15-year-old London-based Chinese-English singer Jasmine Thompson rose to fame on YouTube, where she posted covers of popular songs recorded at home. Now her channel has more than 2 million subscribers, her cover of the hit “Ain’t Nobody” has collected 217 million views, and the video for the track “Sun Goes Down” has 186 million. The young star is now successfully performing “in real life”, preparing a world tour. The other day, the owner of a voice that many call nothing more than “sparkling” and “crystal” came to Moscow. We met with Jasmine and talked to her about creativity, success and ordinary life.
This is your first visit to Moscow. How are your impressions?
I really like it, very cool. It was snowing when I arrived and it was very beautiful. The last time I saw snow was three years ago, so it was exciting. I didn’t have time to see much because I was always in the car or in the studios, but I would like to come back here. See Red Square and all that.
Tell us how your music career began?
When I was little, music was always around me, always playing in our car. My family is very musical, my parents loved music very much. At the age of eight I started taking vocal and piano lessons, and when I was ten years old I discovered YouTube and watched a lot of videos there. My mother and I came up with the idea of recording covers of songs that I liked, which is what we started doing. That is, we just decided to share my recordings on YouTube. That's how I got fans.
Is your mother still involved in your creative activities? And how does she feel about how your life has changed lately since you became famous?
Mom is still with me everywhere. She is still here. It’s good that my mother is nearby, because I’m still little. It’s nice to always have a piece of home with you. I would say the main thing that has changed is that I spend all my time in music and traveling. Actually, every day I am working on my music, promoting it or creating it. I also travel a lot. So, rather, the people remained the same, but my life has completely changed.
Have you dreamed of becoming famous? Could you imagine that you would achieve such success?
When I was younger, I never thought about anything like that. Music has always been like a very big hobby for me. And I didn't expect to become a famous person or anything like that - I just like making music. I started doing this just for fun, basically.
Was it difficult to get used to performing in front of a live audience?
At first it was very scary. For YouTube, you just sing in front of the camera, you can do as many takes as you want, and it doesn’t matter if you make a mistake. On stage, everyone is looking at you, and sometimes I actually feel on the verge of fainting (smiles). At first, going on stage, knowing that a lot of people would be looking at you, was really scary. But as soon as I started singing, everything returned to normal. Time after time it became easier, and now I can calmly go out and sing.
How do you interact with your fans? What does this mean to you?
I try to spend at least an hour a day interacting with my followers on Twitter and Instagram. Some of them have been following me since I was ten years old, that is, for about five years, and this is already like my second family. So I try to spend as much time on them as possible.
How do you choose a song to cover?
What kind of music do you listen to? What's your favorite song at the moment?
My favorite song right now is Louis The Child's "It's Strange". As for music in general, I listen to all musical styles. This is such a mix of everything - the same Justin Bieber, that is, such mainstream pop, calm music, for example, piano ballads... There is also such an artist as Tom Rosenthal. I listen to his album all the time now, it’s on repeat. Also, Twenty One Pilots is one of my favorite bands at the moment.
Tell us about your mini-album “Adore”. What was the inspiration for its creation?
In general, the song “Adore” is about my attitude towards music. This is also my first official single. I wanted to dedicate it to music. I'm still very young and I haven't had my first love yet. So this song is addressed to music, because I have been in love with it since childhood. And the whole album is a lot of different messages. About how to be more confident, how to get out, and about something else that I constantly encounter - how to travel and at the same time maintain contact with family and friends, maintain contacts with people. So this album is a mixture of emotions on the theme of love, friends and loved ones, and being happy.
What do you like to do in your free time?
I spend a lot of time with friends. Or watch Netflix (laughs).
What are your plans for the future?
Just keep making music for the rest of your life. Travel with your friends, with your team. See as much of the world as possible.
Would you like to do a big world tour someday and maybe visit Russia again?
Yes, definitely, I would really like to! I would really like a big tour. I love traveling so much, and I would really like to return to Russia, see both St. Petersburg and Moscow... See more here. Because this time I only have three days, and I really want to come back and do a live concert.
