The song and accompanying short film was an opportunity for Reyez to bare her personal #metoo experience within the music industry to the world. Reyez’s follow-up to “Figures” was an even more vulnerable track, “ Gatekeeper,” featured on her 2017 debut EP Kiddo.
The song boasts an honest truth by placing the insecurities that come out of heartbreak in the spotlight. Upon releasing her gut-wrenchingly emotional single “ Figures” in 2016, Reyez showed the world her piercing songwriting skills and raw vocal ability. The 27-year-old Canadian singer Jessie Reyez is small in stature (I clock in at a mere 5’2 and felt as though I were towering over the artist) but her voice speaks volumes.
