my old music which I ADORE was the version of myself I wished I was . I was going through abuse and couldn’t express my reality to the public at that point , so I decide to imagine that I was strong enough to fight it all and made the worldwide torture character 16 year old me could shield in hard times a character filled with self worth and confidence and standing up for urself even though I rarely ever had any of those traits
Jazmin Bean talking about the Worldwide Touture era.
Worldwide Torture is the debut EP by Jazmin Bean. It was released on October 22, 2019 through their independent label, Aswang Birthday Cake. A re-up of the EP was released on November 11, 2020, through Aswang Birthday Cake, Island Records, Interscope Records, and Universal Music Group.
Background
Bean initially wanted to delve into film, not wanting following in their family's musical careers. However, they found it difficult to express their vision in that medium, leading them to do music instead. Another key turning point was when their friend Jessica Winter encouraged them to start recording, leading to their first songs produced by her, "War Zone Urchin" and "Saccharine".
Around 2017, Bean began posting extreme alternative makeup looks on Instagram, gaining a following that gave them the courage to start releasing music. On July 29, 2019, they announced the lead single, "Worldwide Torture", which was released alongside its music video on. On September 28, 2019, Bean revealed the full track list for the EP and it's release date for October 22, 2019. It was released with promotional single one day prior, being "Saccharine".
After the EP’s release, Bean shared promotional artwork for each track with joke captions.[1][2][3][4] They continued to work on and release new music, stating that the future of Worldwide Torture would be "c*nt". On June 8, 2020, Bean announced a re-up of the EP[5], originally intended to only include two old singles and two new ones, as stated via an Instagram Q&A on July 27, 2020.[6]
As is typical with Bean, they frequently posted snippets of songs intended for the re-up, including both tracks later put on the it and outtakes, on their social media from 2019 to 2020.
On October 30, 2020, Bean released the re-up's lead single, "Yandere", along with a music video, which was announced prior. They would share the cover on October 13, 2020. The track list was shared via Instagram stories on October 14, 2020.[7] On November 9, 2020 they announced the re-up was coming November 11, 2020. [8] The second single, "Monster Truck", was announced on November 6, 2020, and released on November 3, 2020, with a visualizer.
The re-up was officially released on November 11, 2020, along with the music video for "Princess Castle". Afterward, the original EP was removed from all streaming platforms.
Session dates
Standard
- September 24, 2019 ("Princess Castle" demo 2)
Re-up
- March 1, 2020[9]
- March 15, 2020 ("B4 The Flight" demo 1)
- May 28, 2020 (non-album session)
- July 19, 2020 ("Bee Stung") (non-album session)
Tour
- Main article: Bitch Ball Tour
Bean planned a tour for Worldwide Torture called the Bitch Ball Tour. On January 5, 2020, though a Instagram live Bean they talked about the tour. Bean officially announced the tour through social media posting it's official poster, however, the tour was cancelled due the COVID-19 outbreak.
Track list
There were five tracks on the standard edition. All of the songs are explicit. There are eleven songs on the re-up. Five songs were on the standard edition. Out of the eleven songs, nine of them are explicit, while the rest are clean.
| Key | 🅴 indicates the song is explicit. | ||||
Draft track lists
Draft track list 1
Bean stated through Twitter during 2019 that the standard edition was going to have six tracks, though ultimately only 5 tracks were released. It's unknown what track was removed as of currently.