Great! Thank you so much!
(laughs) Thank you very much!
Jasmine Ying Thompson (born 8 November 2000) is a British singer and songwriter of English-Chinese descent. Having started releasing cover versions of hits in 2010, she achieved widespread recognition after performing the deep house song “Sun Goes Down”, produced by Robin Schultz. This song entered the TOP 10 charts in several countries including Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
In 2015, the singer's YouTube channel attracted more than 1.8 million subscribers and over 220 million views. Her acoustic cover of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" climbed to number 32 in the UK singles chart after being featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury's.
Remix by DJ Felix Yen (English)Russian. This cover became a super hit in 2015 and rose to number 2 in the UK chart, also hitting the charts in a number of other countries. The video received more than 100 million views online.
In its reviews, Allmusic often compares Jasmine Thompson's voice to an "incandescent light bulb"
2013: Bundle of Tantrums
In July 2013, Thompson released a cover of Naughty Boy's "La La Laruen". In August, she released three more covers: Taylor Swift's "Everything Has Changed" (in a duet with Gerald Ko), Passenger's "Let Her Goruen" and a cover of David Guetta's "Titanium". In September of that year, she released her debut album, Bundle of Tantrums, which included singles such as "La La La", "Let Her Go" and "Titanium". In September 2013, the singer recorded a cover version of Chaka Khan's song "Ain't Nobody". This rehash was used in advertising for the Sainsbury supermarket chain and reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released the mini-album Under the Willow Tree. The song “Run” included there had some success in Europe and the USA. She performed with Australian pop singer Cody Simpson during his acoustic tour, which ended in Birmingham. During this, she posted photos of her fans on Twitter, expressing gratitude for their support.
2014-present: Another Bundle of Tantrums
On April 20, 2014, the singer released her second studio album, Another Bundle of Tantrums. It peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. In September 2014, Thompson recorded a cover of "Everybody Hurts", which was used by the BBC in the autumn trailer for the series EastEnders. The trailer showed the characters of the series Kat Moon (English) Russian, Sharon Watts (English) Russian. and Lynda Carter (English)Russian, who sang the words from Jasmine's song. On May 25, 2015, Thompson announced on her Facebook page that she had signed a contract with Atlantic Records. Later, the first single “Adore” was released under this label. In 2015, German producer and DJ Felix Jaen (English) Russian. released a remix of "Ain't Nobody", the original of which was released by Jasmine in 2013 under the title "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)". The song became a worldwide hit, reaching number one on the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel and the Netherlands, as well as entering the top ten on the lists of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Having started releasing cover versions of hits in 2010, she achieved widespread recognition after performing the deep house song "Sun Goes Down", produced by Robin Schultz. This song reached the top 10 charts in several countries including Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
2013: Career
Bundle of Tantrums In July 2013, Thompson released a cover of Naughty Boy's "La La La" en". In August, she released three more covers: Taylor Swift’s “Everything Has Changed” (in a duet with Gerald Ko), “Let Her Go” en" by Passenger and a cover version of David Guetta's composition "Titanium Career en". In September of the same year, she released her debut album en". This rehash was used in an advertisement for the Sainsbury's supermarket chain. en and reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. In October 2013, she released a mini-album Under the Willow Tree. The song “Run” included there had some success in Europe and the USA. She performed alongside Australian pop singer Cody Simpson during his acoustic tour, which ended in Birmingham. During this, she posted photos of her fans on Twitter, expressing gratitude for their support.
2014-present: Another Bundle of Tantrums
On April 20, 2014, the singer released her second studio album Another Bundle of Tantrums. It peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. In September 2014, Thompson recorded a cover of the song "Everybody Hurts", which was used by the BBC in the autumn trailer for the series EastEnders. The trailer showed characters from the Cat Moon series (English)Russian, Sharon Watts (English)Russian and Linda Carter (English)Russian who sang the words from Jasmine's song. On May 25, 2015, Thompson announced on her Facebook page that she had signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Later, the first single under this label, “Adore,” was released. In 2015, German producer and DJ Felix Jaen (English)Russian released a remix of “Ain’t Nobody” en", the original of which was released by Jasmine in 2013 under the title "". The song became a worldwide hit, reaching number one on the charts in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel and the Netherlands, as well as reaching the top ten on the lists of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.
