Jessie J shares emotional update after breast cancer surgery
"Mommy’s gonna be ok,” her son says in a video posted to her social media.
UK singer Jessie J shares early breast cancer diagnosis. Photo: Instagram/jessiej (screenshot)
947’s Afternoons with Zweli catches up on the latest pop culture news.
Listen below:
New music videos on the way from Chappell Roan and Lady Gaga
Could Chappell Roan’s music video for her unreleased track ‘The Subway’ finally be coming?
Fans certainly think so after the Grammy winner was spotted filming a mystery music video in New York.
According to leaked footage, Roan is serving serious Rapunzel vibes.
“We’ll have to wait and see if Chappell Roan eventually gives us some new music before the end of this year.”
– Zweli Mbele
@zeaganalt.acc This is so cool they didn’t tell us who this was but it’s definitely CHAPPEL I heard the music so cool love you @chappell roan ♬ subway live - ⋆ ˚｡ ⋆୨♡୧⋆ ˚｡ ⋆
Lady Gaga’s ‘Garden of Eden’ is also rumoured to be her next single.
The song is the third track of her studio album ‘Mayhem’, which was released in March 2025.
“They can confirm that there is a new music video, there is something that has been shot and it will be releasing very soon… but we’re not sure which song it is just yet.”
– Zweli Mbele
Ariana Grande to feature on Frankie Grande’s remix
Excitement is in the air for Ariana Grande fans after her brother, Frankie, revealed that she will feature on the remix for his song ‘Hotel Rock Bottom’.
He debuted the original last month, and the remix will be released on Friday (11 July),
“I just always wonder, what if your sibling really sucks? Do you say, ‘Yo, I can’t do this with you’… because they’re your sibling and they’re blood, so you do it anyway.”
– Zweli Mbele
Jessie J gives a cancer update
The British pop singer shared an emotional update amid her breast cancer journey this week.
After announcing that she was diagnosed with early breast cancer on 3 June, Jessie took to social media on Monday (7 July) to share that the cancer has not spread following a mastectomy.
She shared a video with her son who says, “Mommy’s gonna be ok”.
“This is quite a significant improvement, as she says, in how she’s been feeling these past couple of months… the good and the hard bits of this journey.”
– Zweli Mbele
Scroll up to the audio player to listen to the discussion.