On the surface, Jarki Monno was living out his dreams. A young kid from Hemel Hempstead making serious waves in music, his 2024 EP ‘Mother Told Me ‘These Things Happen’’ was a breakout moment - his live shows were packed, and the rising force was picked to play BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend. Underneath it all, however, he was struggling; using the studio as a space to explore his feelings, Jarki Monno has emerged emboldened and renewed with an incredible new EP and refined sense of purpose.

Music is his source of escape, but it’s also a place where he can be finally utterly true to himself. Jarki Monno is able to take those thoughts and feelings and transform them into something universal. “We’re all one and the same, in some shape or form,” he notes.

“I want to be able to help people with my music,” he says. “I want to be unapologetically myself and never change on that front. Music is what keeps me going, and it helps me navigate through my life.”

Meeting fans after his breathless, electrifying shows, Jarki Monno has come to learn the true value of his music and the connection it creates. With his new EP ready to go, he’s reached a place of truth and communion. “I’ve learned a lot about myself through making this project,” he closes. “We’re never 100% - but if we keep working at yourself, you can get close.”