{"id":36535,"date":"2018-06-01T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=36535"},"modified":"2018-06-01T17:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:27:27","slug":"in-conversation-with-jazz-mino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/in-conversation-with-jazz-mino\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation With Jazz Mino"},"content":{"rendered":"

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London based Jazz Mino recently released her new single, \u2018Misunderstand\u2019. In conversation with us, she reveals more about her musical campaign to promote mental health awareness, how her latest single differs from the rest of her music, and her nerdy love for Pokemon.<\/h3>\n

What is the inspiration or message behind \u2018Misunderstand\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Misunderstand\u2019, I feel really proud of, because it\u2019s the first one I\u2019ve gotten really hands on with. My manager Louis, who writes with me and me, we crafted together. Whereas normally I just do the chords and then go to my producer and say this is the kind of sound I want. The message behind it is about really trying to get through to someone and them kind of rejecting you and not understanding you. I wanted to write about something that has happened to me and do something a bit different. All my previous singles have given a positive message and while putting out positivity is very important, people don\u2019t have just have only positive thing happen to them, there\u2019s different flavours of people and I wanted to put across the message that even though I\u2019m a positive person, bad things happen to everybody.<\/p>\n

Is this something very different from your previous work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, all my singles so far kind of give a positive message. I\u2019m doing a series of singles, and each one is to promote the importance of mental health and each is about something that\u2019s very near and dear to me. So \u2018Crush\u2019 which I\u2019m most well-known for, was about living in the moment and not overanalysing things. I was inspired to release that single because I struggled with anxiety for a very long time, and the single reminds me of the journey I\u2019ve been through where I can now get up on stage, embrace and enjoy the moment. Then I released, \u2018Together in Electric Dreams\u2019 which was about my family and friends looking out for me and always being there for me. And then,\u2019Warrior\u2019 which again about friends and family supporting you through the really difficult times. So all of them have had really positive messages. But \u2018Misunderstand\u2019 is from a different angle, and its saying that sometimes people are rejected and bad things. It\u2019s showing a different side of me, and musically it has a darker edge as well. It has a lot of harmonies going on, which plays into the idea of the song; like which one are you going to listen to, there\u2019s lot going on.<\/p>\n

This mental health campaign you mentioned, is that the \u2018colour campaign\u2019 that you\u2019ve been doing? Is there a particular colour associated with this single? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, it\u2019s the colour campaign. Where I use a different colour to correspond with the message of each song. And \u2018Misunderstand\u2019 is going to be yellow.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s interesting that you\u2019re using yellow- a really bright colour- to represent a song like \u2018Misunderstand\u2019 that\u2019s more about a darker themes. Was that conscious decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes! It\u2019s basically yellow, because its called \u2018Misunderstand\u2019 and playing on that we\u2019ve got a darker edge. It\u2019s almost like how people can put on this front, but you don\u2019t always know what\u2019s going on inside.<\/p>\n