Houston's trap-soul singer Jastin Martin releases debut album 'Miss Me Yet?'

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. Listen HERE.

Watch Jastin’s newest video “Miss Me Yet?”

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.

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.

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About Jastin Martin

Born and raised in Houston, Jastin’s family exposed her to a musical kaleidoscope: Bob Marley and Brooks & Dunn (via her grandfather); Lenny Kravitz and Evanescence (via her mom); and zydeco (via her Louisiana grandmother). By 16, Jastin was making her first studio recordings. At age 20, attending the HBCU Grambling State in Louisiana, Jastin first picked up the guitar and eventually taught herself how to produce.

She began diligently posting original songs online in 2016, building a loyal organic following with her hushed, guitar-lined confessions. Her soft-spoken sultriness and hard-hitting candidness on early breakout tracks “Again” and “Reassurance” struck a chord with new fans. “Again,” for example, was a soulful take-down directed at a lying love interest that she wrote in a mere 30 minutes in her car.

“My writing is so detailed that I wouldn’t have to tell anyone a song is about them – they would know it,” Jastin says. That sincerity graces her posts on Instagram and TikTok, where she deconstructs her songs and offers valuable life advice, too. Whether she’s writing lyrics in her bedroom, at the local park, or figuring out a melody to a guitar loop from her rooftop complex, the process remains intimate, pure and organic.

“I’ll even cry sometimes when I’m just writing and playing my guitar at the park. It’s a feeling of emotion like no other,” she admits. That rawness translates into moody, silky neo-soul that’s as cathartic for her as it is comforting to listeners. “If I’m gonna give something of myself,” Jastin says, “I might as well give all of it.”

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