Hess ate Jess

23. Songwriter. Photographer. Turtle-Lover.

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When @natiacinco helps bring out your inner goddess... 🤍✨ . I cannot get over these shots Natia took of me the other day. Working with her is always a dream, but this shoot was above and beyond! Keep your eyes here for more from this shoot soon. And go follow Natia for the rest of her work! . And don’t forget! “Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma” is out TOMORROW on my youtube! 👻✨ (link in that bio) . . . . #goddess #bwphotography #goddessstatue #nashville #whitesheet #statue #bw #model #modeling #slickbackhair (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_IQNhhOSA/?igshid=t4jlz8z11poy

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This post goes out to all the white folks who call the cops when their paranoia flares up because BIPOC are existing around them. 📸 - @natiacinco . . . . #fuckoff #mindyabeeswax #blacklivesmatter #spacebuns #pink #y2k #glitter #photography #fotografi #socks #docmartens #distorted #distorted #blm #defundthepolice (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZCP_GBZ59/?igshid=tw4yg4o3pozs

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“A Bit Insane” is out! Apple/itunes link in bio! I can’t believe this one is finally released! It’s yours now 🥺💕✨ . BIG sorries for all the spotify users (I know that’s most of you lol) it’s still not up there yet. I’m trying to troubleshoot it, but I think I’m being forced to just be patient. I will update y’all the second it gets put up there! . As far as any other streaming platforms go, it should be live. You can search “Jess Hess A Bit Insane” and it should come up. I’ll be working on a card with the links for y’all today to put in my bio. Let me know if you use any streaming platforms other than apple or spotify! . Thanks for the support from everyone telling me they are excited about this and for supporting this project! I love you all SO SO FREAAKINN MUCH GUYS WOW 💖 . . . . #newmusic #newrelease #abitinsane #newsingle #nashvilleartist #indie #independentartist #independentmusician #folk #fingerpicking #acousticguitar #insane #love #beauty https://www.instagram.com/p/CCyQfG1Bm4f/?igshid=1kkyu0z211evz

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How my brain feels rn knowing my single “A Bit Insane” will be out tomorrow for all of you loves ✨ . . . . #iwokeuplikethis #silly #selfie #release #newmusic #newmusicalert #indie #independentartist #chaos #abitinsane (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCv9IpgBlEP/?igshid=59cyp9upi2pq

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THREE MORE DAYS, LOVERS ✨ . #abitinsane #lyrics #newmusic #newrelease #indie #folk #insane #energy #verizonwireless https://www.instagram.com/p/CCp8rA-hITN/?igshid=j4irz2w62lya

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THREE MORE DAYS, LOVERS ✨ . #abitinsane #lyrics #newmusic #newrelease #indie #folk #insane #energy https://www.instagram.com/p/CCp8VIQhj0q/?igshid=516u8k3genb4

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#tbt to chillin next to the first bitch I ever got in trouble with 🥺💕 . ✨”A Bit Insane” comes out on the 18th! That’s this Saturday! Mark those calendars! I can’t wait to share it with y’all!!✨ . (Also I want to remind you that Breonna Taylor’s murderers have still not been arrested and we should continue to be mad about it because black lives fucking matter. The BLM card with how to help and places to donate is still in my bio.) . Have a happy Tuesday, my loves 💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCo_OEhhLpq/?igshid=yxhxuqex2tvk

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A BIT INSANE COMES OUT IN LESS THAN A WEEK! I am excited to share this one with y’all. This is a song that I wrote when I was just getting aquatinted with how bitter and sweet life is all at once and how I have no control in it. It is a lesson I maybe will never master. And what a crazy time for me to be releasing this! I feel a bit insane about the whole thing, lol. ✨ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjJTUJhu2Q/?igshid=1o72s2jr8kmam

