Get To Know: Jazmine White

On her latest release, the artist behind “€3.19”, Jazmine White, returns with a song shaped by introspection, honesty, and emotional self-interrogation. Originally written as an experiment in perspective, attempting to understand an avoidant attachment style, the track quickly became something more personal, revealing unexpected clarity about their own emotional patterns.

Written in fragments between shifts at Starbucks and later developed with close collaborators Trinity Reyes, Jacob Ehrlich, and Jordan Lilvee, the song reflects both lived experience and careful craft. Its title nods to a shared memory from studying abroad in Italy, grounding its emotional distance in a very real, almost cinematic moment.

Balancing vulnerability with restraint, the release explores what it means to stay physically present in a relationship while mentally stepping away. In this conversation, Jazmine White reflects on self-awareness, collaboration, and the evolving sense of identity shaping her work following the release of “€3.19.”

Welcome to Curious For Music! Can you tell us about the inspiration behind your latest release?

My latest release I started writing last year as a challenge to myself to write from a different perspective than my own.  I tried to write from an avoidant attachment perspective because I had always been an anxious attachment style in the past.  But songwriting always gives me insight and reflection into my own life and I quickly realized I related more to the avoidant attachment style than I thought I would.  The title “€3.19” comes from a particular wine my friends and I used to buy when we were studying abroad in Italy.  Setting the scene, I could just envision this internal dialogue like where you’re sitting with someone and they’re talking to you but you’re very much in your own head for a lot of the conversation.  I think the brutally honest lyrics also go hand in hand with what it’s like when you’ve had a drink or two and our walls are more likely to be down and let our true feelings show.  This song is for anyone who has ever physically stayed in a relationship but mentally left. 

What was the creative process like for this project?

When I started writing this song I was still working at Starbucks and for several days on my break I would go sit outside and I just started writing this to decompress while I was at work.  Then, I had a pretty basic idea of what I wanted it to sound like so I showed it to my friend Trinity Reyes and together we perfected the lyrics and came up with guitar chords, which are some of my favorites that I’ve ever used in a song. 

How does this new release differ from your previous work?

Before this song, I hadn’t released anything new in a year, and a lot of the music on my album “Innocence of Youth” was already a year or two old before it was released.  To me this song has more of a maturity to it and self-awareness that not all of my other songs had, which I also think just comes with growing up. 

Were there any particular challenges you faced while making this music?

Definitely.  This song feels very personal to things currently going on in my life, and figuring out how to promote, share, and be vulnerable while protecting my own privacy is a challenge.  I think at first writing this too I had a lot of denial that this avoidant attachment style was the reality of how I was actually feeling and not just a perspective I was attempting to write from, but it forced me to be honest with myself as well. 

Did you collaborate with any other artists or producers on this project?

I did! My good friend Trinity Reyes and I wrote parts of this song together and worked on some of the music aspects together as well.  My producer Jacob Ehrlich produced and mixed the song, and Jordan Lilvee mastered it.  

What message or emotion do you hope listeners take away from this release?

I hope it allows people to truly be honest with themselves.  I know that’s how it felt for me.  I was finally “saying” certain things out loud that I had kept in for a long time, and allowing that release for myself even though it felt really scary. 

Is there a story or concept that ties the songs together?

I am hoping to put out an EP by the end of this year! That body of work will have similar themes that connect to each other, so stay tuned for that.

How has your sound or style evolved on this release compared to your earlier work?

I think I’m learning more of what I want my work to sound like, and even just what I want to sing about in general.  It’s been a year since I released anything new, and I definitely feel more developed as an artist now.  I feel more settled in my life and career as an artist and feel like I am on a journey to more self discovery as well as discovering more of what love and community means as someone growing up in LA in their 20s.   

Is there a track in your music discography that feels especially meaningful to you? What makes it stand out?

Definitely Zion Hotel.  That track means so much to me; it’s the first song we finished for my album “Innocence of Youth”.  It’s about new chapters closing and opening and learning to let someone go even if you’re not really ready to.  There’s this sense of wanting to move forward but also holding space for the past or a particular person.  Probably the most hopeless romantic gesture I’ve ever done was send a postcard with no return address to this person the song is about- I was trying to find closure to the relationship for myself, but also simultaneously trying to give one last shot at connection.  One of the hardest things for me to learn is the phrase “if you love someone let them go” and if it’s meant for you it will come back to you.  So this song definitely goes through the internal conflict I felt about that, and I wrote it with a friend in Zion National Park right after dropping off the postcard at a random post office during my road trip.  But so many good things came from that experience; I ended up meeting really great people to work on that album with me, and eventually moving to LA.  I always come back to this song when I want to center again around what I want to be as an artist. 

How do you plan to share this release with your audience? Are there any upcoming performances, videos, or special projects in the works?

I’ve been promoting all over social media, doing my best to share with everyone I know.  I also had a gig the night of my release and the song actually released while I was onstage which was really cool! Definitely working on planning some summer gigs that I will be posting about soon, as well as continuing to record for my next project.