London-born singer-songwriter
Jasmine Thompson was first noticed at the age of 13 for her YouTube videos of her covers of various songs with her uniquely smoky, eerie voice. After her acoustic cover songs began charting,
Thompson started sharing songs of her own, going on to collaborate with artists such as
Selena Gomez,
Marshmello,
Meghan Trainor,
Zedd, and others, releasing her songs in the form of EPs like 2019's
Colour, and singles like her 2021 track "Already There."
Thompson began sharing videos of cover songs around 2013. After racking up millions of views of her videos of
Taylor Swift and
Naughty Boy covers, she began receiving regular radio airplay on the BBC as well as gaining an expanding online fan base. Her cover of
Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" was used in an advertising campaign for the U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury's and soon climbed the British charts. In September of 2013 she self-released her debut album,
Bundle of Tantrums, and continued to upload new videos. A month later, she followed the album with an EP titled Under the Willow Tree. In addition to releasing her own music,
Thompson has collaborated with artists in the dance/EDM community, most notably with German DJ/producer
Robin Schulz, who enlisted her to sing on his 2014 track "Sun Goes Down," which became an international dance hit. In 2014
Thompson also self-released her second studio album Another Bundle of Tantrums, which featured covers of well-known songs by
Lorde,
Miley Cyrus, and also
R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts." In early 2015,
Thompson announced that she had signed with Atlantic Records and headed to the U.S. to collaborate with pop songsmiths like
Jesse Shatkin and
Emily Warren. Her first single for Atlantic, "Adore," arrived that spring with the Adore EP released later that year. After its release,
Thompson uploaded 15 different single tracks to streaming services between 2015 and 2017, collaborating with the likes of
Hugel,
Eden Prince, and
Felix Jaehn, whose "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" topped the German singles charts for eight weeks. Her sophomore EP, Wonderland, arrived in 2017 and featured songwriting contributions by
Meghan Trainor,
Ross Golan,
Julia Michaels,
Justin Tranter, and others. The
Trainor co-penned single "Old Friends" appeared on Grey's Anatomy and was remixed by
Jonas Blue. Returning in early 2019,
Thompson issued a handful of singles which then appeared on her
Colour EP released in March. In 2020,
Thompson co-wrote the song "Kinda Crazy," which
Selena Gomez included on her album
Rare. That year also saw new singles from
Thompson including "Love for the Lonely," and the
Zedd collaboration "Funny." In June of 2021
Thompson released a new song, "Already There." ~ Fred Thomas & Timothy Monger