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Jessie J Says Channing Tatum Approved ‘Magic Mike’ Reference as New Album Arrives

The singer says the lyrics reflect more than one relationship.

Overview

  • Jessie J released Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time, her first album in eight years and her first since leaving Republic Records, via D.A.P. and her own label.
  • She told The Guardian she played a track to ex Channing Tatum to check a Magic Mike mention and said he was fine with it.
  • The song “Complicated” includes a winking line about meeting a “Magic Mike,” which she discussed in the interview.
  • Listeners have linked “Threw It Away” to a past relationship, and at a London event she reportedly said the 2020 Ryan Tedder co‑write would let fans “figure out” who she was dating, according to The Sun.
  • Jessie J’s return follows an early‑2025 breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent mastectomy and reconstruction, during which she canceled U.S. dates and postponed some U.K. shows.