Traumatic Livelihood

Album artwork

### Label

Aswang Birthday Cake • Island Records • Interscope Records • Universal Music Group

***Traumatic Livelihood*** is the upcoming debut major-label studio album by Jazmin Bean. It will be released on February 23rd, 2024 through digital download, cd, and vinyl.

## Background

On April 9th, 2020, Bean posted that their album would have features and said it was better than anything they’ve released before. When asked to describe the album with only a phrase, Jazmin replied with, “trauma and fun”.

On May 25th, 2021 Bean hosted a Q&A on Instagram. During the Q&A, they stated the album would contain 14-15 tracks.

In June of 2021, Bean stated they planned to release a single for the elusive album by the end of the month. The aforementioned single, "R U Looking 4 Me Now", would be released in July.

Bean would release two singles in 2022, "Puppy Pound" and "Carnage". On December 9th, 2022, Bean posted that the three previously released singles would not be featured on the album. According to Bean, the songs were scrapped because, "An album is supposed to be your best current work, not 4 year old work”.

In a TikTok posted April 6th, 2023, they say the album’s first single would release in May ; this date would later be pushed back to June. The pushback, according to Bean, would allow a song to be released every month following up to the album.

In an article for Gay Times Bean revealed that after getting out of rehab they completely scrapped what was originally their debut album. “It was actually pretty good, but I was just on a lot of drugs. I wanted to rewrite tracks to avoid any sense of ‘woe is me’.” Bean also said, “There’s a lot of strings, a lot less electronics; I just wanted to make something that felt extremely powerful to listen to”, referring to *Traumatic Livelihood*.

On September 22, 2023 Bean went on to X to announce that the album track-list and cover had been submitted for release. They said they could not yet give a date for the release, but it would be revealed “soon”.

On October 3, 2023, fans noticed that the pre-save link for "Terrified" had the title *Traumatic Livelihood* in it; this became the speculated title. On October 7, Bean would confirm and reveal the album title, release date, and cover on social media.

## Singles

"Piggie""Favourite Toy""Terrified""You Know What You’ve Done"

### Confirmed songs

* Is This It?
* Traumatic Livelihood
* Shit Show
* Black Dress
* Stockholm Butterfly
* Equestrian Desires (Past self)
* Everything You Hate I Love

### Scrapped songs

* ”Puppy Pound”
* "R U Looking 4 Me Now"
* "Carnage"
* "Cunt"
* "Addict"

## Photoshoot

The album cover, along with the other album campaign photos, were shot by Jaw Midnight.

* Look 1
* 2

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## Physical releases

* CDs
* Vinyl
* Bundles

Standard CDCD w/ Signed Art Card

Clear VinylAlternative Cover - Clear w/ Blue Splatter VinylSigned Clear Vinyl

T-Shirt and Signed Clear VinylT-Shirt and Signed CDTraumatic Livelihood Fan Pack
## Trivia

* There are over 50-70 tracks recorded for this album.
* Jazmin has said that there may be a deluxe version for the album.
* Jazmin "hopes" to tour the US after their debut album release.
* A global tour is expected if the album is commercially successful.
* Jazmin is hoping to release a single from the album every month, starting June 2023.
* According to Amazon Music, all tracks are explicit except for track 5 and You Know What You’ve Done, it is also confirmed that track 13 is the shortest lasting 2:55 minutes, while track 14 is the longest at 4:32.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/abortjazminbean/status/1248385061843374086
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/abortjazminbean/status/1248420234475630592
3. ↑ Jazmin Bean via TikTok
4. ↑ https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/amplify/the-metamorphosis-of-jazmin-bean-is-upon-us/
5. ↑ https://x.com/abortjazminbean/status/1705237699534155811?s=46&t=ZiMCl-vXNx5kIYPdQr96kQ
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CyG7gTorrKl/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==