Jessie Ware’s Superbloom is a sweaty, sexy triumph of disco excess
The highs are sky-high, the production is impeccable, and the overall package is pure escapist joy with a knowing wink
By Callum Wells
Jessie Ware has been on one hell of a roll since 2020.
What’s Your Pleasure? reintroduced her as a disco powerhouse, swapping the more restrained soul of her earlier records for something glossier, sexier and built for late nights. That! Feels Good! followed in 2023 and pushed things further… campier, bolder and full of joy.
If What’s Your Pleasure? and That! Feels Good! were Ware finding her disco feet, Superbloom is her strutting confidently in them
Now, with her sixth album Superbloom (out now via EMI), Ware completes what feels like a trilogy. But, this time, she turns the heat up even higher, leans harder into sensuality, and delivers something that feels tailor-made for the clubs, the saunas, and the fans who’ve been riding with her through every era.
If What’s Your Pleasure? and That! Feels Good! were Ware finding her disco feet, Superbloom is her strutting confidently in them.
Much of the production comes from longtime collaborator Barney Lister, and it keeps the strings, basslines and percussion that made the previous records so addictive. The difference is that everything hits harder. The choruses bigger, the rhythms dirtier, the whole thing a touch more excessive.
Superbloom opens with the short scene-setter ‘The Garden Prelude’ before moving into lead single ‘I Could Get Used To This’, an easy, instantly catchy pop song that sets the tone nicely. ‘Superbloom’, ‘Automatic’ and ‘Ride’ keep the energy high, but the real sweet spot comes in the middle stretch.
‘Sauna’ is the standout. It is cheeky and sweaty in all the right ways (“If you wanna, last longer / I don’t need faster, I need stronger / Take it to the sauna”), the kind of song that begs for a packed dancefloor and people shouting every word back at her. Ware commits fully to the joke and the seduction, which is exactly why it works.
Superbloom is Ware’s most unfiltered, pleasure-forward chapter yet
Then there is ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am?’, a huge diva moment with shades of Shirley Bassey – dramatic strings, pounding beat, plenty of attitude. It is gloriously over the top. On tracks like this, Ware reminds you how strong a vocalist she is when she really lets loose.
What stops Superbloom from becoming one-note is the warmth running through it. Ware is singing about long-term desire, family life and intimacy that survives everyday routine. That gives the record substance beneath all the sparkle. ‘Mon Amour’ and ’16 Summers’ bring a softer landing without draining the momentum.
Superbloom is Ware’s most unfiltered, pleasure-forward chapter yet – glossy, groovy, and very much tuned into the energy of her devoted (often queer) fanbase who crave big vocals, big feelings, and zero shame about wanting it all.
The highs are sky-high, the production is impeccable, and the overall package is pure escapist joy with a knowing wink. Put it on, turn it up, and let it bloom.