Jessie J — Flashlight - From "Pitch Perfect 2" Soundtrack

Jessie J's power ballad has swept back onto the global charts after more than a month away, tracked across 14 country and platform charts today. Written for the a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect 2, the song scored the film's emotional climax — a placement Hal Leonard's choral arrangement still cites as "the heartwarming conclusion to the film." A decade on, its steady ascent from hushed verse to belted chorus has made it durable short-form fodder: it circulates on TikTok as a lyric-video staple, tagged to montages built around its "you're my flashlight" hook. That gentle, gospel-tinged uplift keeps the track in rotation long after the movie faded from theaters — the kind of soundtrack cut that outlives its source. Its return this week reasserts a broad footprint after a 38-day gap.