Rochelle Jordan: ‘I had to learn to not let anybody strangle or suffocate my career again’

Illness and toxic deals held the leftfield R&B star back for too long. Now she returns with a radical rethink

Rochelle Jordan is ready to let loose - even more than the rest of us right now. Coming after seven years away from the leftfield R&B scene that made her a cult star, her new album Play With the Changes is a mad-scientist merge of weird pop, futurist dance and UK garage. The sunny 2-step of Artful Dodger et al is practically part of Jordan's DNA. Born in London and raised in Toronto, her voice can belt like a house diva or wisp like smoke curls round hectic beats. You guys are extremely open-minded," she says of the British music scene. There's no boxes, no specific genre."

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