{{Infobox album | name = Yessie | type = studio | artist = Jessie Reyez | cover = Yessie Album.jpg | alt = | released = September 16, 2022 | recorded = | genre = <!-- Please source genres --> | length = 35:45 | label = * FMLY * Island | producer = * Tim Suby * Ryan "Rykeyz" Williamson * Calvin Harris * Spencer "Moose" Muscio * Anthony Daniel Szczachor * Pomo * Pop Wansel * Daoud * Phinisey | prev_title = Before Love Came to Kill Us | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = Paid in Memories | next_year = 2025 | misc = {{Singles | name = Yessie | type = studio | single1 = Mutual Friend | single1date = August 12, 2022 | single2 = Only One | single2date = September 14, 2022 | single3 = Forever | single3date = November 9, 2022 }} }} '''''Yessie''''' is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/jessie-reyez-yessie|title=Yessie Reyez Drops New Album ''Yessie'', Shares 'Only One' Live Performance|last=Leijon|first=Erik|date=September 16, 2022|website=Complex|access-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> It was released on September 16, 2022, by FMLY and Island Records.<ref name="Star">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/09/16/jessie-reyez-taps-into-self-improvement-vibe-on-new-album-yessie.html|title=Jessie Reyez taps into self-improvement vibe on new album ''Yessie''|last=Krewen|first=Nick|date=September 16, 2022|newspaper=Toronto Star|access-date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> Preceded by the first single, "Mutual Friend", released on August 12, 2022, the album was recorded between 2020 and 2022 during a time of "self-love and self-care".<ref name="Star" />
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Clash'' | rev1score = 8/10<ref name="Clash review">{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Robin |title=Jessie Reyez – ''Yessie'' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/jessie-reyez-yessie/ |magazine=Clash |date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Daily Telegraph'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Madden |first=Emma |title=Marcus Mumford confronts his demons, Rina Sawayama is Dr Frankenstein – the week's best albums |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/marcus-mumford-forgives-violator-rina-sawayama-dr-frankenstein/ |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=September 16, 2022 |access-date=October 3, 2022}}</ref> }} ''Yessie'' has received generally positive reviews. Robin Murray of ''Clash'' gave the album a positive review, calling the record "scintillating" and "one that gleams with ambition and refuses to linger on the past".<ref name="Clash review" />
The album was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/music/2023-polaris-music-prize-long-list-feist-jessie-reyez-and-more-1.6871592 "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more"]. CBC Music, June 13, 2023.</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Yessie'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Mood | writer1 = {{hlist||Jessie Reyez|Anthony Daniel Szczachor|Omar A. Geles Suarez|Ryan Williamson|Spence Muscio}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Ryan "Rykeyz" Williamson|Spence "Moose" Muscio|Szczachor|Reyez}} | length1 = 2:59
| title2 = Hittin | writer2 = {{hlist|Reyez|Tim Suby}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Suby|Reyez}} | length2 = 2:46
| title3 = Forever | note3 = with 6lack | writer3 = {{hlist|Reyez|Daniel James McKinnon|Ricardo Valentine}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Pomo|Reyez}} | length3 = 3:43
| title4 = Queen St. W | writer4 = {{hlist|Reyez|Andrew Wansel|Daoud Anthony|Phinisey}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Reyez|"Pop" Wansel|Daoud|Phinisey}} | length4 = 2:51
| title5 = Mutual Friend | writer5 = {{hlist|Reyez|Ryan Williamson}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Ryan "Rykeyz" Williamson}} | length5 = 3:26
| title6 = Tito's | writer6 = {{hlist|Reyez|Adam Wiles|Maneesh Bidaye}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Calvin Harris|Reyez}} | length6 = 2:53
| title7 = Only One | writer7 = {{hlist|Reyez|Williamson}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Rykeyz|Reyez}} | length7 = 3:03
| title8 = Still C U | writer8 = {{hlist|Reyez|Jonathan Wienner|Sam Homaee|Suby}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Suby|Reyez}} | length8 = 3:13
| title9 = Break Me Down | writer9 = {{hlist|Reyez|Suby}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Reyez|Suby}} | length9 = 3:11
| title10 = Emotional Detachment Demo | writer10 = {{hlist|Reyez|Suby}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Suby|Reyez}} | length10 = 4:57
| title11 = Adiós Amor | writer11 = {{hlist|Reyez|Andres Frederico Levin|Jean Rodriguez|Suby}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Suby|Reyez|}} | length11 = 2:39
| total_length = 35:45 }}
===Notes=== * "Mood" samples "Los Caminos De La Vida", performed by Los Diablitos.
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