“If you want a good vocal, you gotta drink snake sperm!” the singer said
Jessica Simpson‘s secret to good vocals? Snake sperm. In a silly Instagram Reel she shared over the weekend, Simpson said she’s been taking a syrup-like supplement to help her with her vocal performance — its contents were a mystery until a a recent Google search.
“They’re like, ‘What are you drinking?’ It’s this Chinese herb thing. I’m like ‘I don’t know. My vocal coach told me to drink it,’” Simpson explained in the clip. “And they Googled it and it’s snake sperm. It’s like a honey,” Simpson said, letting out a laugh.
“If you want a good vocal, you gotta drink snake sperm!” she added.
The silly vocal remedy comes just 10 days after the singer released her EP, Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1. She spoke to Rolling Stone about working on her album from East Nashville and co-writing the tracks with producer JD McPherson.
“A lot of people are like, ‘I didn’t really listen to your music in the past, but I respected you as a singer, and I feel like this is the most you you’ve ever been,’” Simpson told Rolling Stone ahead of the album. “To me, that is success.”
The EP featured five tracks including “Leave Me,” “Use My Heart Against Me,” and “Breadcrumbs.” The project marked her first project release since 2010’s Happy Christmas, although she dropped a one-off single, titled “Particles” in 2021.
Simpson also made her first stage appearance since 2010 earlier this month, performing covers of “Son of a Preacher Man” and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” along with renditions of her EP’s songs during a Texas show.
“This time I needed to remember who I was and why I wanted to sing in the first place and all the music that inspires me,” Simpson said. “And I needed to forget who they told me to be.”
