Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessa Sky.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I’ve always known since I was a little girl that I wanted to do music in some sort of capacity. When I originally got into the music industry, I was very adamant on one thing and one thing only. My purpose was to write and create music to help others. Music is very healing for me. To be honest, it saved my life and continues to save me when I face trials and tribulations.
If you were to ask me over a year ago if I would have had my songs on the radio, I would never have believed you. For this, I am so eternally grateful. I think part of why I am where I am today is due to having a genuine passion for music and for helping others. When I write, I lay it all out. I do not try to be someone I am not. My authenticity and my truth is my POWER. Over the last few years, I have really worked on myself (emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually). I choose to wake up and not give up. I truly live each day in the present moment. I think due to being so open and raw, listeners connect to that. In my opinion, nobody connects to perfection, they connect to vulnerability. I have always had a natural ability to be open and honest. I tried for so many years to be something I am not and my life gradually just got worse and more full of pain. I had to hit rock bottom in order to have the willingness to change, heal and look within myself and see there are things I need to work on. The day I start trying to be someone that I am not is the day I know my success will start to diminish.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has not been smooth road whatsoever. My story has not been an “easy” one to read. As a child, I experienced years and years of sexual abuse. As a teenager, I experienced bullying, depression/anxiety, and suicidal ideations. As a young adult, I experienced numerous sexual assaults, my own battle with addiction, multiple suicide attempts, and as of recently, I have experienced pregnancy/infant loss. I never thought I would make it to where I am today. I have family, God, and music to thank for me still being here and able to write this. I wish I could tell my 5-year-old self that everything was going to be okay. In my song “On My Own” one of my lyrics says “I’d tell the younger me, don’t worry. It takes a while but you’ll be happy. I know you might not see it clearly, but you’ll do it on your own”. I had to do years of counseling, workshops, treatment, etc to get to where I am today. I chose to no longer be a victim. I am a survivor. I truly believe a huge role of our healing is our perception. I could no longer wish for things to be different. What happened to me happened. I cannot change it.
In a way, I had to accept it. Accepting does not mean I am saying what happened to me was okay, but I had to accept in order to move forward. I had to learn how to forgive everyone that hurt me, and I did not forgive for their benefit, I forgave so I could move forward and let the pain go. There is no room in my heart for hatred. It is poison to me. I know that eventually another trial is going to come my way. I choose to live for today and only today. When that next storm comes, I will have faith and strength to face it head-on. My prayer and hope for others is to keep going. Do not let a bad event ruin you. I can honestly say now looking back I am who I am due to a lot of the trauma that has happened to me. I do not wish any of what I went through on anyone. However, my perception is now that I have all this “life experience” I am more relatable to other people. I can use MY story, MY pain, and MY mistakes to help others. And that is the greatest gift of all.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Currently, I am working on my debut album! I am so beyond excited to share and have the privilege to create this body of work. I am an Indigenous Pop Artist from Treaty 6, and what I think I am most known for is my debut single/music video “On My Own”. If you haven’t seen, go check it out! I believe I specialize in the raw truth of writing. I really just lay out my whole heart to the world world, and that does not scare me at all. I have no shame in who I am and my story. I am most proud of my recent single, “Never Be Replaced”. My partner and I were expecting our first child. We got news no parent should ever hear. We lost our daughter in march of 2022. I wrote this song about losing my daughter and all the painful emotions I went through after this. I am most proud of being able to turn my pain into something beautiful. When this happened to me, I felt like nobody understood what I was going through. How could they have? I never understood it myself. When her heart stopped beating, mine did too. I did not know how else to process it, so I called up my producer and I told him I need to get into the studio. Together him and I created “Never Be Replaced”. And for the first time in months, I felt hope again. I think that is what sets me apart from many others in the industry. I truly only do music because it is my lifeline. I need to write to heal and move forward in my life. It is honestly just a huge bonus I get to share and help others in the process.
We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on luck and what role, if any, you feel it’s played for you?
I would not necessarily say I believe in “good luck or bad luck”. I believe it is in our own self-talk and hard work that things happen. I have really tried to master the practice in the last 4-5 years of manifestation. If I want something, I naturally speak it out into existence as if it is already mine. I try to remove words like “I can’t, I’ll never” from my vocabulary. There was a time when all I would say were words like that, and negative things kept happening to me. Now that I try to be extremely mindful of my self-talk and how I treat myself, I have seen a positive trajectory for the direction of my life. Not to say crappy things don’t happen to me, just when they do I am able to handle them. I do not run or hide. I face things head-on. I believe if you are able to be honest with yourself and others, it will get better.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessaskyy/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066691154653
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessaskyy?lang=en
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeEDhOhk5NQ
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2s3owRsjkaanegjOOxmCC8
