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Biography

“Jasmine Sokko” is the stage name of electronic music singer-songwriter and producer Jasmine Wong Chu Qing. Jasmine is one of the top most-streamed Singaporean female artists on Spotify with over 100 thousand monthly listeners and 20 thousand followers on the streaming platform.

Her debut track, “1057,” was published on 2016 and quickly reached the number one spot on Spotify’s Viral 50 Singapore playlist. This song was also included on her debut EP, N°, which she dropped in 2017 — nearly one year after the aforementioned track’s release.

In 2018, Jasmine scored her first first major-label debut on Warner Music Singapore with her song “HURT.” Later that year, she took part in the Chinese electronic music talent show, Rave Now. Ending up in fourth place, Jasmine became the only female artist and the only Singaporean contestant to compete at the finale held on February 1, 2019.

2019 was a year filled with commercial success and critical acclaim for the singer-songwriter/producer. Two months after the finale of Rave Now, Jasmine returned with her comeback single “TIRED.” The fun and groovy electronic-pop song turned out to be her most successful song to date, accumulating over five million streams on Spotify alone. That same year, she partnered with Warner Music China for her first Mandarin single titled “噓 (SHH).” It is worth noting that her collaboration with the music label has also been extended to songs like March 2020’s “退烧 FEVER.” To wrap-up the year, Jasmine took home the fan-voted 2019 MTV EMAs' Best Southeast Asia Act award. This made her the first Singaporean and fourth female artist to be given the honour by the EMAs since the award was established in 2013.

Alongside the unique sound to her music, the fact that she hides her face behind masks has made her recognisable. In an interview with NYLON published on July 1, 2019, she revealed that she wants people to focus on her music and not her appearance:

[The idea of a mask] started as part of a music video idea. Eventually, I realise that the identity really fits me a lot because I’m very low-key and if I make music, I would much rather people pay attention to my music first than to care about anything else that I feel is peripheral.

With a rapidly increasing following on social media platforms like Instagram, there is no doubt that Jasmine Sokko will become one of the most influential artists in Singapore.