Jazmin Bean

About

Born and raised in North London, Jazmin Bean ( they/them ) has set a towering bar for modern pop music, not only as a singer-songwriter but as a multimedia artist. Playing with the friction between vulnerability and persona, nightmare and fantasy, trauma and recovery, the multi-faceted performer invites listeners into their unparalleled universe of alternative, infectious pop. Inspired by the films of Tim Burton and Danny Elfman ’s theatrical scores, Bean’s relentless approach to pop innovation began aged 15 while studying for their GCSEs. “As a film student, I had all these visual ideas that I wanted to explore alongside my songwriting. I was already making my own soundtracks, experimenting with fashion and had a following on Instagram [prior to music, Bean posted ‘extreme’ makeup looks online], so I decided to do it all myself without a label.” Bean’s breakthrough debut single, ‘Worldwide Torture’ , launched independently on YouTube in 2019, with an anthropomorphic self-directed, self-funded music video created with just 500. Since its release, the grassroots track has racked up an impressive 5.2 million views on the platform, cementing Bean’s status as a non-binary pop pioneer. Building on the growing online hype, Bean released a gore-tinged video for the sickly sweet single ‘Saccharine’ that same year, a distorted nursery rhyme about unrequited love that takes unsettling and relatable visual queues from past experiences and horror culture. “I’ve always been interested in death; it’s very visually appealing to me, especially in that era of my music,” says Bean. “There’s something cathartic about blood and the emotional imagery it can create.” The follow-up single exploded Bean into the limelight as a next-wave artist to watch with industry insiders and has garnered 62 million views on YouTube and counting. In 2020, Bean released their debut independent EP, Worldwide Torture ; a collaboration with up-and-coming producers Dougal Drummond and Jessi

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