Already a superstar in her native Britain, singer-songwriter Jessie J has enlisted the help of US celebrities Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande to try and crack the US market. <br /><br />Released this summer, ‘Bang Bang’, the first single of her new album ‘Sweet Talker’, has achieved critical and commercial success. <br /><br />Jessie J explains what’s different about this third album: “I let go and I let people in. I’m a bit of a control freak because as a woman – I know you can understand that – sometimes you feel like if you let control go, it’s hard to get it back, so sometimes it’s a defence mechanism more so than a difficult mechanism, and I allowed people to write songs for me. I’ve never done that before,” she said. <br /><br />For the album’s second single ‘Burnin’ Up’, Jessie J teamed up with one of the hottest names in hip hop, 2 Chainz, to provide guest vocals.<br /><br />The British singer-songwriter, whose confidence was shaken when the US release of her second album ‘Alive’ was scrapped, says she now feels back on track.<br /><br />“On this album I was like, ‘I know who I am,’ and I know that I wake up every day meaning to do well. Sometimes I get it wrong but I’m not hurting anyone and I just wrote from my heart and I sang my ass off, you know? I just was like, ‘I sing loud.’ Thank God for Whitney Houston, who allowed me to understand that being loud and being strong and over-singing sometimes isn’t a bad thing,” said the singer-songwriter.<br /><br />Jessie J will be touring the US in December to promote her new album ‘Sweet Talker’, out now.