Norwich-based singer-songwriter Jasmine Catherine steps boldly into cinematic territory with her upcoming single The Dark Days, out October 30. Merging sweeping orchestration, six-part harmonies, and distorted vocal textures, Jasmine draws inspiration from fantasy epics like Shadow and Bone, Game of Thrones, and The Lord of the Rings to create a sound that’s both intimate and larger-than-life.
At its heart, The Dark Days is a tale of forbidden love and redemption — where orchestral strings clash with haunting vocals in a battle between shadow and light. “I wanted to create a song that felt like walking across broken battlegrounds and finding something pure in the ashes,” Jasmine shares. “The idea of forbidden love and dark desire seemed tied to that moment of reckoning — and when the light prevails, it doesn’t feel easy. It feels hard-won.”
A lifelong fan of storytelling and fantasy, Jasmine transforms her influences into something uniquely her own. Echoes of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and John Powell can be heard throughout the track, yet her pop sensibility and lyrical vulnerability anchor it in the modern world. With The Dark Days, Jasmine Catherine proves she doesn’t just write songs — she builds worlds.