Jessie J has nothing but prayers for her late friend and bodyguard.
The singer recently released Don’t tease me by having a good time last week, his first album after seven years.
Jessie, 37, battled early breast cancer this year and underwent a mastectomy after welcoming her son with partner Chanan Colman in 2023.
The star has now opened up about her life struggles in the album, including miscarriages, heartbreak and loss. As a heartfelt tribute, Jessie dedicates her new song I will never know what to his late friend and bodyguard Dave, who committed suicide in 2018.
Holding back her emotions as she spoke This morning features Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard about the song, she said: “He was my security for many, many years.”
“Anyone who’s had a close one-on-one relationship with anyone, especially when I became famous, he was the one I’d call and say, ‘I need to go for a walk, it’s too much for me,’ and he was so there for me.
“He decided he didn’t want to be here seven years ago, and five years ago I wrote this song. I wasn’t going to put it on the album but when I played it to my new team, they said, ‘You have to do it, it’s going to help so many people.’
“It’s not easy to sing, but seeing how people have reacted over the last few weeks has been incredible. He was like my big brother.
The singer also honored the fourth anniversary of her heartbreaking miscarriage with a moving track called Comes in. Floats.
