Or feel everything. I was also trying to not think about this idiot boy I was dating at the time. So when I was sent the song, it made me think of how I would respond as a woman to it.
It inspired me immediately. So I asked another one of my friends at the time if they could re-create the track, because it's very simple and cool and atmospheric. They were able to do it. When I flew back to L. And then it really caught on, and then a lot of other artists put their own spin on it. Drake showed love about it. The subject of the song is straightforward: Boy wants girl back after fucking up, but, surprise, it's too little too late.
JoJo said her response to this track was immediate. I just loved it so much. When you've performed a song for plus years, it's natural that you feel differently about it depending on the day. For me, though, mostly, I still really love it. And sometimes I love it more than other times. When I'm with my fans and I see them having a great time and it's taking them back to a nostalgic moment, I love it.
For those who have been with me since the beginning, we grew up together, and I like to give people that experience and maybe that comfort. Now that we're all adulting, shit is different. So it's nice to have those, like, three minutes and 30 seconds of remembering how simple it was in middle school. I was the same. It brings me joy to see people having that moment. I don't know I'll always feel that way, but that's how I feel currently. It is, simply put, the ultimate seventh-grade breakup anthem.
I was 12 years old when I recorded this song, and it was something an executive producer of the first album found. I don't really know how they found the song, but they brought it to me, and I didn't quite understand it. It felt way more pop than the rest of my first album, and I did not consider myself a pop singer or a pop star. So that was kind of disorienting. SOON pic. She then dropped her self-titled debut album, which hit number four on the U.
Billboard chart and propelled her to international fame. In , she also started acting, landing roles in Aquamarine and RV , and dropped her second album the same year. In , she released two projects and began to tour before the coronavirus pandemic prevented it from continuing. The singer said she was getting ready to see him in New Hampshire before embarking on a tour, but he passed away before they could see each other. She wouldn't discuss his cause of death, but admitted that he had "personal demons.
My father was always so interested in life on the road. He always wanted to come with me on the road, but he was never well enough. Our connections was always about music. There was never tension, disappointment or anger when we talked about music. He had the utmost love for it JoJo admitted to Rolling Stone that during her years-long struggle with Blackground Records, she grew despondent and began drinking as a way to disassociate from her problems:.
I was very depressed during that time, and I dealt in the ways that I dealt. My coping mechanism of choice was alcohol to get out of my mind.
It made me feel as good as I could. I got on a cycle of not loving myself and not believing that I really had a future. She told the outlet it was a relief to be on the other side of her legal battles: free to make - and share - her own music again:.
JoJo has spoken at length about how she's dealt with a negative body image since the release of her first album; she's gone through a series of diets and medical procedures to keep her weight where she wants it. Part of the reason, JoJo says , is because she has literally been told she didn't "look good enough to sell the music [she] was making. That was really jarring. I couldn't believe that this man just sat me down and told me that.
Some days are better for me than others, but what I stopped doing is stop hating myself for the way that I am naturally You're always going to find something that you're not happy with. My focus is making sure my mind is healthy. In an essay for Time , she wrote:. When I think of all the time I've spent uncomfortable in my own skin, wishing I could just hibernate for the winter and come back skinny I realize I could have channeled that energy and obsession into something much more productive.
JoJo signed her first contract with a major label at the age of She was approached by Blackground Records head Barry Hankerson, who claimed the ghost of Aaliyah , his late niece, had led him to the young girl from Boston. Two years later, she released her follow-up record, The High Road , which went gold. Video: YouTube. In June , Jojo made her first post on Instagram as part of a SavageXFenty brand deal in addition to her continued support for bringing Breonna Taylor justice, stating: tbh this is what I wear when I do my best plotting and contemplation Photo: Clover Music, Warner.
She told Glamour : I enjoy performing those songs, and I always incorporate them into my set. In , she told i-D : There was no playing [the contract] out because it was a seven-album contract but they wouldn't release any music.
In , she told i-D : It was the music I was listening to and it as what I was going through at the time. View this post on Instagram.
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