You Don't Really Know Me

Album: Sweet Talker (2014)
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  • Jessie closes the Deluxe version of her Sweet Talker album with this confessional about life since finding fame. What really upsets her that public perceptions of her can sometimes be inaccurate. "It's saddening, because I'm a positive person," she sighed to the British edition of OK! magazine. "I live my life being polite, on time, giving all my time to my fans. Then that word 'diva' comes along."

    "I remember why I wrote You Don't Really Know Me," Jessie added. "I was at an airport and the woman was like, 'I'm so sorry, there's a queue!' I was like, 'I'll wait, it's fine!'"

    "The fame thing still weirds me out," she concluded. "I'm not always Jessie J - I want to go to [the supermarket] and walk around in my pyjamas - I'm the same as everyone else!"

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