Jastin Martin: It's a Big Apple setting in the new 'Replacement' music video
If you’re Jastin Martin, there’s plenty of reasons to smile right about now. From putting out a must-hear new Miss Me Yet? studio debut album to blessing the culture with this new ‘Replacement’ music video? Super tough.
It’s a New York ting in the cinematic piece with fellow crooner Maleek Berry pulling through and there’s no holding back Martin’s studio glow up in the video. Tap into the video and keep scrolling to get the nitty gritty details on her new album.
Jastin Martin—the minimalist trap-soul singer-songwriter, producer and emerging soulful voice from Houston, Texas—presents her anxiously awaited debut album, Miss Me Yet?, out now via Def Jam Recordings.
These ten tracks illuminate the unparalleled intimacy of her approach. From the jump, it practically feels like she’s singing right to you over sparse, yet evocative instrumentation.
On “Up,” lilting guitar underlines her dreamy vocals as she admits, “I’ll be up all night, wasting time, thinking about you, it’s not my fault I can’t live without you.” Then, there’s “S.O.M.S. (Still Owe Me Something).” Snaps cut through a finger-picked arpeggio as she sighs, “Thought I had me one, thought you was the one, you just another one.” Meanwhile, her breathy vocals echo through “Celebration” as she picks herself back up and asks, “Can we celebrate?” The project concludes with “Closure (Outro)” where her final vocal crescendo builds towards one last catharsis.
She recently set the stage for the album with the release of the title track and single “Miss Me Yet?” It instantly attracted critical acclaim. Rated R&B wrote, “Against a twinkling production, Martin sings about being romantically misled after a promising suitor didn’t keep up their end of the deal with doing right by her heart,” and CHRON. proclaimed, “Her sound is intimate and minimalist, fusing the vulnerability of rhythm and blues with the smoky cadence of neo soul, the urgent pathos of trap music, and the syncopated rhythms of Afrobeats.” and YouKnowIGotSoul hailed it as “positive and breezy.”
Jastin continues to captivate in 2023. Most recently, she teamed up with Maleek Berry for “Replacement,” gathering nearly half-a-million total streams and counting. Additionally, Miss Me Yet? boasts “Right My Wrongs” and “Why Not?,” increasing anticipation for the project’s release and generating nearly over 2 million total streams.