Draft track list 2
Bean originally only wanted the re-up to have nine tracks, the four new tracks being two old singles and two new ones. The reason for this was because they were afraid that the re-up would be counted as their debut album. However, as they saw more people count the Worldwide Torture as their debut album even before the re-up released, they decided to add more tracks. They shared a track list they made with this original concept through Twitter[10], being:
Outtakes
- See also: List of unreleased songs
| Key | Bold means that the song 's audio is fully available. | ||||
| Italic means that the song's audio is only partially or un-available. | |||||
| U means that the title given to the song is unofficial. | |||||
| ? means that the title is unknown. | |||||
| D means that the song is unfinished. | |||||
Standard
- "War Zone Urchin" (later released on the re-up and as a stand-alone single)[11]
Re-up
- "Aswang Clean"UD
- "Carnage"
- "Puppy Pound"
Instrumentals
- "Cute"U[12]
- "Formal"U
Side projects
Unknown
Music videos
| Title | Release Date | Length | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Worldwide Torture" | August 1, 2019 | 3:33 | |||
| "Princess Castle" | November 11, 2020 | 3:31 | |||
| "Saccharine" | October 22, 2019 | 3:05 | |||
| "Hello Kitty" | December 9, 2019 | 2:40 | |||
| "Little Lamb" | Cancelled | Unknown | |||
| "Worldwide Torture" | August 1, 2019 | 3:33 | |||
| "Saccharine" | October 22, 2019 | 3:05 | |||
| "Hello Kitty" | December 9, 2019 | 2:40 | |||
| "Yandere" | October 30, 2020 | 3:39 | |||
| "Princess Castle" | November 11, 2020 | 3:31 | |||
| "I'm a Slave 4 U" | Cancelled | Unknown | |||
| "Little Lamb" | Cancelled | Unknown | |||
Visualizers
| Title | Release Date | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Monster Truck" | November 9, 2020 | 3:59 | ||
Release history
Digital
| Release name | Edition | Format | Release Date | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide Torture | Standard | Digital download • streaming | October 22, 2019 | 15:50 • 5 tracks |
| Worldwide Torture | Re-up | Digital download • streaming | November 11, 2020 | 38:41 • 11 tracks |
Physical
| Release varient | Edition | Release Date | Length | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyls | ||||||
| White to pink ombre vinyl | Standard | Unreleased | 15:50 • 5 tracks | Meant to be exclusive to a raffle but the giveaway was cancelled by Bean. | ||
| Black 17" inch vinyl | Re-up | September 6, 2021 | 38:41 • 11 tracks | |||
| Pink 17" inch vinyl | Re-up | September 6, 2021 | 38:41 • 11 tracks | |||
| CDs | ||||||
| "Saccharine" picture CD | Standard | Unreleased | 15:50 • 5 tracks | Meant to be exclusive to a raffle but the giveaway was cancelled by Bean. | ||
| Pink CD | Re-up | September 6, 2021 | 38:41 • 11 tracks | |||
| Cassettes | ||||||
| Purple and pink cassette | Re-up | September 6, 2021 | 38:41 • 11 tracks | |||
Gallery
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Trivia
- During the re-up sessions, Bean also worked on and tease the early version of their debut album, Traumatic Livelihood, recording the songs "Carnage", "Puppy Pound", "World Choke", and various unknown collaborations.
- Bean somewhat considers the extended play to be their debut album as seen by them calling it a album.
- During a live on TikTok, Bean confirmed that the songs off the standard edition of Worldwide Torture were inspired by cartoons.
- Melanie Martinez promoted the standard edition of the extended play via her Instagram story on October 25, 2019.
- In 2020, Bean started a raffle via their Instagram story giving away multiple items, including an one exclusive copy of the standard edition of Worldwide Torture on vinyl and one CD. No photos of the vinyl can be found online, other than the mockups shown in their Instagram stories promoting the raffle. The vinyl and CD were never officially released or created, as the giveaway was cancelled by Bean.
References
- ↑ Bean via Instagram promotional artwork cover “Hello Kitty”
- ↑ Bean via Instagram promotional artwork cover “Little Lamb”
- ↑ Bean via Instagram promotional artwork cover “Princess Castle”
- ↑ Bean via Instagram promotional artwork cover “Saccharine”
- ↑ Bean via Twitter
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- ↑ Jazmin Bean via Instagram
- ↑ Jazmin Bean via Instagram
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- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BtjqUI2FJAo/?igsh=MTNlZWo0dnBubnlxeQ==
- ↑ Bean via social media
