With her latest outing ‘Set Us Free’, Brooklyn-born, LA-based artist the one named Jasmine flips the script on empty mantras and polished pop escapism. As the lead single from her upcoming EP ‘Everything Is Not What It Seems’, it’s a bold opening statement in being intimate, defiant, and unafraid to dig into the grit beneath the gloss.
Built on stripped-back acoustic guitar, handclaps, and whispered textures, the production feels closer to a protest circle than a recording booth. Jasmine’s delivery floats between soulful melodies and spoken-word sharpness, dismantling the delusion that mindset alone can undo generations of systemic injustice.
There’s no saviour narrative here. Instead, she weaves her own experiences growing up in poverty into a larger call for liberation and collective reckoning. The result is something both deeply personal and politically potent, a reminder that healing doesn’t always sound soft, and that resistance doesn’t always need a beat drop to land.