An open plea to Jasmine

Quickly, before I remember The Fame Monster exists.




















The woman you see above you is Jasmine. You may or may not be aware of her. Jasmine, former backing singer for Nelly Furtado and mastermind behind Kylie's SPECTACULAR Rippin Up The Disco, burst onto the electro pop princess scene around the second quarter of 2008 with a series of spectacular demos which indicated we were about to witness the perfect lovechild of Cyndi Lauper, Nelly Furtado, Prince and basically EVERYONE AMAZING. One of these demos in particular, The Truth, was uploaded...but only in a 1:30 clip. This clip however was enough to persuade us that the Second Coming had indeed arrived. In Jasmine form. We wanted the full version, but fair enough we thought - she'd only just burst onto the scene, we'd see it eventually.

Plus, High On Your Supply was totally killer enough to tide us over (it's still on her MySpace for those who are interested).

HOWEVER, what happened next probably has to go down as one of the biggest disappointments ever for me musically (even moreso than the complete mismanagement of Little Boots' career by Atlantic). She...disappeared. Her MySpace was left untendered for months, and we were left wondering whether we would ever hear a full version of what was looking to be THE GREATEST SONG OF ALL TIME. We heard she went off and got married. Then, disappointingly, we heard rumours that Jasmine wanted to concentrate on songwriting from now on...

BUT, she came back after a few months' absence. And, erm, uploaded a cod-reggae demo with some bubbly synths but not much else. Then she took almost all of her spectacular demos down (with the exception of High On Your Supply and Restless Heart), put up some far more underwhelming ones, and announced to us all that she was spending the next year focusing on a project...called Little Ducks Production, which was to focus on making sing-along albums for toddlers.

Fair enough Jasmine. It's dear to your heart. But surely you must see that this is a massive waste of your talents? (Thankfully she has taken the time out to produce some fantastic music recently - I reference you to Dollface's poptastic Miss Jamaica, which is a smash hit just WAITING to happen) Especially after those KILLER demos you came out with. However, I have just one wish. I wouldn't at all mind you going off to do music for kids, I wouldn't at all mind you abandoning us for months on end without the slightest hint of what's happening with what looked to be the most exciting pop prospect of the decade, if only you FINALLY uploaded a full version of The Truth. Please? We've been waiting for over a year now Jasmine, put us pop trash addicts out of our miseries...hell, I'll even give you the 79p for the track myself!

Jasmine - The Truth (1:26 clip)
Jasmine on MySpace

And now, back to pop perfection which IS already in my grasp...