Jessie Jhas announced she is cancer-free, saying she “exhaled for the first time in a year” after receiving the news.
The singerrevealed in June last year thatshe had been diagnosed with early breast cancer andshe successfully underwent surgery shortly afterwards. Three months later, however, she cancelled a touras she was scheduled fora furthersurgical procedure.
Last month, she posted a video on Instagram that showed her going for her annual health checkup after a breast MRI, and she captioned the post with the jubilant news: “RESULTS ARE IN AND I AMCANCER FREE!!”
“I sobbed for hours and thenexhaled for the first time in a year,” she added.
Jessie also brought the positive energy to her return to the Chinese singing competition Singer, the show that she won back in 2018. The hugely popular series is watched by over 100million viewersand Jessie gave passionate performances of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ and her own song ‘California’, from her recent album ‘Don’tTease MeWithAGood Time’.
Watch those performances here:
At the end of last year,Jessie shared a personal and emotional reflection on her challenging 2025, describing it as “one of the hardest but most magical years”.
“This year has been heavy and hard in many ways for all of us, for me personally one of the hardest but most magical years of my life,” she said at the time. “Personally and professionally. But all the sadness has come up this week, it’s the first time I’ve stopped (working and being in public in months) So I’m crying a lot. Writing shit down feeling really low tbh. The lowest I have felt in a while.”
Last September,Jessie made an emotional return to the stage alongside her two-year-old son at BBC Radio 2 in thePark, just 11 weeks after undergoing surgery. “I’m still very much in the recovery process,” she said at the time. “But I’m just so grateful to be here.”
Her sixth studio album ‘Don’t Tease MeWithAGood Time’ was released in November, including the singles ‘No Secrets’,‘Living My Best Life’,‘H.A.P.P.Y.’ and ‘I’lNever Know Why’.
She also playedat the Mighty Hoopla in London lastmonth, andis set to take the stageat Victorious Festival in Portsmouth later this summer.