Jessie Reyez Age, Height & Biography

Jessie Reyez is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for the songs Figures, Love in the Dark and Imported with 6LACK. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1991 to Colombian parents, she became famous after her single Figures went viral in 2016, and she has since released the albums Before Love Came to Kill Us, Yessie and PAID IN MEMORIES. She has won several Juno Awards.

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Who Is Jessie Reyez?

Jessie Reyez is a Canadian singer and songwriter known for the songs Figures, Love in the Dark, Imported with 6LACK and Mutual Friend. She is known for her raw, emotional songwriting and her powerful voice, and she has won several Juno Awards, including Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2018.

Reyez has also worked as a songwriter for other artists, co-writing One Kiss for Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris and singing on Promises by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith. She has released the albums Before Love Came to Kill Us in 2020, Yessie in 2022 and PAID IN MEMORIES in 2025.

Early Life & Background

Jessica Reyez was born on 12 June 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Colombian parents, and she grew up in Brampton, Ontario. She taught herself to play the guitar and began writing songs as a teenager, and she later worked as a bartender in Toronto while she pursued her music career.

Reyez began posting her songs online, and her single Figures went viral in 2016 after she performed it at the Toronto music festival NXNE. The song’s success brought her to the attention of the record labels, and she signed to FMLY and Island Records, releasing her debut EP, Kiddo, in 2017.

Career

Reyez released her debut EP, Kiddo, in 2017, featuring the singles Figures, Gatekeeper and Shutter Island. The song Gatekeeper, which she wrote about her experiences in the music industry, became the subject of a short film directed by Peter Huang. She won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2018.

In 2018 she sang on Promises by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith, which topped the chart in the United Kingdom, and she co-wrote One Kiss for Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris, which also topped the chart in the United Kingdom. She also appeared as a guest vocalist on Good Guy by Eminem, from his album Kamikaze. Her debut album, Before Love Came to Kill Us, was released in 2020 and featured Love in the Dark and Imported with 6LACK.

Reyez followed her debut album with Yessie in 2022, featuring the singles Mutual Friend, Mood and Only One, and she released her third studio album, PAID IN MEMORIES, in 2025. She continues to record and tour, and she remains one of Canada’s most distinctive voices in pop and R&B.

Facts About Jessie Reyez

• Her single Figures went viral in 2016.
• She won the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2018.
• Promises by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith, on which she sang, topped the chart in the United Kingdom.
• She co-wrote One Kiss for Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris, which topped the chart in the United Kingdom.
• Imported with 6LACK won the Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year in 2020.

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