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Paulette Trowers Turns Her Personal Story Into Music With Harmonique

From Jamaica Observer · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Songwriter and executive producer Paulette Trowers has created How Yuh Know Mi, a 10-track album performed by reggae singer Harmonique.
  • The album draws on faith, identity, motherhood, Jamaica, relationships, self-worth, healing and survival.
  • Trowers describes the project as the first season of a planned theatrical work and a proof of concept for her record label, Trowers Zamar Records.

Paulette Trowers says she knew from the start that her personal story needed a female voice capable of carrying its full emotional range. She found that voice in Harmonique, after hearing the singer perform harmony on a Jamaica Festival song that reached the top 30.

I asked God for that person.

· Paulette TrowersShe described searching for a female vocalist for the project.

When Trowers sent Harmonique the lyrics to “Heart Like a Feather,” she said it took only a few words to confirm the pairing. “There was strength, warmth and emotion in her voice, but also something that felt authentic,” Trowers explained. “Harmonique could interpret the songs and make them believable.”

The result is How Yuh Know Mi, a 10-track album subtitled A Paulette Trowers Musical Story, Season 1. Its songs explore Trowers’ faith, identity, motherhood, Jamaica, womanhood, relationships, self-worth, healing and survival. “The album is not fiction dressed up as autobiography,” she said. “My mother, my faith, Jamaica, womanhood, relationships, music, healing, narrow escapes and survival are all there.”

There was strength, warmth and emotion in her voice, but also something that felt authentic. Harmonique could interpret the songs and make them believable.

· Paulette TrowersShe explained why Harmonique was chosen to perform the album.

The project opens with “Thank You” and ends with the Jamaican farewell “Walk Good.” Each track tells a separate story, while the album as a whole returns to its central question, “How yuh know mi?” Trowers and her team developed and produced it between January and July 2026, completing the work within months while she also learned the Grammy submission process and deadlines.

The album is not fiction dressed up as autobiography. My mother, my faith, Jamaica, womanhood, relationships, music, healing, narrow escapes and survival are all there.

· Paulette TrowersShe described the album’s autobiographical themes.

The Jamaican production team includes Harmonique on lead vocals, Samantha Tugman on harmonies, engineer Jahnoi “Selah” Nunes, guitarists Jowayne Campbell and Narado Williams, bassist Travis French, keyboardist Kewell Mitchell, horn player Raheem Vassell and drummer Keydon Robinson. The “Season 1” label reflects Trowers’ plan to expand the material into a stage production featuring dancers, music and movement. “We started and we finished. That is already success,” she said. “For Harmonique and me, I would like this project to be the beginning.”

We started and we finished. That is already success. For Harmonique and me, I would like this project to be the beginning.

· Paulette TrowersShe discussed completing the album and hopes for its future.
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Originally published by Jamaica Observer in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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