About Jemma Rose
Biography
Jemma Rose is an Australian pop singer-songwriter whose music turns vulnerability into strength. Living with Multiple Sclerosis, she writes honest, hopeful songs about resilience, heartbreak and learning to keep going when life doesn't follow the plan.
With raw storytelling, modern pop production, and a fearless emotional core, her songs are made for anyone who wants to feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.
Influenced by artists like P!nk, Ed Sheeran and Missy Higgins, her sound is both timeless and refreshingly real.
Multiple Sclerosis
In MS, the body’s own immune system mistakenly attacks and damages the fatty material – called myelin – around the nerves. As the myelin breaks down during an MS attack, patches of nerves become exposed and then scarred, which render the nerves unable to communicate messages properly and at risk of subsequent degeneration.
This means that the brain cannot talk to other parts of the body, resulting in a wide range of symptoms that can include a loss of motor function - e.g. walking and hand and arm function, loss of sensation, pain, vision changes and changes to thinking and memory.
As yet, there is no cure and there is no known cause of MS.
MS is the most commonly acquired chronic neurological disease affecting young adults, often diagnosed between the ages of 20 to 40 and, in Australia, affects three times more women than men.