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Jae Stephens performs on the BMI stage on Day 3 of Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n Giacomo Cain\/For the Sun-Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Songs like \u201cHim&Him&Him\u201d had a bubbly lightness reminiscent of SWV\u2019s 1998 classic \u201cSo Into You,\u201d though Stephens\u2019 was a little less tender \u2014 \u201cI never save their numbers, just here for the summer,\u201d she sang while popping on stage. And her song \u201cPrecious\u201d had a bounce that conjured images of Ciara.<\/p>\n In response to the loud cheers for her, Stephens appeared to get emotional onstage, before clicking back into stunt mode.<\/p>\n Stephens and two backup dancers hit their marks, dedicating choreo to each song while Stephens kept singing without a hint of sounding winded, as if she trained at the Destiny\u2019s Child academy for pop\u2019s next big star.<\/p>\n In reality, Stephens, 29, has cut her teeth in the music industry and as a performer, releasing several mixtapes and writing songs for the likes of Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n Clocking in at just 30 minutes, Stephens felt deserving of a larger stage, longer set time and more hearts to break.<\/p>\n Source: Chicago Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jae Stephens makes music for heartbreakers.That much was true for the Los Angeles-based pop and R&B singer during her Lollapalooza debut Saturday on the BMI stage, where she sang odes to keeping a roster of men for options \u2014 and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15239074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15239072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90.jpg",490,275,false],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15239072-90-300x275.jpg",300,275,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"Chicago<\/a>","tag_info":"Chicago","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15239072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15239072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15239072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15239073,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15239072\/revisions\/15239073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15239074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15239072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15239072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15239072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}