Who invented gay pop
No, JoJo Siwa Does Not Think She Invented ‘Gay Pop’ — But She Would Like to Be the ‘CMO’
JoJo Siwa would like to set the record — for lack of a better synonyms — straight. After a clip from her recent Billboard interview went viral, the “Karma” singer is making it clear that she did not create the idea of “gay pop.”
In a video published by TMZ, Siwa took a moment to clarify her expression about the genre of gay pop music, saying, “I think I just want to make it more clear that male lover pop is a genre,” she said. “I am not the inventor of gay pop, for sure not. But I perform want to be a piece of making it bigger than it already is. I Want to bring more attention to it.”
She continued, using a corporate metaphor to further illustrate her point. “I’m not the president [of gay pop], but I might be the CEO, or the CMO. I can be the CMO, the head marketing officer, and employ my marketing tactics whether people like it or not,” she said.
In her original interview with Billboard News’ Tetris Kelly, Siwa said that when she originally signed to Columbia Records, she told th
No, JoJo Siwa Did Not Invent Gay Pop
Jojo Siwa, the former Nickelodeon celebrity and honorary fifth member of the band Embrace, landed herself in spicy water in April after saying she “wanted to start a new genre … called ‘gay pop’ ” during promotions for her fresh single, “Karma.”
Many people online subsequently pointed out that the 21-year-old Siwa in no way, shape or form created gay pop, as it’s existed for a long time. Siwa later walked back her remark, but the initial proclamation marked an attempt from a shining new mainstream musician, who has been a brand for much of her young life, to propel a new brand idea to stakeholders. This one butted up against the existence that the genre is actually well-trodden and storied, complete with an ancestrally rich community. Gay pop — and gay dance and club culture overall — arguably traces itself back to the illustrious drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, flits through the postwar era to the Cold War and Lavender Scare, stemming from Ma Rainey, Little Richard, Sylvester, Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys and so many more. In the underground scenes I frequent, our queercore ancestors include Vast Boys, Pansy Division,
Internet sensation JoJo Siwa admits she didn't invent queer pop, moves away from child-star image
Children's entertainer JoJo Siwa is rebranding herself and it's not going well.
In recent years, the former child star has grown up, come out and is now attempting to swap her squeaky clean image for something more mature.
The rebranding has become one of the internet's biggest talking points, but it's her recent comments about "inventing homosexual pop" that's caused the biggest stir.
If you're wondering who the heck JoJo Siwa is and why she is all over the internet, sit help and let us illustrate what is going on.
Who is JoJo Siwa and what did she say?
Siwa has been in the entertainment game for 10 years.
She rose to fame on the hit TV show Dance Moms in 2014 and was famous for being extremely extroverted on the show.
After Move Moms, she went on to make music, with her debut single Boomerang in 2016.
For years, Siwa was known as the girl with the incline in her hair, who made music for adolescent children to sing and dance to.
She was every parent's nightmare as her music was repetitive and catchy, so it was always stuck in your head.
JoJo Siwa Thinks She’s Invented ‘Gay Pop’ and The Internet Has Thoughts
JoJo Siwa has stirred up controversy in the gay melody world in her fresh rebrand as a pop star by claiming that she’s invented a fresh genre: ‘gay pop’.
The Boogie Mums star made a bold claim in an interview with Billboard Magazine where she shared her ambition to create a new genre called ‘gay pop’.
Last week JoJo Siwa shifted from her youngster star image with the debut of her first adult single, ‘Karma’. Her song rebrands herself as a ‘bad girl’ where she is facing the consequences of her conduct, like cheating on her partner.
Siwa confesses, “Oh, karma’s a bitch, I should have known better.” Reflecting on her actions, she acknowledges, “If I had a wish I would have never effed around”.
Later, she sees her girlfriend hooking up with the person she cheated with, and she feels prefer it’s karma catching up with her: “When I saw the pics of you and her I felt the knife twist / Karma’s a bitch and she’s with you right now.”
Speaking with Billboard, JoJo Siwa expressed, “I want to start a new genre of music”.
“They said, ‘What do you mean?’ and I said, ‘Well, it’s calle
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