Jessica Frech

Jessica Frech is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. Jessica is attending Belmont University, majoring in songwriting.[2]

Jessica Frech
Background information
Born	(1991-10-30) October 30, 1991 Orlando, Florida[1]
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Folk/Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	unsigned
Website	www.jessicamusic.com

Frech gained worldwide notoriety with the release of the "People of Walmart" music video on YouTube.[3] The comedy video features images from the People of Walmart photo blog along with an original score written by Frech.[4] Shortly after release, the video went viral with multi-millions of views.[5] The video has been featured on G4's Attack of the Show!,[2] Fox News,[6] Billboard,[7] Jimmy Fallon, AOL, and MSNBC.[8][9] "People of Walmart" video gained the attention of Hyundai which hired Jessica to create two commercials for their 2011 holiday campaign.[9]

On August 20, 2009 Frech released her debut album Grapefruit.[10] The album features six original songs recorded by Grammy nominated, Bart Pursley[11]

Frech released her first Christmas album Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells on December 6, 2011.[12] The album contains two traditional Christmas songs "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" along with two originals.

On December 18, 2011 Frech started a Kickstarter Campaign[13] to fund her first full-length album "Reality". The original goal of $8,000 was met in less than 72 hrs.[14] On February 5, 2012 the project was successfully funded by 718 backers pledging a total of $28,938.[13]

Frech joined the second annual national DigiTour for two shows[15] in Houston, Texas on March 15, 2012[16] and Dallas, Texas on March 16, 2012.[17]

She has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. As requested by a fan, she wrote a humoristic song about it called "I really do have ADHD" which became very famous on Youtube.[18]

Frech's first full-length album Reality was released on March 20, 2012. The album has 12 songs. One track, "I Tried to Die Young", features Melanie Safka.[19]

YouTube

Frech's YouTube channel has over 12 million views.[20]

Videos

Title	Details	Release Date
Reality	Music Video	April 2, 2012
Our Family Christmas	Music Video	December 6, 2011
Black Friday Night	Parody of the song Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) by Katy Perry	November 23, 2011
People of Walmart 2	Music Video	November 17, 2011
Dance	Music Video	November 14, 2011
Kesha Done With Cookware	Cover of the song Blow by Kesha	August 21, 2011
Facebook Creeping	Music Video, Song Challenge	August 14, 2011
Airport Security	Music Video, Song Challenge	July 24, 2011
Awkwardness in an Elevator	Music Video, Song Challenge	July 11, 2011
I'm A Wizard	Parody of the Harry Potter movie series	July 7, 2011
Pee in Traffic	Music Video, Song Challenge	June 27, 2011
McWeiner	Music Video, Song Challenge	June 19, 2011
Time After Time (cover)	Cover of the song Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper	June 9, 2011
Can't Get Better Than This	Music Video	June 2, 2011
Brand New Key (cover)	Cover of the song Brand New Key by Melanie Safka	May 22, 2011
People of Walmart	Music Video	May 5, 2011
It's Me	Music Video	April 12, 2011
Fountain Lady Song	Music Video	January 24, 2011
Poker Face (cover)	Cover of the song Poker Face by Lady Gaga	March 27, 2010

Awards and achievements

Break.com named music video "People of Walmart" as the No. 1 viral video of 2011[21]

Named Hot-Up-N-Comer of 2010 by Woman's Radio[11]

The Independent Singer Songwriters Association 2009 Honorable Mention for the song "Grapefruit"[11]

Placed 5th on OurStage.com for 2009 Folk Song of The Year for the song "Reality"[22]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
Grapefruit EP	Release date: August 14, 2009
Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells	Release date: August 5, 2011
Reality	Release date: March 20, 2012

Singles / Tracks

Year	Single	Album
2009	"Jewelry"	Grapefruit EP
	"Reality"
	"Grapefruit"
	"The Lullaby"
	"Growing Older"
	"This Little Flaw In Me"
2011	"People of Walmart "	People of Walmart – Single
	"I'm a Wizard "	I'm a Wizard- Single
	"People of Walmart 2"	People of Walmart 2 – Single
	"Annie "	Annie – Single
	" I Fell In The Fountain"	I Fell in the Fountain – Single
	"Can't Get Better Than This"	Can't Get Better Than This – Single
	"Dance"	Dance – Single
	"Our Family Christmas"	Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells
	"Jingle Bells"
	"This Christmas"
	"We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
2012	"Reality"	Reality
	"Fame"
	"It's Me"
	"Hoping Against Hope "
	"Grand Marquis"
	"I Tried To Die Young (feat Melanie Safka)"
	"Growing Older"
	"Jewelry"
	"Happiness"
	"Brand New Key"
	"Can't Get Better Than This"
	"Just The Two Of Us "
2014	"Speak Softer, Love Louder"	Speak Softer, Love Louder"

References

1. Daily Discovery: Jessica Frech
2. The Internet Star: Jessica Frech
3. People of Walmart Song Released
4. People of Walmart Photo Blog
5. Jessica Frech Dashes onto the National Scene
6. "Photoblog spawns hilarious song, music video". Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
7. Auto Tune: Who's The Girl In That Hyundai TV Commercial?
8. YouTube Sensation Jessica Frech Premieres People of Wal-Mart Part Two
9. Jessica Frech Hitches A Ride With Hyundai
10. Singer-Songwriter Jessica Frech Releases Grapefruit EP
11. Artist Information Jessica Frech
12. Jessica Frech Walks in a Windy Wonderland with Pull My Finger To Hear Jingle Bells
13. Jessica Frech + YOU = NEW ALBUM
14. Broken Records Talks to Jessica Frech
15. Catching Up With Jessica Frech
16. Houston DigiTour Jessica Frech
17. Artist Interviews Dallas DigiTour
18. I really do have ADHD
19. Billboard Chart Beat Meet & Greet: Jessica Frech
20. Jessica Frech: YouTube Channel
21. "2011's 15 Most Viewed Viral Videos". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
22. About Jessica Frech

External links

• Official website
• Jessica Frech on YouTube