It’s been years in the making, and Kiwi rapper JessB’s debut album, Feels Like Home , finally dropped today. She tells Emma Gleason about the journey to get there. For all her visibility, talent, and position in Auckland’s cultural zeitgeist, the fact that JessB (Jess Bourke) is only just releasing her debut album in 2024 is intriguing, particularly in this current era of prolific, atomised creative output.
It’s called Feels Like Home , and the 12-track album is out today. Why the wait? “2020 was the time I decided to do an album, then Covid happened,” Bourke tells NZ Herald ..