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Today is my country’s independence day. For most of my life, I have taken my freedoms for granted. Now, after I’ve been through stay-at-home orders, when my country is facing the most risky election of its time, I am beginning to wake up to my own naiveté. Our freedoms can absolutely be taken from us. So today, while we celebrate our own fickle independence, I am asking you to take a moment to think about Honk Kong and what is currently happening there. . In 1997, Great Britain handed Hong Kong back over to China. Most people remember this as the definitive end to Great Britain’s empire, but those in Hong Kong probably remember it as something deeper and more threatening to their own lives and freedoms. For 23 years, Hong Kong opperated with separate laws to the Chinese Government, and was a safe space for anyone to come and talk about or criticize Beijing. Because of this and the capitalist economy Hong Kong was allowed to maintain, the city became a powerhouse full of innovation and art. It is still home to more skyscrapers than any other city, and it deserves to be treated with a ton of awe and respect. Hong Kong is bad ass. But it’s in major trouble right now. . You may have heard about the pro-democracy protests that are currently going on in Hong Kong. On Tuesday, the Chinese government passed a law basically stripping Hong Kong of its rights to free speech against the Chinese government. There have already been arrests. In China, there is actually a law protecting citizens of other countries from being arrested for something that isn’t illegal in their country of residence, but so far the law for Hong Kong does not have that stipulation. ANYONE can be arrested just for being in Hong Kong if they have said anything badly about China - even if they said that before entering the country. . I will be posting more info and sources with possible ways to help in my stories. Maybe share this or something similar to help educate others? Let’s use the freedoms we still have to #standwithhongkong today! . #hongkong #hongkongprotest #standwithhk #freedom #freespeech https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPDFDRBS-1/?igshid=1ak2nbaqqewu6

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OK Y’ALL IT’S JULY WHICH MEANS I OWE YOU SOME UPDATES: 1. MY NEXT SINGLE DROPS ON THE 18th! Mark your calendars, tell your friends, tell your mom, please listen when I drop this one it is the most important song (to me) that I have ever released. It is so much of my soul. 🙏💕 . 2. I dyed my hair with bleach and everything bc I got bored in quarantine. Swipe to see the transition phase where I briefly resembled Johnny Depp in Secret Window and DIDN’T HATE IT. (Comment to tell me I should have stayed that way and not done the pink bc I KNOW lol) . 3. The kitten is still here and she and the ORANGE CAT STARTED CUDDLING and it is honestly the highlight of my 2020 so far. . 4. Breonna Taylor’s murderers are still free and her name isn’t trending anymore but we ARE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT IT. We MUST keep fighting. We MUST keep talking about this and being LOUD about our condemnation of injustice! This has just begun! Keep demanding #justiceforbreonnataylor #defundthepolice #blm #defundpolice (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCLSZpqh89C/?igshid=66z1huo2kibg

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Today, despite everything else still looking grim, despite Breonna Taylor’s murderers still not being held accountable, despite our cries falling on the deaf ears of our violence-hungry, white capitalist government - today is a good day. Because today we won one. A small battle that should have been won long ago. But a late win is still a win. We cannot give up on fighting for what’s right. Please keep being angry, keep protesting in whatever ways you can, keep calling in to your local governments and demanding change. Let’s make sure that the next step towards progression happens more quickly than this one did. We absolutely can make a change. . I have included some photos of black lgbtq trailblazers that no doubt helped us get here: Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Moms Mabley, and Alvin Ailey. I’ve linked an article that talks a little about each of them in my bio, but I would encourage you to just look them up separately on your own, if you feel inclined. ✨ . . . . #pride #lgbt #lgbtq🌈 #supremecourt #pridemonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdz1GnjmjN/?igshid=c0i3bf5fjivt

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Ballerinas Kennedy George, 14, and Ava Holloway, 14, pose in front of the monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ordered its removal. . This image just really struck me. It’s so beautiful. If anyone has social media for these two, I’d love to follow 💕 . Also IT IS ABOUT TIME that these racist statues and monuments be taken down. Let’s get them ALL removed now! KEEP COVERING THEM UP WITH YOUR WORDS OF LOVE FOR BLACK LIVES AND OF PROTEST. KEEP FIGHTING! THE WAR IS FAR FROM WON! . #blacklivesmatter #blm #richmond https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLuBTNBF6s/?igshid=1kv8lq6t4li3x

