Jasmine Sokko

Jasmine Wong Chu Qing (born 8 November 1995), known professionally as Jasmine Sokko, is a Singaporean singer-songwriter and electronic music producer. She is known for songs such as "Tired", "Burnout Dynasty" (2025), and "You'll Be Okay" (2026) and performances such as in Rave Now in 2018. Sokko was one of the most-streamed Singaporean female singers on Spotify in 2018, and won the Best Southeast Asian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2019.

Sokko uses instruments such as the ROLI Seaboard, and software such as Mixed Reality Toolkit and TouchDesigner, and prefers putting a bigger focus on her vocals over her instruments. Sokko predominantly writes in the electropop genre. Rising from an unintentional directorial decision in her 2016 debut of "1057", Sokko used visors or masks to conceal parts of her face while performing. She revealed her face on Instagram in 2023. She employs black clothes, eyewear, and wings to create an identity, described as "dark" and "futuristic" by Hidayah Idris of Cleo.

Following her performance in Rave Now in 2018 in which she placed fourth, she gained 65,000 new followers on Weibo in six weeks. Kendra Tan of 8days and Eddino Abdul Hadi of The Straits Times cited Rave Now as a reason for her fame. After, she started creating Mandopop songs, such as in the extended play titled Made in Future (2020), but since decreased her involvement from 2021, desiring to stand out and diversify her music.

In 2019, Sokko released "Tired", described as her breakthrough role according to Melissa Stewart of Channel NewsAsia and Terence Poh of T Singapore, having accumulated 11.7 million streams on Spotify by 2024. In 2025, Sokko released "Burnout Dynasty", winning for the Best Visual Effects at the 2026 Berlin Music Video Awards. In 2026, Sokko released "You'll Be Okay" for the National Day Parade, and aerially performed amidst a drone show at the National Stadium.

Early life Jasmine Wong Chu Qing was born on 8 November 1995. Her stage name is derived from Finnish , meaning "blind", which she described as apt for her masked persona. She has an older brother.

From young, Sokko had wishes of becoming a rock star and held an interest in music, wanting to be "cool", which she later described as a shallow reason. as the bassist and vocalist.

Sokko describes herself as an "average student" and St Andrew's Junior College. To satisfy her parents, she reluctantly studied business management at the Singapore Management University (SMU), but accepted the situation after studying for a year. Sokko was awarded the SMU Emerging Artist Award, which recognised its undergraduates for their artistic works.

From August 2018, she was part of a six-month student exchange programme to Stockholm, motivated by Swedish culture where songwriting was normalised and culturally supported. Sokko described it as the last chance for her music career, sending cold emails over months to find a music collaborator and eventually receiving an invitation to Rave Now. The masks were custom-made or sourced by Randolph Tan, her stylist. According to Geoffrey Eu of The Business Times, The use of masks was an unintentional decision; a mask was worn in her first music video, "1057", for its plot of a girl finding someone lost, who ended up to be her masked self. The mask had been shrinking in size over the years, and Eu described her atmosphere as "edgy" and "alluring". Sokko was also inspired by musicians like Julia Michaels and Grimes. Having found learning from textbooks and YouTube videos ineffective at 19 years old, she opted to learn by direct usage. For juxtaposition, Sokko pairs the darker themes with "fun" music. and women to pursue things regardless of societal expectations. Sokko uses hardware like Tap, a wearable computer keyboard, and software like the Mixed Reality Toolkit, and TouchDesigner for remixing. Although she uses tools such as Claude, Sokko debuted in China's music market with the Mandarin song "Shh". on 18 November 2020. Sokko made her single debut "1057" in the electronic genre, Being the word lost written in numbers, it was about losing one's ways in a "number"-obsessed society, such as grades, followers, and money.

In September 2017, she released her debut extended play (EP) titled N°, (Pronounced as "no" or "number".) which contained emotions about resisting society. Zhang enjoyed the production and "futuristic" melody.

In 2017, Sokko collaborated with Amanda Ling to remix "Driven", a rock song, by Concave Scream, to shift its genre to one with a more sombre tone. By 1 August 2018, she was one of the top-streamed Singaporean female singers on Spotify; she attributes that to her activity during an era of digital releases, unlike other Singaporean female singers. Sokko released the single "Hurt", Inspired by the hurt caused by brutal honesty from loved ones, she directed her held-back emotions of getting revenge into the song. she released "Tired", her second major-label work, which was dedicated to introverts. Sokko released "Fever", (written with optimism and perseverance according to Hear65.) Working with her choreographer to create a simple TikTok dance to combat loneliness, it garnered 2.8 million views for the "#BlessThisMess" dance challenge by June 2020. Inspired by Medusa from Greek mythology, Sokko described her as a "misunderstood villain" Eu describes the song as a "tonal shift"; Sokko describes her previous songs as more cheerful, compared to "Medusa", which was darker in nature. It was inspired by The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a 2012 film. It was a collaboration with Rena Lovelis of Hey Violet, a pop band from the United States. Sokko liked the concise formula as it effectively condensed complex information, and was inspired by museums which allowed her to create from observation and reflect emotionally. a song about coming of age and being young enough to escape responsibilities but old enough to be an adult. It was created when she felt societal pressure to get in a relationship, due to the precedent set by the older generation, but embraced being alone. Sokko released "Winter", a rock song, returning to her initial desires of performing rock music.

In March 2025, Sokko released her first full-length album titled Burnout Dynasty. It consisted of songs that captured the different phases of growing up in Singapore, It won Best Visual Effects at the 2026 Berlin Music Video Awards.

In May 2026, Sokko composed and sang "You'll Be Okay", an electronic pop song, used in the 2026 celebration of Singapore's National Day Parade (NDP). Sokko was selected by Bang Wenfu, the NDP music director, to be in charge of one of three songs for a wide representation of genres;

The song is about having hope for the future and giving courage to people, Sokko performed for Kreatif Connections, a festival celebrating 50 years of Indonesia–Singapore relations. In 2025, she had also performed for JJ Lin in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. for three of its six nights of performances to 55,000 attendees, Sokko performed "You'll Be Okay" amidst a drone show consisting of 300 drones, descending 30 metres from the ceiling of the National Stadium for the National Day Parade, after about three months of practice sessions. It featured songs such as "Tetris" and a remix of "Medusa".

Awards and nominations +YearEventWorkAwardResultRef.2019MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Southeast Asian Act