Jess Glynne: I’m here to sell music, not sex

Glynne said she wouldn't have a team if their aim was for her to look sexier 
Hits: Jess Glynne performing at Annabel’s
Dave Benett
Alistair Foster11 October 2018
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Jess Glynne says she would never strip off to sell records and would not tolerate anyone who asked her to flaunt herself.

The singer, 28, told A-List: “If my team told me to be sexier, they wouldn’t be my team. I’m not here to sell sex — I’m here to sell music. I want people to know me for my music.”

Glynne made the comments as she was joined by Rudimental, Tinie Tempah, Holliday Grainger and Joshua Kane at Annabel’s in Mayfair to celebrate the launch of her second album Always In Between presented by Beats.

Explaining the title, she said: “It sums up the last three years of my life, having been here, there and everywhere — an in-between state of mind. I have learned to put myself first. The album’s about saying, ‘You are enough’.”

The singer scored her seventh number one this summer with I’ll Be There, making her the British female solo artist to hold the most number ones.

Describing why she talks about her private life in her lyrics but not in public, she added: “I write songs that I want people to hear and the rest is mine. That’s important for my own sanity.”

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