Jersey (EP)

***Jersey*** is the debut solo extended play (EP) by American recording artist Bella Thorne. It was released on November 17,2014. Bella Thorne promoted the EP for one time at an event called Shall We Dance on Ice, in Bloomington, Illinois, on December 16, 2014, when she performed "Jersey", one of the song from her EP.

## Background

"*Everything is very different so it is hard to say I have some Coachella music, I have some R&B, some more Ke$ha talk-y music, I wanted there to be a song for everyone I don’t want it to just be you hear a song on the radio and say, ‘Oh that kinda sounds like Bella Thorne,’ like she would sing a song like that. I want it to be so versatile and different.*"
― Thorne on her album's influences.
In March 2013, Bella Thorne announced she'd been signed to Hollywood Records, and she began to work on her debut album. On 23 April 2013, she discussed details about her upcoming album, telling MTV: “What fans can expect is [for it] just to be very different from anyone, because I don’t like to be one of those artists where you can be like: ‘Oh yeah, I know them from that song.’ All my songs are very different from each other. So I don’t want to be known as only one genre.” On March 28, 2014, Bella Thorne announced her debut album would be the same name as the single, and she also confirmed that there would be eleven songs in total.

According to a *Billboard* article that was published on May 2, 2014, it revealed that the album would be called *Call It Whatever*, and the release date would be June 24, 2014. Thorne revealed the reason why the album took so long was because "I really wanted to work on my voice. I never sang before, and I didn't want to put an album out that I wasn't proud of, or that was Auto-tuned or anything like that. I waited so that I could take a lot of vocal classes, so that I could work on my voice every day". Bella Thorne confirmed that comparisons to former Disney stars Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, she would not go in either direction. Bella Thorne described the sound of her album is different from one another, and there were several songs that were aimed at a variety of audiences. Bella Thorne said that she’s been listening to a wide variety of music to get inspiration, from Usher (entertainer)|Usher to Destiny’s Child to Band of Horses, and this shows hints that there will be a collaboration on the album, but unfortunately for “Shake it Up” fans.

### Full album cancellation

On October 15, Bella Thorne announced that her full-length debut album would be an EP instead. Later on, Bella Thorne opened up about the real reason her album never dropped — she says she didn't planned to become a singer, and she wasn't happy with the "auto-tuned bad music" she had in the works. Bella Thorne told "J-14" in April 2015 that:"The reason why the album did not come out is because... look, I never wanted to really be an amazing singer. Honestly, I was tone deaf when I first got on the [Disney] Channel. I literally auditioned for Shake It Up! and I was like, 'I don't sing and I don't dance. I have no idea why I'm here'," she said."

## Development

In an interview with *Access Hollywood*, she promoted the EP as very feminist. On October 23, Bella Thorne announced a song from the EP called "One More Night". A week after she announced the song called "One More Night", Bella Thorne announced the official track list along with a preview of "Paperweight" and sneak peek of possible album artwork. Bella said that the album's direction in the form of its genre's, saying "Call It Whatever" is my youngest-sounding song, This song is definitely for my younger audience. I don't want to eliminate them, but my album is geared a little bit older. I have some more Indie (music)|Indie type of songs, some hip-hop, some with an 80s feel, and I have dance music on there."

## Track listing

On October 28,2014 Thorne posted a picture on her Facebook page from what is possibly behind the scenes of her album cover photoshoot which included the official track list for the EP.

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of *Jersey*

* Bella Thorne – lead vocals, songwriter
* Bobby Brackins – background vocals, songwriter, record producer
* Charlotte Aitchison – songwriter
* Bebe Rexha – songwriter
* Leah Haywood – songwriter
* Kool Kojak – songwriter, producer
* Par Westerland – songwriter
* Daniel James – songwriter
* Dreamlab - producer, vocal producer
* Ian Kirkpatrick - songwriter, producer
* Rickard Göransson – songwriter
* Skyler Stonestreet – songwriter

## References

1. http://www.uscellularcoliseum.com/news/67-special-guest-bella-thorne-performing-in-shall-we-dance-on-ice-on-december-16-at-the-us-cellular-col/

2. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1722162/bella-thorne-debut-album-kesha-destinys-child.jhtml

3. http://www.disneydreaming.com/2013/03/29/bella-thorne-signs-on-with-hollywood-records/

4. http://tigerbeat.com/2013/04/bella-thorne-discusses-her-debut-album/

5. http://www.disneydreaming.com/2014/03/28/bella-thorne-hints-at-her-debut-album-title/

6. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6077286/disney-music-tops-interscope-album-market-share-avicii-armin-van-buuren-dconstructed-r5

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8. http://www.j-14.com/posts/bella-thorne-refuses-to-auto-tune-her-music-like-other-disney-stars-38559

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10. http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/bella-thorne-jersey-ep-itunes/

11. http://celebrityselfies.net/bella-thorne-instagram-so-excited-to-let-you-know-that-im-releasing-my-ep-jersey-on-1117-httpt-cokuxiokdxgc/

12. http://www.j-14.com/posts/bella-thorne-announces-her-new-ep-jersey-44383

13. http://www.j-14.com/posts/bella-thorne-never-wanted-to-be-a-singer-55126

14. http://www.accesshollywood.com/videos/bella-thorne-talks-fashion-debut-album-first-book-47755/

15. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2805228/Bella-Thorne-cuts-loose-lovely-frock-high-students-homecoming-prom.html

16. http://www.j-14.com/posts/bella-thorne-shares-a-preview-of-her-paperweight-song-44988

17. http://www.j-14.com/posts/bella-thorne-announces-jersey-ep-tracklist-44933

18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella\_Thorne

19. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/jersey-ep/id936917250

20. https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/jersey-ep/id975915433

21. https://itunes.apple.com/mx/album/jersey-ep/id936917250

22. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jersey-ep/id936917250

23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey\_(EP)

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