Jersey (EP)

Jersey is the debut solo extended play by American recording artist Bella Thorne, released on 17 November 2014 by Hollywood Records.

Jersey
EP by
Bella Thorne
ReleasedNovember 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)
Recorded2013–14
Genre
Length19:01
LabelHollywood
Producer
Bella Thorne chronology
Made in Japan
(2012)		 Jersey
(2014)		 What Do You See Now?
(2021)

Background

In March 2013, Thorne announced she'd been signed to Hollywood Records, and began working on her debut album.[1] 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.”[2]

Development

On 28 March 2014, Thorne announced her debut album would be named as the single, and confirmed it will consist of eleven songs.[3] In a Billboard article published on 2 May 2014, it was revealed that the album would be called Call It Whatever, and the release date would be 24 June 2014.[4] 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".[5][6] Thorne described the sound of her album as a mix between R&B and electropop, citing as influences artists like Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Usher and Miley Cyrus.[7][8] In an interview with Access Hollywood, she promoted the project as very feminist.[9]

About her first single, "Call It Whatever", Thorne said she purposely chose a teen pop song to make a connection between her Disney Channel audience and the urban audience that she wanted to reach and this was the album's only teen piece, while her next single would be focused on R&B: "'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."[7]

Full album cancellation and EP
"I never wanted to really be an singer. My father always told me, if you're going to do something, you better not do it if you don't do it well"

– Thorne about the full album cancellation[10]

However, on 15 October, Thorne announced that her full-length debut album would be scrapped in favor of an EP instead and the eleven recorded songs were archived.[11][12][13] The following week, Thorne announced the official track list along with a preview of "Paperweight".[14] The EP was released on 17 November with no single released and soon after, Thorne announced her departure from Hollywood Records.[15]

Only in April 2015, Thorne opened up for J-14 about the real reason her album never dropped: the album didn't sound like imagined and she wasn't happy with the "auto-tuned bad music", so Thorne realized she wouldn't be a great singer and decided to cancel the project.[10]

Promotion

No single was released, only the remix version of "Call It Whatever" was included in Jersey. Thorne promoted the EP for a one time, in the event Shall We Dance on Ice, in Bloomington, Illinois, on 16 December 2014, when she performed "Jersey".[16]

Track listing

On 28 October, 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.[15] Credits taken from Qobuz,[17] except for the title track, taken from APRA AMCOS.[18]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Jersey"
Brackins3:04
2."Paperweight"
Kirkpatrick3:33
3."One More Night"
Dreamlab3:24
4."Boyfriend Material"
Kool Kojak3:06
5."Call It Whatever (Razor N Guido Remix)"
  • Paro
  • Razor N Guido
5:54
Total length:19:01

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Jersey[19]

Release history
Country Date Format Label
Canada[20] 17 November 2014 Digital download Hollywood
France[21]
Mexico[22]
United States[23]

References
  1. "Bella Thorne Signs On With Hollywood Records". Disney Dreaming. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. dancingqueen219 says: I’m not a big fan of her music. (23 April 2013). "Bella Thorne Discusses Her Debut Album! | BOP and Tiger Beat Online". Bopandtigerbeat.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Bella Thorne Hints at Her Debut Album Title". Disney Dreaming. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. "Disney Music Tops Interscope in Album Market Share, Enters the EDM Fray". Billboard. 2 May 2014.
  5. Lipshutz, Jason. "Bella Thorne Talks 'Call It Whatever' Single & Unfair Comparisons To Other Disney Stars". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. Firman, Tehrene. "Bella Thorne Refuses to Auto-Tune Her Music Like Other Disney Stars". J-14. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. Lipshutz, Jason. "Bella Thorne Talks 'Call It Whatever' Single & Unfair Comparisons To Other Disney Stars". billboard.com/. Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  8. 2 November 2014 16::29 (12 February 2014). "Ke$ha Meets Destiny's Child On Bella Thorne's Debut Album". MTV.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. "BELLA THORNE TALKS FASHION, DEBUT ALBUM AND FIRST BOOK". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. "Bella Thorne Never Wanted to Be a Singer". J-14. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  11. "Bella Thorne: jersey EP official cover". Ultimate Music. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  12. "SO EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M RELEASING MY EP #JERSEY ON 11/17". Celebrity Selfies. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  13. Van de Wall, Virginia. "Bella Thorne Announces Her New EP "Jersey"". J-14. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  14. Hiramine, Brie. "Bella Thorne Announces 'Jersey' EP Tracklist". J-14. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  15. Thompson, Heather. "Bella Thorne Shares A Preview Of Her "Paperweight" Song". J-14. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  16. Fecht, Jenna; Bockelman, Pete. "SPECIAL GUEST BELLA THORNE PERFORMING IN SHALL WE DANCE ON ICE ON DECEMBER 16 AT THE US CELLULAR COLISEUM". US Cellular Coliseum. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  17. "Jersey – Bella Thorne – Télécharger et écoute". Qobuz. 1 January 2014.
  18. "Search". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  19. Jersey (CD liner notes). Bella Thorne. Hollywood Records. 2014.CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. "iTunes Canada – Jersey – EP by Bella Thorne". 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  21. "iTunes France – Jersey – EP by Bella Thorne". 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  22. "iTunes France – Jersey – EP by Bella Thorne". 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  23. "iTunes – Music – Jersey – EP by Bella Thorne". 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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