Singer tackles online safety and discrimination on school visit

Gravesend singer-songwriter Jash will be paying local schools a visit later this month, as he tackles the subject of discrimination and online safety head on.

With 17 dates lined up over 11 days, Jash is keen to perform to thousands of young people across the country before sitting down to open up about his personal experiences of cyberbullying and discrimination.

“Being an artist means that you have to put yourself out there”, says Jash.

“Sometimes the feedback you receive can be positive, sometimes it’s negative. I have a good friend who does music and he put a song out there as a tribute to his Dad, who recently passed away, and people wound up slating him for it. While I’ve never had something as extreme as that happen to me, I’ve had people try to put me down on social media. When it comes down to it, you should keep doing what you’re doing, because there are still plenty of people out there appreciating what you do. But, for young people, that can be harder to comprehend, so it’s important to have these kind of events in schools”.

As part of the schools’ tour, Jash will also be performing his new single “Now You’re Gone”, which is set to be released on Friday 28th July.

Jash looks to follow-up on success of his previous single, “Parachute”, which was released via Sony sublabel, The Groove Society, late last year. Already, the track’s had multiple spins on national radio, thanks to the BBC Introducing platform, but Jash is eager to hear what his fans have to say.

Jash’s influences are wide-reaching, but he cites Kygo and The Weeknd as his main inspirations due to their genre-defining songs and unwavering work ethic.