I posted about Jessica Simpson just last month as she was photographed at LAX without her wedding ring on after months of speculation about her marriage. Ring watch isn’t a reliable gossip source. But it’s the combination of the missing ring and the fact that she and Eric Johnson haven’t been seen together in a whiiiiiile. He also hasn’t made an appearance on her socials. 

 

Then yesterday she posted this – and it’s not the photos that are newsworthy but the caption: 

It’s giving breakup album, right? 

 

Jessica’s apparently been working on new music for some time. This, I think, is the first time she’s officially called it a “comeback”. Also last month, Ken Paves posted this, which confirms that something is definitely on the way. 

“You ready boots”???? As in….these boots were made for walking…out the (marriage) door? 

 

Quick sidebar for Ken Paves though because there was a time, in the 2000s, when Ken Paves was a household gossip name. The nostalgia! 

Back to Jess – there’s no way she’s not aware that people are wondering about the status of her relationship. It’s all over her comments, and has been for months. She may be deliberately choosing not to bother with it because if you address it one time you have to address it every time. But something about her energy right now feels… single. John Mayer, this is not an invitation. 

 

Can’t say I care as much about the marriage as I do about this comeback because I don’t know if we can say that at the height of her music career, Jessica was as big of a deal as her contemporaries. How big is her musical footprint? Has music missed Jessica Simpson? What will her place in music be now, with this comeback? What will her sound be? 

 

The caption on that IG post suggests that it’ll be country, which is on trend. And there’s no doubt about her big voice, but it’ll be interesting to see if she can actually produce a hit and reclaim any space she used to have in the industry that has changed dramatically since she was last putting out records. Like is Jessica Simpson going to be chasing a TikTok track?  

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