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\n\tJessi<\/a>, a veteran of the K-pop music<\/a> scene, is opening up about her new album, P.M.S<\/em>., or Pretty Mood Swings<\/em>, and how she\u2019s feeling after a tough year.<\/p>\n \n\tThe 37-year-old New York native is energized to speak, stopping by The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2019s L.A. office during a recent press trip. In addition to speaking about the new album \u2014 which she says is a way to show fans the different sides of herself\u00a0\u2014 Jessi is sharing how she\u2019s feeling for the first time after a controversy stemming from an alleged assault between a fan and someone who was reported to be connected to someone in her party at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cObviously, it was a really unfortunate situation, but I\u2019m just so glad that it came to light and the truth came out,\u201d Jessi says on the matter. \u201cFor me, obviously it was hard because I didn\u2019t have a voice to speak, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBelow, Jessi speaks with THR<\/em> about P.M.S., why she wants to make her fans feel confident with her music and how she\u2019s coping after a feeling like she didn\u2019t have a voice to speak her thoughts.<\/p>\n \n\tCan you tell me about your new EP? <\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tP.M.S.<\/em>, [or] pretty mood swings, is my new album name. I\u2019ve been taking a break for a year, and it\u2019s just pretty much all my moods in this album. That\u2019s why I named it Pretty Mood Swings<\/em>. A lot of emotions and different types of moods. Being a bad girl, a bad B [but] also being vulnerable and being very sentimental. There\u2019s a girly side.<\/p>\n \n\tI wanted normalize mood swings because people look at it as almost a negative thing. When people say mood swings, they\u2019re like, \u201cOh my gosh, she has mood swings.\u201d People kind of look down on it, but I think it should be very normalized because we all go through it, and it\u2019s normal.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s really interesting to hear you talk about these different sides to yourself because I do think for a lot of your career, you\u2019ve have a very distinct public persona of being, for lack of a better term, a bad bitch. What is like to get a bit more vulnerable?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWe\u2019re all going through life changes, right? And I\u2019m getting older, getting more mature, growth, just living life. That\u2019s why I wanted, for this album in particular [to show my fans that] this is not all of it. I feel like my fans deserve it. I owe it to myself. I owe it to my fans. I feel like they wanted to know what I\u2019ve been through, and I think this was the perfect time for me to share a different genre of music.<\/p>\n \n\tI always have to make a bad bitch song (like title song \u201cGirls Like Me\u201d) because for me, I always try to empower women to be confident. Even if you aren\u2019t always confident, it\u2019s a reminder that you can listen to this song and feel confident. That\u2019s the beauty of music, and that\u2019s why I love doing music. I that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve authentically just done. It wasn\u2019t like somebody told me to do it.<\/p>\n \n\tAs a kid, I think that was the only thing I would write about. I think it was also a reminder to myself. Some days are good, some days are shit, right? But at the end of the day, I\u2019m still human. Because of my fans, I\u2019m here. I ain\u2019t shit without my fans. I am nobody without my fans, so I keep wanting to constantly remind that with my music that you\u2019re still that bad B.<\/p>\n \n\tDo you think just naturally over time you started to write about the softer side of yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYeah [because] I\u2019m not always loud. See, that\u2019s the thing. That\u2019s the persona that you get on television because I\u2019m also an entertainer. What you see is what you get. I am very outspoken, and I always will stand up for myself, because nobody\u2019s going to stand up for me. That\u2019s why I always have this aura and stuff like that. But I\u2019m also human, I have emotions, I have feelings. I go through mood swings. There\u2019s pros and cons to it because it\u2019s like having this aura of being Jessi and everyone\u2019s like, \u201cShe\u2019s so strong,\u201d but sometimes I\u2019m not strong. Sometimes I want to go home and have someone to cry to. When they see that side of me, they don\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019ve been through a lot in life, and I had to really ground myself. Even if I fell, I knew how to get back up. That\u2019s one thing that I\u2019m really blessed with with my family because I had a lot of tough love growing up, and I was never handed a silver spoon when I was in Korea. I was almost an outcast out there too. Even though I\u2019m Korean, I\u2019m American at the same time. For them they were like, \u201cOh, who is this loud girl?\u201d Whatever. It didn\u2019t really work out in the beginning. But after 10 years of bloodshed and tears of work, it worked out, so I believe that everything has a timing, a place. I\u2019m just really grateful for every moment. I\u2019m still learning till this day, and I\u2019m growing and learning and just living life.<\/p>\n \n\tYou\u2019ve had a lot of different labels throughout your career, made changes and you\u2019ve seen a lot of different facets of this industry. Now, you\u2019re working as an independent artist, which I imagine given some of the labels you had been a part of and understanding they run, is probably a really nice feeling to have more agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWell, you have to [remember] I was 14 [when I signed with an agency]. At that time, I had like a nine-year contract.