A significant milestone for the singer, Sokko was recently featured on a billboard in Times Square. The billboard was part of Spotify’s Equal initiative, which works to showcase women musicians from around the world. Sokko was part of the streaming service’s Singapore and Malaysia playlist.

“I was that little girl who looked up to many powerful women figures, for they affirmed [to] me that everyone is deserving of every chance to achieve their dreams. Though the road to genuine equality is a long and constantly shifting one, it is an absolute honour to be a part of it,” Sokko shared on Instagram.

“What nobody tells people who are beginners—and I really wish someone had told this to me…” Sokko wrote on Instagram, in a post penned for aspiring artists, “is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple of years you make stuff, it’s just not that good… But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase… You’ve just got to fight your way through it.”

Since the release of her first Mandarin EP, Made In Future, Sokko has been expanding her music to better fit her as she grows. Her second English EP is due to be released this year. Sokko told CNA Luxury that it will be a “rebirth of Jasmine Sokko”. “I’m straying away from what I used to do, which kind of scares me to be honest. People can expect the unexpected,” she said.

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