Jasmine Ying Thompson is a British singer and songwriter from London. Thompson became well-known with her YouTube channel, which has over 1,500,000 subscribers and over 200 million views. Her acoustic reworking of Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t Nobody” made number 32 on the UK Singles Chart after being featured in an advert for supermarket chain Sainsbury’s for their by Sainsbury’s range. The song was remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn in 2015, and became a huge hit around Europe, peaking at number 2 in the UK, and charting in several other countries. Her voice has been described as “particularly smoky” and “eerie”. Wikipedia®.
Despite being just 14-years-old, Jasmine Thompson has already built a fanbase of millions. Starting out by filming haunting renditions of her favourite songs and uploading to YouTube, these covers rapidly gained widespread support being championed by the likes of Edith Bowman, Perez Hilton, and Jacks Gap. In August 2013, she had her first radio play on Radio 1 Review Show and later that year Jasmine’s cover of Chaka Khan’s ‘Ain’t Nobody’ was used for UK supermarket Sainsbury’s nation-wide advertising campaign.
Jasmine Thompson: Crystal Heart
Jasmine’s recent covers have drawn praise from high profile artists such as Naughty Boy, Passenger, and Avicci and she is currently featured on Robin Schulz’s single ‘Sun Goes Down.’ To date, the song has received over 50 million views on YouTube and has topped the iTunes chart in Germany ahead of a worldwide release in January 2015.
Jasmine Thompson: Crystal Heart Lyrics:
I see the world in stars and laser beams
The future’s bright in my kaleidoscope of dreams
I feel so shatterproof ’til you look me in the eyes
Somehow you see my truth like particles of light
So shine a light through me
I will let you in, let you in
But I can’t break so easily
Underneath the skin, neath the skin
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crystal, crystal heart
I’ll take a leap of faith don’t let me fall
You always raise me up by breaking down my walls
I feel so shatterproof ’til you look me in the eyes
Somehow you see my truth like particles of light
So shine a light through me
I will let you in, let you in
But I can’t break so easily
Underneath the skin, neath the skin
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crystal, crystal heart
Shine your light through me
I won’t hide
But you can’t help falling
If you don’t mind
So shine a light through me
I will let you in, let you in
But I can’t break so easily
Underneath the skin, neath the skin
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crystal, crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crys-crys-crystal heart
I’ve got a crystal, crystal heart