Jae Stephens: The 'WET' music video is all about turning up and having fun
You know the saying girls just want to have fun, right? Turns out ladies just want to turn up at night and music diva Jae Stephens sets the tone right courtesy of the ‘WET’ music video.
The song goes hard but it’s all about turning up with gang-gang. Embrace the flex.
Jae Stephens exists out of time, collapsing the past and future of R&B into a sound all her own. The gifted singer, songwriter, and producer returns today with a brand new video for her latest single, "WET," out now via Raedio/Def Jam Recordings.
Recognized by Elle as one of the Best Songs of April 2024 and included in Billboard's Fresh Picks playlist, "WET" is an uptempo, house-influenced, and brashly confident banger that finds Stephens seizing control of all aspects of her life–her art, her finances and, most crucially, her desires. Directed by Randijah Simmons, the tightly-choreographed video meshes perfectly with the song's futuristic sound, as the singer gets her Rose Royce on at the car wash, dancing with her friends and the attendants as her muscle car gets a brand new shine. In the video, Stephens wears t-shirts emblazoned with some of the song's most memorable lyrics: "Sip Sip Aficionado," "Wet t-shirt contest, I win," and more.
"WET" is the start of a new era for Jae Stephens, who has been bubbling on the scene and is ready to blow. The Dallas native first turned heads as a teenaged R&B prodigy, gaining notice with her soul-stirring vocals and preternatural songwriting ability. While she was a high school student, Stephens built a devoted audience on Tumblr, winning 200,000 followers with her sterling covers of pop and R&B songs and her entertaining life updates. She stepped out on her own as a 19-year-old, in 2017, releasing "24K," a single that earned praise from The FADER and garnered Jae a performance on COLORS. In 2019, Jae released f**k it, i'll do it myself, a fully self-written and self-produced EP, home to her fan favorite single "got it like that," and joined her friend Khalidduring his performance on Saturday Night Live. She has collaborated with kindred spirits like THEY, VanJess, Khamari, and Xavier Omar, and has racked up more than 50 million streams across her catalog. Her most recent EP, High My Name Is, came out in 2022, shifting her sound in a more alternative and personal direction.
Now signed to Raedio, the "audio everywhere" company, in partnership with Def Jam Recordings, Jae Stephens is primed to deliver on her limitless potential. Stay tuned for much more from the young singer-songwriter in the near future.