Discography
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| 2013 | "Ain't Nobody" | 32 | - | 76 | - | 32 | - | Non-album single | |||||
| 2015 | "Adore" | - | 91 | - | 34 | - | 39 | Adore | |||||
| "Do It Now" | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| "-" means the single did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
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| 2014 | "Sun Goes Down" (with Robin Schultz) |
94 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | 15 | 2 | 11 | 62 | - | 57 | 3 | Prayer |
| 2015 | "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" (with Felix Ian) |
2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 5 | Non-album single |
| "Unfinished Sympathy" (with The Six) |
- | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| "-" means the single did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
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The princess looked at her watch and, noticing that she had already missed the time she should have used to play the clavichord by five minutes, she went to the sofa with a frightened look. Between 12 and 2 o'clock, in accordance with the routine of the day, the prince rested, and the princess played the clavichord.The gray-haired valet sat dozing and listening to the prince's snoring in the huge office. From the far side of the house, from behind the closed doors, difficult passages of Dussek's sonata were heard twenty times repeated.
At this time, a carriage and britzka drove up to the porch, and Prince Andrei got out of the carriage, dropped off his little wife and let her go ahead. Gray-haired Tikhon, in a wig, leaned out of the waiter's door, reported in a whisper that the prince was sleeping, and hastily closed the door. Tikhon knew that neither the arrival of his son nor any unusual events should have disrupted the order of the day. Prince Andrei apparently knew this as well as Tikhon; he looked at his watch, as if to see if his father’s habits had changed during the time during which he had not seen him, and, making sure that they had not changed, he turned to his wife:
“He’ll get up in twenty minutes.” “Let’s go to Princess Marya,” he said.
The little princess gained weight during this time, but her eyes and short lip with a mustache and smile rose just as cheerfully and sweetly when she spoke.
“Mais c"est un palais,” she said to her husband, looking around, with the expression with which one speaks of praise to the owner of the ball. “Allons, vite, vite!... [Yes, this is a palace! – Let’s go quickly, quickly!...] - She , looking around, smiled at Tikhon, her husband, and the waiter who saw them off.
- C "est Marieie qui s" exercise? Allons doucement, il faut la surprendre. [Is this Marie exercising? Hush, let's take her by surprise.]
Prince Andrei followed her with a courteous and sad expression.
“You have grown old, Tikhon,” he said, passing, to the old man who was kissing his hand.
In front of the room, in which the clavichord could be heard, a pretty blond Frenchwoman jumped out of a side door.
M lle Bourienne seemed distraught with delight.
- Ah! “quel bonheur pour la princesse,” she spoke. - Enfin! Il faut que je la previenne. [Oh, what joy for the princess! Finally! We need to warn her.]
“Non, non, de grace... Vous etes m lle Bourienne, je vous connais deja par l"amitie que vous porte ma belle soeur,” said the princess, kissing the Frenchwoman. “Elle ne nous attend pas?” [No, no, please ... You are Mamzel Burien; I already know you from the friendship that my daughter-in-law has for you. She is not expecting us?]
They approached the door of the sofa, from which they could hear the passage being repeated again and again. Prince Andrei stopped and winced, as if expecting something unpleasant.
The princess entered. The passage broke off in the middle; a cry was heard, the heavy feet of Princess Marya and the sounds of kisses. When Prince Andrei entered, the princess and princess, who had only met briefly once during Prince Andrei’s wedding, clasped their hands and pressed their lips firmly to the places they had been in in the first minute. M lle Bourienne stood near them, pressing her hands to her heart and smiling piously, apparently as ready to cry as to laugh.
