TIMC from HolyMoly describes the problems more eloquently:
"That impressive voice ceases to be impressive when swaddled in
bland production line backing tracks. There's
no dynamic, no soul, no humanity; it's just a whole lot of over-compressed yelling.
The campaign was so front-loaded that Who You Are needs to sound like a complete game changer or an all time classic, but it's neither. The two factors on which Jessie has been sold are her voice and her songwriting, but both are unremarkable. And we're actually shocked by that.
...a live audience, who whoop kwazily when she performs some peculiar scat singing acrobatics, leaves a cynical taste in the mouth.
We get it, she can do lots of different notes when people are watching. It's like they think singing is an Olympic sport.
...There's nothing remotely real here. Nothing you could believe in.
When she sings about love, it's a Coke commercial kind of love. Reaching for moons, following stars, standing up, being true to who you are.... All meaningless balls."
article:
http://www.holymoly.com/reviews/musi...o-you-are53625