Award-winning rocker Jasmine Cain is back with new music and a packed tour schedule. In this interview, we ask Jasmine about the inspiration behind her latest singles, the realities of managing a digital presence in today’s industry, and what advice she would give to her 2004 self.

Reuel

Hello Jasmine! I’m happy to chat with you again. How are you doing?

Jasmine Cain

I am running about as wide open as possible! Tour season is HERE and we are in deep!

Reuel

We last spoke in 2021, the year after you released Seven. You’ve put out new music and achieved even more since then. What stands out as your favorite moment from the past five years?

Jasmine Cain

Performing on the Grand Ole Opry stage and accepting our 2025 Josie Music Awards for Female Rock Artist and Best Rock Album “Attitude is Everything”.

Reuel

You’ve just released new videos for your songs “Are You Ready?” and “Hurt”. What was the inspiration behind these songs?

Jasmine Cain

“Are You Ready” is a song about excess and impulse and allowing yourself to do whatever you feel on a whim. It’s wild and dangerous. I wrote it for our SEVEN album, and this marks the SEVENth Anniversary, so we are giving it a little breath of air since we couldn’t tour on the album due to the pandemic. “Hurt” was written in the moment at a really painful time. I hate talking about it, and I never really wanted to release it because it brought up a really uncomfortable moment that both sides have completely mended and moved forward from, but the song still remains..and it’s good…and it deserves to be heard. Even if it brings up a bunch of painful memories for me. It means different things for different people but we’ve all dealt with some real betrayal and contemplated our entire lives from time to time. I don’t think there is a soul out there that hasn’t felt this song at some point in their life.

Reuel

This makes listening to the songs even more interesting now! Will those be standalone releases, or are you planning to follow them up with a bigger release soon?

Jasmine Cain

“Hurt” is a standalone release as we are getting ready to write the next chapter of Jasmine Cain in November. We plan on changing a few things up and perhaps taking it back to a more organic direction. But…that always remains to be seen when you get into the studio! We’ll all be surprised together, I guess.

Reuel

How would you describe your music using only emojis?

Jasmine Cain

Reuel

No doubt you’ve received tons of compliments regarding your music. Is there any compliment that comes to mind, either for being from someone special or because it made you think, “THIS is why I make music!”?

Jasmine Cain

It has happened a few times where people have told me that my music has saved their lives and that’s such a strange power that I never thought about when I first started writing. It’s not even a power I think I wanted? It’s a powerful thing to be able to change someone’s life in 3 and a half minutes and it must be handled with care. I take that into consideration with every deep emotional song I write.

Reuel

Today’s musicians have to balance managing their digital presence with being musicians, which is time-consuming but allows for a closer connection with fans. From your POV as a musician, do these advantages outweigh the time and effort required?

Jasmine Cain

It certainly adds a hefty amount of weight to a plate that is already plenty heavy. It’s been so interesting watching music change and morph into different things over time. I think about my great grandparents watching the main source of transportation going from horse and wagon to seeing the first space shuttle launch and a guy jumps out and walks on the moon. Music has been a lot like that for me. I’m dating myself, but we didn’t have home computers or youtube videos to learn songs. Now we are content creators that write songs in our spare time. I honestly work around the clock and I am still not able to juggle every single aspect of all the social media posts that I need to on my own. I’m constantly behind the ball. However, it has opened up a new job for people who spend all day going through your videos and doing your ads and posts for all your sites. If you can afford to hire them, they can help manage it much better so you can focus on the music, which is what you should be focused on.

Reuel

That’s true! You released your debut album in 2004. If you could go back in time, what advice would you give 2004’s Jasmine Cain?

Jasmine Cain

Hahahahaha…honestly, I would tell her she was right and to continue to be the stubborn, hard-headed, honest artist that she is. I knew who I was when I started, and I stood by my convictions. They haven’t changed. I am the exact same girl I always was. The only thing I would perhaps change is telling 2004 Jasmine to re-evaluate some things to see if they’re really worth beating your head against the wall for. Some of those fights that I fought were useless and I did it on principle but it wasn’t worth it in the long run. A cold shoulder and a hot coffee and I could’ve just moved on with less stress, but I had a lot more fight in me then!

Reuel

Brilliant! Thank you for your time, Jasmine! Is there anything else you’d like to add?

Jasmine Cain

I would love to invite you all to check out our website at jasminecain.com as we like to play some games throughout the summer and give away merch packages. The best way to know how to play along is to join our street team, which you can do through our website. I love to give things away!