Jethwa’s journey to singing begins in a melting pot of Western and Indian culture, influenced by the personal stories of her London upbringing and with a mesmerising, natural command for melody and harmonies.

Jasmine makes magical, folk-tinged acoustic pop songs with a full voice that teems with rich emotion. It makes sense when she describes the music she was most interested in growing up. “The earliest memories I have are of driving down to see my grandparents, and we listened to different music in the car on my dad’s iPod,” she recalls, “There’d be David Gray, Tracy Chapman, Dido, Gipsy Kings, The Eagles – old songs, classic albums. And I feel like they went into my psyche. I’m obsessed with any kind of acoustic, well-played guitar.”

Though she cannot play the instrument herself, she often collaborates with different songwriters, one of which is her friend Jez, to make sure the guitar is always a focus point in her tracks. She loved watching Bollywood films with her Gujarati grandmother back when she was a kid: “In terms of vocals, I do think that’s made a bit of an impact,” she says of those Hindi songs she internalised. Jasmine is on the cusp of releasing her next batch of songs, which very much lean into the sense of mysticism that’s present in the songs, and the world they inhabit.

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Born and raised in South London, Jasmine wasn’t always set on being a musician. As a child, she used to visit her Grandad who worked his way up from humble beginnings in North Shields to becoming a successful scenic painter, creating backdrops and sets for countless theatre shows and Ballets across London and the world.

After watching these performances of dancers in front of a backdrop of beautiful scenery, Jasmine fell in love with dance. She began training from a young age, learning contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap & modern. “I was always writing music on the side on my worn-out old keyboard,” she laughs, “But I never thought I was that great, to be honest. I can read music a little bit and play keys enough to write melody but, but it’s more just the melodies and the writing that I feel like I’m good at... So I liked music, but I thought: dance is what I’m gonna do.” However, as Jasmine went on to study dance full-time, she found herself falling out of love with movement and instead more drawn to what had merely been her hobby on the side, looking longingly at the music studios across the hallway. Eventually, She trusted her gut and left that school to focus on music. “I definitely like a drive and rhythm to my songs,” she says when discussing whether her dance background plays any part in the type of music she makes now, “I want to feel like I can move to it or be moved by it emotionally.”