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Today is Breonna Taylor’s birthday. She should not have had to die for you to care about black lives. She is an angel looking over this movement, and she along with all of the beautiful souls that were taken from us far too early by police brutality are rising up with us. This movement is for her. SAY HER NAME. . We are making June 5th Breonna Taylor day. Go to bit.ly/birthdayforbreonna for more ways to help. I will be putting that in my bio for today so that we focus on efforts to help her case on her birthday. The officers involved have still not been held accountable. This war isn’t over. Fight for Breonna today! . Thank you @arielsinhaha for this artwork that you’ve provided for people to share of Breonna, and @nemesomi for the images with info on them! 💕💗 . #justiceforbreonnataylor #sayhername #birthdayforbreonna https://www.instagram.com/p/CBECiadBcPT/?igshid=1jyopvx2uxvb8

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I have made the tough decision to postpone my next single and my album. This was not an easy decision to make. I am excited and ready to share this, the physical album is arriving today and all I want to do is show it off. But I just feel like this movement is too important right now. I know this is 1000% not the normal or “professional” thing to do, but, well, I am unsigned and beholden to no one. And I feel very strongly about this. To those excited about the new single and album, I am so sorry to disappoint you! I am going to do something to make it up to everyone waiting! I feel it is very important at this time, as an ally, to take a step back and let oppressed voices shine. The single will come out next month, and I have decided to release the album on my Dad’s birthday, August 1st, as a sort of present to him 💕 . I will still be posting here and there any POC or lgbta+ history or photos that inspire me, but for this month, none of this content will “mine” or centered on me or my life. I am keeping my #juneforjustice. I encourage my white friends to do the same. This movement is so important. Let’s please keep talking about it. . In my bio, I have linked a super helpful card with links to resources and where to donate for this movement. It is so far the best and most user-friendly mass source I’ve found. Go peep that! 👀 . I love you all! Thank you for sticking with me and for not disappointing me by being racists (those of you that are still here, that is) We are all in this together! Let’s show how powerful we can be when we rise up with each other! . . . . #blackouttuesday #blackoutjune #juneforjustice #nojusticenopeace https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA9uJNBlfn/?igshid=6ayqtcb4fe3t

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We benefit from black culture every day. It’s time to show support for the community that has shaped our media so powerfully without any credit. It’s time to fight for them. Let’s get them their credit. . *If you are white and you are posting happy selfies or stories about your life and not speaking up right now, please consider what is going on around you. Please be a part of this. Consider what your children will ask you when talking to them about this time. Consider how your actions now effect the future in powerful ways. We are making a change. Either you’re with that change or you’re trying to ignore it. But either way, it’s happening with or without you. . **AND IF YOU ARE WHITE AND ARE MAKING LIGHT OF THIS SITUATION IN ANY WAY, USING THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO INCITE VIOLENCE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, POSTING ABOUT YOUR DISAPPROVAL OF THIS, OR TALKING ABOUT HOW ONE COP WAS KILLED BY A BLACK DUDE THAT ONE TIME, YOU ARE TRASH AND RACIST AND I AM HAPPY TO WATCH YOUR PRIVILEGED WORLD CRUMBLE UNDER YOUR OWN SELF DEMISE. . We are so strong together, crew. It is showing in these protests and this media outrage. Let’s put an end to this bullshit right the fuck now! . #blacklivesmatter #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforahmaud #justiceforbreonnataylor https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6AbC7hxtr/?igshid=16zg6ll37hb9x

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Our country is in so much pain. I stand with the protesters seeking justice for George Floyd. This country has suffered from systemic racism for far too long. We MUST demand that our police be held to the highest accountability. We MUST demand that all officers involved in George Floyd’s murder be prosecuted to the highest extent of the law. This is our duty to our fellow POC Americans, who are wounded after surviving years in a race war that the other side pretended had been long-over. The fight is not over! We have so far yet to go. . To those who cannot protest right now PLEASE CALL (612)-324-4499 to demand that all of the officers involved in the murder of George Floyd be held accountable. Calling is a form of protest! Any way that we can make ourselves an inconvenience makes it harder to ignore us. Fill up those inboxes! Be the millionth person to say this into someone’s ear. At some point they’ll be forced to hear us. . Most importantly STAY VIGILANT and PLEASE protect and check up on your black friends at this time. We need to stick together, and they are going through SO much right now. LISTEN to them. . . . . #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter #nashvilleprotest https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2DW8-B-X9/?igshid=fzbjwjcklpn