<\/p>\n \n\tWow.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019ve been through five or six companies. I\u2019ve done all my time in [each] company. A lot of people think like, \u201cOh my God, why does she keep switching companies?\u201d For me, I only live once. I\u2019m not going to stay in one company for the rest of my life. I want to grow. I want to see what\u2019s out there. I\u2019m a lot more aware of everything, what\u2019s going on. When I\u2019m in a company, not by choice, but I just kind of catch [on to] things real fast. When it comes to music videos, creative stuff, I\u2019m very hands-on with everything.<\/p>\n \n\tI think after it was P Nation, that\u2019s when I really figured out \u2026 He still wanted to work with me, but I was like, \u201cYou know what? Oppa, let me shine. Let me go out there. If I fail, I fail, but at least I could tell myself that I did it.\u201d He really respected that side because he was like, \u201cYou know what? I was like that too. It\u2019s going to be hard, Jess, but for me, I feel like you\u2019re going to be able to do it.\u201d For me, I\u2019m just really thankful in a sense because a lot of people, they just look at the narrative and be like, \u201cOh my God, she keeps switching.\u201d It\u2019s not because I was a problem. I left. I did all my time. I\u2019m just about learning new things. I like taking risks, challenges and stuff like that.<\/p>\n \n\tI know you\u2019ve had a pretty difficult time over the past year. How do you feel right now? I assume what you\u2019ve been going through can take a mental toll on you.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tFor sure.<\/p>\n \n\tYou probably don\u2019t feel super motivated to work at times when you have a lot of other things going on.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThis is actually the first time I actually talked about this. I get emotional. I feel like narratives change. People kind of see something, and they\u2019ll change the narrative. You know how the internet is these days, and just the world. Obviously, it was a really unfortunate situation, but I\u2019m just so glad that it came to light and the truth came out. For me, obviously it was hard because I didn\u2019t have a voice to speak, you know.<\/p>\n \n\tSorry, this is my first time talking about it. (Tearing up<\/em>).<\/p>\n \n\tNo, it\u2019s fine. Take your time.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI knew the day would come, someone [was] going to bring it up. But I wanted someone to bring it up.<\/p>\n \n\tI assume you wanted to have a voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tYeah and because I\u2019m such a vocal person. The fact that I wasn\u2019t able to speak about this, I think it was eating me alive. That\u2019s why I had to take a year off. I had to take a step back and realize life is unfair. However, it is what it is. I have to keep pushing through, and I think that was my fans who motivated me to be stronger. They saw the truth. Even though I am innocent, people are going to take the narrative and take it wherever they want to. Even if the truth is out there, they\u2019re going to still stick with their narrative, you know?<\/p>\n \n\tYeah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the end of day, there\u2019s really no winning in that sense. It was a very unfortunate situation, for sure. But I\u2019m just glad that I have my fans who supported me throughout the whole situation and really flooded me with so much support and love.<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019m not in the best place, obviously. I\u2019m not mentally in the best place. I\u2019m a very vocal person, like I said. I always stick up for myself. But I was in a very situation where I wasn\u2019t able to really talk about it because it was a lot of misunderstandings. It was kind of like a situation like, \u201cIf I talk about it, people are going to say this. If I don\u2019t talk about it \u2026\u201d It was kind of like, maybe I should just step back for a second. Maybe I need to heal. I feel like some things happen for a reason as well too.<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019m definitely learning every day and growing and figuring out life. Even the people I hang out with or the people that are surrounding me. It\u2019s growing. At the same time, I\u2019m always a strong girl, but I don\u2019t want to show this side to people because it\u2019s a very \u2026 It\u2019s not a sensitive topic. However, it just got misconstrued, and everything got all like \u2026 The narrative kept changing, and it was just weird. I\u2019m glad the truth came to light, and I\u2019m just still pushing through for my fans and the people who love me. This is just one little thing Leading to that, that\u2019s why my album is called P.M.S.<\/em>, like my mood swings. You\u2019ll see like a lot of different sides of me. I\u2019m just trying to be a strong person right now, not going to lie.<\/p>\n \n\tIt\u2019s OK. I cry plenty, you don\u2019t have to feel bad about that.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI feel like crying, though, is something that I was always scared of talking about, like crying and being vulnerable. I also think being a bad bitch, is admitting and being vulnerable, that\u2019s such a strong thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jessi, a veteran of the K-pop music scene, is opening up about her new album, P.M.S., or Pretty Mood Swings, and how she\u2019s feeling after a tough year. The 37-year-old New York native is energized to speak, stopping by The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s L.A. office during a recent press trip. 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