Jazzy Celebrates Dublin on New Single “My People” Ahead of Debut Album

Dublin dance star Jazzy is bringing things back home with “My People,” an electrifying new single that celebrates the city, community and people who shaped her, arriving ahead of her debut album Peace & Patience and the biggest headline show of her career.

Released August 7 via Chaos Records, “My People” finds Jazzy turning the momentum of her rapid international rise into something more personal. Where recent releases have reinforced her ability to make records built for enormous dance floors, the new track connects that euphoric house sound directly to her Dublin roots.

Written by Jazzy alongside Mark Ralph, Theo Hutchcraft and Guillaume Alric of The Blaze, “My People” combines sleek dance-pop production with the warmth and immediacy that have increasingly become hallmarks of Jazzy’s music. Ralph’s credits include work with artists including Becky Hill and Skepta, while Hutchcraft is one half of HURTS and Alric is one half of French electronic duo The Blaze.

The release follows “Invisible,” Jazzy’s bass-house collaboration with Chris Lorenzo, but “My People” changes the perspective. Instead of looking outward toward another crossover collaboration, Jazzy puts her own story at the center of the record, creating a love letter to the place she came from at a moment when her career is taking her increasingly far beyond it.

That connection to Dublin is particularly fitting given what is coming next.

Jazzy will release her debut studio album, Peace & Patience, on October 23. One day later, she will return home for the largest headline performance of her career at Dublin’s 3Arena on October 24, giving the album release what amounts to a massive hometown celebration.

The 3Arena show anchors Jazzy’s newly announced Peace & Patience headline tour, which continues across the U.K. and Ireland through December. The run includes Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory on November 13, Belfast’s Telegraph Building on November 14, Leeds’ Mint Warehouse on November 20, Newcastle’s Digital on November 21, Bristol’s Document on November 28, London’s The Cause on December 11 and Glasgow’s SWG3 on December 19.

Before her own tour begins, Jazzy is spending the summer on substantially larger stages.

She is joining Calvin Harris as main support for a series of major outdoor shows, extending a relationship that previously produced their collaboration “Satisfy.” The dates include Harris’ hometown show at Glasgow’s Hampden Park, followed by appearances at Dublin’s Malahide Castle and Marlay Park and Belfast’s Belsonic at Ormeau Park. Jazzy will also join Harris at Ushuaïa Ibiza.

It is another considerable step for an artist whose ascent through European dance music has happened remarkably quickly.

Jazzy first broke internationally through her appearance on Belters Only’s “Make Me Feel Good,” before establishing herself as a solo artist with “Giving Me,” which became a No. 1 hit in Ireland and a major U.K. success. Rather than allowing that breakout to define her, she has spent the years since building a catalog that increasingly establishes her as an artist in her own right.

Her collaborations have also placed her alongside a wide cross-section of contemporary electronic music. Beyond Calvin Harris and Chris Lorenzo, Jazzy has worked with Sonny Fodera and D.O.D on “Somedays,” Rossi. on “High On Me” and KILIMANJARO on “No Bad Vibes.”

That run has helped push her catalog beyond one billion streams while earning two BRIT Award nominations as well as Ivor Novello and MOBO Award recognition. According to her team, she has also become Spotify’s most-streamed female DJ/vocalist globally and the most-streamed female electronic artist on SoundCloud.

Those statistics make the subject of “My People” more meaningful. Jazzy is entering the stage of her career where the venues are becoming bigger, the collaborations more international and the expectations surrounding her debut album considerably higher. Instead of using that moment to distance herself from where she started, she has made her hometown the point.

The timing also gives Peace & Patience a clearer sense of identity. Jazzy has already demonstrated that she can make singles capable of moving through clubs, festivals, radio and streaming playlists. A debut album presents a different challenge: establishing who the artist is beyond an individual hit.

“My People” begins answering that question by connecting the dance music surrounding Jazzy with the life behind it.

For an artist whose career has increasingly become international, Dublin remains central to the story. That will become literal on October 24, when Jazzy walks into the 3Arena one day after releasing her first album and plays her biggest headline show yet in the city that raised her.

Peace & Patience arrives October 23. “My People” is out now.

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