Prince Andrey shrugged his shoulders and winced, as music lovers wince when they hear a false note. Both women released each other; then again, as if afraid of being late, they grabbed each other by the hands, began to kiss and tear off their hands, and then again began to kiss each other on the face, and completely unexpectedly for Prince Andrei, both began to cry and began to kiss again. M lle Bourienne also began to cry. Prince Andrei was obviously embarrassed; but it seemed so natural to the two women that they were crying; it seemed that they did not even imagine that this meeting could take place otherwise.
- Ah! here!…Ah! Marieie!... – both women suddenly spoke and laughed. – J"ai reve cette nuit... – Vous ne nous attendez donc pas?... Ah! Marieie,vous avez maigri... – Et vous avez repris... [Ah, dear!... Ah, Marie!... – And I saw it in a dream. – So you weren’t expecting us?... Oh, Marie, you’ve lost so much weight - And you’ve gained so much weight...]
“J"ai tout de suite reconnu madame la princesse, [I immediately recognized the princess,] - inserted m lle Burien.
“Et moi qui ne me doutais pas!...” exclaimed Princess Marya. - Ah! Andre, je ne vous voyais pas. [But I didn’t suspect!... Oh, Andre, I didn’t even see you.]
Prince Andrei kissed his sister hand in hand and told her that she was the same pleurienicheuse [crybaby] as she always was. Princess Marya turned to her brother, and through her tears, the loving, warm and gentle gaze of her large, beautiful, radiant eyes at that moment rested on the face of Prince Andrei.
The princess spoke incessantly. Every now and then a short upper lip with a mustache would fly down for a moment, touch, where necessary, the ruddy lower lip, and again a smile would be revealed, shining with teeth and eyes. The princess told an incident that happened to them on Spasskaya Hill, which threatened her with danger in her position, and immediately after that she said that she had left all her dresses in St. Petersburg and would wear God knows what here, and that Andrei had completely changed, and that Kitty Odyntsova married an old man, and that there is a groom for Princess Marya pour tout de bon, [quite serious,] but we’ll talk about that later. Princess Marya still silently looked at her brother, and in her beautiful eyes there was both love and sadness. It was clear that she had now established her own train of thought, independent of her daughter-in-law’s speeches. In the middle of her story about the last holiday in St. Petersburg, she turned to her brother:
– And you are determined to go to war, Andre? – oia said, sighing.
Lise shuddered too.
“Even tomorrow,” answered the brother.
– II m"abandonne ici,et Du sait pourquoi, quand il aur pu avoir de l"avancement... [He leaves me here, and God knows why, when he could get a promotion...]
Princess Marya did not listen to the end and, continuing the thread of her thoughts, turned to her daughter-in-law, pointing at her belly with gentle eyes:
- Maybe? - she said.
The princess's face changed. She sighed.
“Yes, I guess,” she said. - Ah! It's very scary…
Lisa's lip dropped. She brought her face closer to her sister-in-law's and suddenly began to cry again.
“She needs to rest,” said Prince Andrei, wincing. – Isn’t it true, Lisa? Take her to your place, and I’ll go to the priest. What is he, still the same?
- Same, same; “I don’t know about your eyes,” the princess answered joyfully.
- And the same hours, and walks along the alleys? Machine? - Prince Andrei asked with a barely noticeable smile, showing that despite all his love and respect for his father, he understood his weaknesses.
“The same clock and machine, also mathematics and my geometry lessons,” Princess Marya answered joyfully, as if her geometry lessons were one of the most joyful experiences of her life.
When the twenty minutes that were needed for the old prince to get up had passed, Tikhon came to call the young prince to his father. The old man made an exception to his lifestyle in honor of his son’s arrival: he ordered him to be allowed into his half while dressing before dinner. The prince walked in the old fashion, in a caftan and powder. And while Prince Andrei (not with that grumpy expression and manners that he assumed in the living rooms, but with that animated face that he had when he talked with Pierre) entered his father, the old man was sitting in the dressing room on a wide, morocco upholstered chair, in a powder room, leaving his head in Tikhon’s hands.
