MONSTER

Jessie Berg has no time for dishonesty. The 22-year old singer-songwriter’s pop catalog reads like a series of late-night texts set to music, brashly vulnerable beneath a casual surface. Buoyed by her lilting vocals, Jessie’s beat-driven tracks may seem breezy on the surface, but her passion for telling her story without a filter make them all the more dynamic and infectious. “Sometimes it’s the only way I can truly get out what I’m trying to say or express exactly how I feel,” says Jessie of songwriting, who cites emotionally-driven female storytellers like Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, and Cher as her main influences.

As a storyteller in her own right, pop music has been the ideal platform for Jessie, who has recently found herself in the studio with a number of collaborators, including The Aristocrats and The Rascals. Over the past year, she has proven her commitment to grow her catalog and develop her own identity as a young artist. The result is a collection of dizzyingly honest, irresistible pop songs packed with all the drama and thrill of being young. “I want people to be able to relate to my music and me, so I have to be honest in my writing. I don’t see myself ever putting something out that I’m not 100% passionate about.”