About This Is Real

"This Is Real" is a song by British DJ and record producer Jax Jones and English singer and songwriter Ella Henderson. The song was released as a digital download on 21 October 2019 as the second single from his debut studio album Snacks (Supersize). The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

On 15 August 2019, Jones spoke to Capital Breakfast about his then upcoming debut album Snacks (Supersize) (2019), confirming collaborations with Raye and Ella Henderson for the album. Jones described the latter as having an "amazing voice". Then in an interview on 17 August Jones spoke to The Big Top 40's Will Manning where he revealed that the Henderson collaboration was called "This is Real." During this interview it was also revealed that Henderson and Jones wrote the song but Henderson's record label (at the time this was Syco Music) said "you can't put this out you're not relevant". Jones determined to release the song in some format subsequently took the recording to American singer Selena Gomez who recorded a version of the song but for similar reasons, Gomez's label also rejected the song. Although Jones ended up with two versions of the song, he stated it felt right to release the version featuring Henderson's vocal as the pair wrote the song together. The version of "This is Real" which was released features Henderson's original vocals from the first recording of the song, prior to Gomez's version. Reflecting back on how the collaboration came about, Henderson said that she and Jones were friends as Jones' wife used to babysit her when she was younger. The duo recorded the song back in 2014.