- A! Warrior! Do you want to conquer Bonaparte? - said the old man and shook his powdered head, as much as the braided braid in Tikhon’s hands allowed. “At least take good care of him, otherwise he’ll soon write us down as his subjects.” - Great! - And he stuck out his cheek.
The old man was in good spirits after a pre-dinner nap. (He said that after lunch there is a silver dream, and before lunch there is a golden dream.) He joyfully glanced sideways at his son from under his thick, overhanging eyebrows. Prince Andrei came up and kissed his father in the place he indicated. He did not answer his father’s favorite topic of conversation - making fun of the current military people, and especially Bonaparte.
“Yes, I came to you, father, and with my pregnant wife,” said Prince Andrei, watching with animated and respectful eyes the movement of every feature of his father’s face. – How is your health?
“Unhealthy, brother, there are only fools and libertines, but you know me: busy from morning to evening, abstinent, and well, healthy.”
“Thank God,” said the son, smiling.
- God has nothing to do with it. Well, tell me,” he continued, returning to his favorite hobby, “how the Germans taught you to fight with Bonaparte according to your new science, called strategy.
Prince Andrei smiled.
“Let me come to my senses, father,” he said with a smile, showing that his father’s weaknesses did not prevent him from respecting and loving him. - After all, I haven’t settled in yet.
“You’re lying, you’re lying,” the old man shouted, shaking his braid to see if it was braided tightly, and grabbing his son’s hand. - The house is ready for your wife. Princess Marya will take her and show her and talk a lot about her. This is their woman's business. I'm glad for her. Sit and tell me. I understand Mikhelson’s army, Tolstoy too... a one-time landing... What will the Southern Army do? Prussia, neutrality... I know that. Austria what? - he said, getting up from his chair and walking around the room with Tikhon running and handing pieces of clothing. - Sweden what? How will Pomerania be transferred?
Today we will tell you who Jasmine Thompson is. Her biography will be discussed in detail below. It's about the songwriter. She is of English-Chinese descent.
Debut
Jasmine Thompson was born in 2000, on November 8th. She began releasing cover versions of various hits in 2010. She received wide recognition after performing the song Sun Goes Down, transforming it into a deep house style. It was produced by Robin Schultz. This composition entered various charts, including Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Australia.
Career
Jasmine Thompson recorded a cover version of the song La La Laruen in 2013. The next work was a performance of a Taylor Swift composition called Everything Has Changed. It was performed together with Gerald Ko. This was followed by covers of Let Her Goruen and Titaniumruen. Soon Jasmine Thompson released her debut album called Bundle of Tantrums. Then the singer created a cover version of Chaka Khan's song Ain't Nobody. This composition was featured in advertising and was also able to reach position 32 in the UK Singles Chart. Soon our heroine's mini-album Under the Willow Tree was released. The song “Run” included there was successful in the USA and Europe. She performed with Australian singer Cody Simpson as part of his acoustic tour. This journey ended in Birmingham.
Present tense
Jasmine Thompson released her second album in 2014, entitled Another Bundle of Tantrums. It peaked at number 126 on the UK Albums Chart. Soon our heroine released a cover of the song Everybody Hurts. This work was used by the BBC in the trailer for EastEnders. In the video, the characters Kat Moon, Sharon Watts and performed the song Jasmine.
In 2015, our heroine announced that she had signed a contract with Atlantic Records. Soon, the first single called Adore was recorded in this partnership. German DJ and producer Felix Jaen released a remix called Ain’t Nobody. The basis for this work was Jasmine's song. The composition managed to turn into a worldwide hit. She took first place in the charts of the Netherlands, Israel, Hungary, Germany, and Austria. This work was also successful in Switzerland, Sweden, Romania, France, Finland, Denmark and Belgium. The performer's YouTube channel has amassed over 1.8 million subscribers and more than 220 million views. An acoustic cover of Chaka Khan's composition managed to climb to 32nd position in the UK chart. Felix Yen's remix became a super hit in 2015. It rose to number two on the UK chart. Also strengthened in the rankings of other countries. The video for this composition received more than one hundred million views on the Internet.
