WARE: A cheeseburger, a tequila, lime, and soda. MACIAS: So what’s in your system before a big gay show like this? I think I didn’t understand it so much when I was younger. It’s become a different thing over the past, I think, 10 years, and I definitely feel like it’s more internationally celebrated and acknowledged. WARE: If I’m being honest, Ernesto, I think Pride was always going on in London and I was always aware of it, but I never thought it was a space that I, as a young, straight woman, necessarily should be at, you know what I mean? I think it’s become more and more apparent and important. It’s a protest, first and foremost, but I have to say West Hollywood put on a good party. But, of course, it’s important to remember what Pride is about. And if my offering on that night was to make them dance and kiss a stranger in the audience, well, I think I did it and it was good fun. I think I’m still learning about how to be the best kind of ally. WARE: Yeah, I’ve never performed a Pride before. MACIAS: So you said it was your first time headlining Pride? How did that feel? They asked me to open the show on Friday night, t he day when I think all the tickets were free. But it was amazing and it was a real honor. WARE: Less of the partying, I’d have to say. Another club, no sleep, party, another club. MACIAS: So, you’re basically like that Gaga meme right now. It was exciting and wonderful and, you know, it was a great way to be reminded that that’s my day job properly when I’ve just been on a Greek Island, judging other people’s musical theater talents. 48 hours, had to kind of relearn my show in a dance studio. MACIAS: And how many hours did you spend in L.A.? WARE: Probably when I had my shows there, for when I supported Harry. When was the last time you were actually in L.A.? I’m in New York, which is not as exciting as Greece. I’ve been here for about a month, but in between I went to Los Angeles to headline my first Pride and that was magic. ![]() WARE: I’m doing a TV show, a talent show where I’m a judge trying to find the new Mamma Mia stars and Amber Riley is also a judge, it’s really fab. I’ve just been on a boat today and it was fabulous. ![]() I have just locked myself out of my room, so I’m walking to the reception to get myself a new key. So, you’re just gonna have to kind of bear with me. I’m, oh, shit, I’ve just locked myself out. Hint: it rhymes with hunty.ĮRNESTO MACIAS: I’m doing great. Before heading out to her wrap party on the Greek island where she’s lived for a month, Ware took a cheeky moment to share memories from her first-ever headlining Pride performance, where her look was inspired by none other than Beyonce, and revealed her new favorite word. It was no surprise, then, that she was chosen alongside Grace Jones, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Shangela to kick off Pride festivities in WeHo, one of the epicenters of gay culture. Her music is adored in equal measure by drag queens, suburban moms, and twinks alike, lip-syncing for their lives to new hits like “Pearls,” “Freak Me Now,” and the canonical gay anthem “ Free Yourself.” On the heels of her new album, That! Feels Good, the glittering follow-up to her critically beloved What’s Your Pleasure?, Ware is getting used to life as a disco diva. ![]() ![]() Oh, and she’s just been on a boat all day. After spending 48 hours in Los Angeles for West Hollywood’s OUTLOUD Music Festival, Ware is back in Greece filming a talent show searching for the next big musical theatre star. The last time I saw Ware we were in Marrakesh, on a tour of the Medina and its market of rugs and spices alongside drag queens Gigi Goode and Symone. When Jessie Ware joins our Zoom call, she’s donning a cozy white robe, hair down, her eyes hidden behind a big pair of black sunglasses, the kind you’d wear to shield yourself from the paparazzi.
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