Jasmine Adams (professionally known as Jazmin Bean) (born February 7, 2003) is an English singer, songwriter, social media personality, and makeup artist. Based in

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, they first gained attention online for their "extreme" makeup looks. They self-released their debut

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

''Worldwide Torture'' in 2019, which was later reissued in 2020 through Interscope &

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Early life

Bean's mother, Angela Adams, is a drummer and former member of the punk rock band Fluffy. Their father is singer

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. They have

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heritage. They have stated that they had "minimal to no friends" and were "often isolated" during high school.

Career

Music

Bean began performing music at age 15. Their first live performance involved them singing while rubbing chicken liver on themselves at a bar. Bean released their debut single, "Worldwide Torture", in 2019. They self-released their debut

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

, ''Worldwide Torture'', in October 2019, under their personal label ''Aswang Birthday Cake''. It was later reissued by

Island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

and

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in November 2020 with six additional tracks. A music video for their song "Saccharine", taken from ''Worldwide Torture'', was also released in October 2019. They've released solo singles, including "Hello Kitty" in December 2019 and "Yandere" in October 2020, and collaboration singles "Princess Castle" featuring Cottontail and "Monster Truck" featuring Zheani were both released in November 2020. Their next single, titled "R U Looking 4 Me Now" was released in July 2021. Jazmin promoted another single called "Puppy Pound" via an

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post, where fans could text a mobile number on a 'lost dog' poster to sign up for updates for their music. The record was released on March 25th, 2022, along with a music video on

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. The video was directed by Shan Phearon and Jazmin themself, and the single has amassed over 2 million streams on

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. They also released

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following the single 5 days later. Bean stated on their

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account that their next project will be more pop focused rather than

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like their previous album was. After teasing snippets through

and TikTok, Bean released "Carnage" featuring Lucy Loone on November 18th, 2022. A music video was also released on

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the same day.

Makeup

Bean became known on social media for their "extreme", "doll-like" makeup looks and pastel goth style, which they have described as "genderless monster". They first started doing makeup as an early teenager while trying to recreate the looks of their ''

Monster High Monster High is an American multimedia-supported fashion doll franchise created by toy designer Garrett Sander and launched by Mattel in 2010. Aimed at children aged 7 to 14, the franchise features characters inspired by monster movies, sci-f ...

'' dolls. They run Cult Candy Cosmetics, a cruelty-free,

vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. Di ...

makeup brand.

Artistry

Bean's music has been described as

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trap metal Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock and alternative metal music which combines hip hop with heavy metal. It usually consists of heavy metal guitar riffs, funk metal elements, rapped vocals and sometimes turntables. History Origins and early ...

hyperpop Hyperpop is a loosely-defined music movement and microgenre that predominantly originated in the United Kingdom during the early-to-mid 2010s. It is characterized by a maximalist or exaggerated take on popular music, and artists within the genr ...

alt-pop Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

grunge Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Grunge fuses elements of p ...

, and horror pop. ''

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''s Jael Goldfine described their music as "freaky", "eerie", and "genre-bending". They have stated that their music is inspired by film

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...

s, including those of the 2019 horror film ''

Midsommar ''Midsommar'' is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. The film stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a dysfunctional couple who travel to Sweden with a group of friends for a midsummer festival, only to find themselv ...

'' and the 2005 fantasy film ''

Corpse Bride ''Corpse Bride'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride'') is a 2005 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based o ...

''. Bean has stated that their style is inspired by

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Aswang Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and werebeasts (usually dogs, cats, pigs). The aswang is the subject of a wide variety of myths, s ...

s, ''

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'', and

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films, and they have described it as a form of escapism. A

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titled "R U Looking 4 Me Now" was opened from late November to early December of 2021 in Harajuku, Japan. The pop-up was in collaboration with

Hysteric Glamour ''Hysteric Glamour'' is a Japanese designer label created by artist Nobuhiko Kitamura in 1984. Operations The theme of the label is 1960s mass media, with t-shirts depicting musicians like Marc Bolan and the Sex Pistols, and art work by Andy ...

and featured behind the scenes props from their music videos and their own art.

Personal life

Bean is on the

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. They are

agender Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are not solely male or femaleidentities that are outside the gender binary. Non-binary identities fall under the transgender umbrella, since non-binary people typically ...

and use

they/them Singular ''they'', along with its inflected or derivative forms, ''them'', ''their'', ''theirs'' and ''themselves'' (or ''themself''), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun. It typically occurs with an unspecified antecedent, in sentence ...

pronouns. They sometimes wear a chest binder, and in April 2021 announced plans to undergo top surgery. They are based in

. In June 2022, they announced that they had been in rehab for a

ketamine Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used medically for induction and maintenance of anesthesia. It is also used as a recreational drug. It is one of the safest anesthetics, as, in contrast with opiates, ether, and propofol, it suppresses ne ...

addiction and were on the road to recovery. https://twitter.com/abortjazminbean/status/1536827785125277698?s=20&t=oMs7IDJXwxW49zHJ9gOwbQ

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

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