New York City-based pop music artist & out lesbian, Jessie Standafer, is making social activism trendy in her debut EP album, RISE UP. 

Though its message is deeply socially poignant, Jessie has created an album with an unabashedly joyful tone. Powerful protest-chant rhythms are balanced with resplendent melodies in the title track “Rise Up". The pain and rejection of coming out as a lesbian in an ultra conservative Christian family is turned on it’s head in “Get Down" with exuberant dance rhythms & electro-pop sparkle. In lesser hands, these themes might spiral into the abyss of heaviness, but with Jessie, Love always wins and there is always a reason to celebrate.

RISE UP comes off as fiercely optimistic - the empowered work of a #NastyWoman who plays by her own rules with an audible smile, sexy grooves, and dazzling pop production.

Rise Up

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Get Down

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Just Be

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A musical activist for love, Jessie uses her music to celebrate ways humans can co-create more peace, love, empathy, & acceptance on the planet. By returning to the roots of pop music, she uses music to engage in a conversation about social issues and ways we can make the world a better place. With a voice like honey & lightning, Jessie has a willingness to create music that defies easy categorization while dipping her most likely bubblegum pink painted toes into IndiePop, Tribal, Indie, & ConsciousPop. She’s a musical revolutionary for consciousness, a combination of sweetness & baddassery…and love, always love.

Jessie Standafer

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