Jas Rolyn is a

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singer and songwriter. While highlighting his androgynous style, he has been performing

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and in

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since his early teenage years.

Early life

Rolyn (who is previously known as Jasmar Cassar) was born on 14 October 1998 in Pieta, Malta. Rolyn was raised by his mother. He skipped most of his secondary school years but later in life completed post-secondary at ''GEM16+''.

Career

Jas competed in Malta's

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for the first time with his Maltese song "Id-Dinja Tieghi". He came back to Malta's Junior Eurovision in 2010, when he competed in

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. He performed a ballad-pop track song called "My Star" where he classified in the ninth place. In 2013, Rolyn competed abroad in the Italian festival ''

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'', where he placed second. In the same year, he competed in the Maltese festival ''Kanzunetta Indipendenza'' with the song "Muzika" (written by Minik and Rita Pace) with a classic-pop-disco song, where he emphasized on his

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vocals. In 2014 he competed and won the ''Singer/Songwriter'' in the category in the Italian festival '' Il-Cantagiro'' with his own song "Ti Amo, I Love You". In 2015, Jas Rolyn teamed up with four other local singers, and competed as the group ''L-Ilħna'' with the original gospel song "Qalbien" in the Maltese Festival ''Għanja Gmiel Is-Seba' Noti'' (organised by ''Erseb Productions).'' The group won 1st place, Best Presentation and the Overall Trophy.JASMAR CASSAR RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE AND VIDEO
. Rolyn released his first official single "Just Be" – which he composed – on 2 September 2015. The track was written by Matt '

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' Mercieca, mixed and mastered by Cyprian Cassar (former member of

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). ''Just Be'' was released on YouTube accompanied by a video clip directed and produced by Jas Rolyn. On 10 June 2016, Rolyn released his second single "When Love Comes Around", a pop love song which he composed - accompanied by a music video - which he also directed and produced. In this single, Rolyn shows his bright personality by dancing and cheering with his schoolmates. Later on in July, together with his sister Shyli Rose and the duo K13, Cassar performed live with the orchestra and competed in the Semi-Final of '' L-Għanja tal-Poplu'', with their hip-hop track "Tama" (hope) which was co-written by Jas Rolyn. On 14 October 2016, Rolyn released his 3rd single "On The Run". Rolyn's single spent 6 weeks in the MVTV's Top 20, reaching its highest spot #11 on 5 November. Jas Rolyn was featured on the track ''Summer Nights'' which was produced by the Turkish producer MobBeatz. The track was first released in digital stores on 10 July 2017. A lyric video also followed the release on 16 August. In 2018, Rolyn released his 4th single ''Hadd Ma Jaf'' which was penned and composed by Rolyn himself. ''Hadd Ma Jaf'' was released on 11 June 2018. On 4 February 2019, Jas released a video in memory of his best friend, who died one year before. Later on, on 3 March, the ''Just Be'' singer released an emotional short film featuring ''One Last Time.'' 2019 also marks the year of Jas Rolyn's debut album release. On 14 April 2019, Rolyn released his debut record ''Journey To Freedom'' alongside the music video of ''Chained (ft. Shyli Rose).'' In 2021, Jas Rolyn re-branded and stopped performing under his birth name (Jasmar Cassar). He later on released his first single since 2019. ''Bittersweet'' was released on May 5, 2021.

Discography

References

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