastemakers alike, but so does her ‘PxSSY PWR’ platform, created in response to the disparity in support for male artists over female artists. The residency at Hootanany Brixton has become a major platform for some of the most exciting underground female and non-binary artists, including sold-out shows with the likes of Etta Bond, IYAMAH, Zoe Kypri, and Tamaraebi, to name a few.
‘PxSSY PWR’, fronted by Wilde’s fierce, unapologetic, comedic, pink-wigged, and biro-smoking alter ego, ‘ya gurl Charlene’, also boasts its own radio show, clothing line in collaboration with FAME Magazine, and will return to Secret Garden Party Festival this summer to take over the Noir Organics stage.
