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Jessie J belts her heart out on her stunning new single "Who You Are" that is the title track of her debut LP. The song comes along with a brand-new video that perfectly emphasizes the intensity of Jessie's vocal performance. Set in a sparse bedroom without any visual distractions, Jessie faces the camera head on and shares her story about being true to who you are no matter what others tell you. 

"Who You Are" tells a very personal story that Jessie lived through when she lived in Los Angeles to work on her music and her aspirations were hanging on a thread. "The most important thing in life is to be happy, but everything had become too business and sterile," she explains. "I really thought I was going to quit—not music, but the music industry. It wasn't easy."

Jessie explains that writing "Who You Are" helped her cope with her struggle. "Instead of giving up, I wanted to write a song for myself to keep me going," she explains. "I had this lyric "don't loose yourself in the blur of the stars' and I really want to write a song about never editing who you are to please other people."

She adds, "Even a lyric like "you left the real me on the shelf' that was my way of saying that my label wanted me to be someone who I was not. 'Who You Are' really saved my musical life. It saved my belief in being artist and now it is saving other people. I want people to have a song that they can listen to, have a cry for 3 minutes and then move on."

The video for the "Who You Are" perfectly captures that raw emotion that ends with a rainstorm that washes away the tears and sorrow to make way for a fresh new start. Watch the video for "Who You Are" after the break.