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JoJo Siwa Would Like to See ‘Gay Pop’ Change into an ‘Official Genre’ of Music
She knows she didn’t invent the idea of “gay pop,” but pop singer and Internet ego JoJo Siwa would love to see the subset become an “official genre” of music.
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During an interview on SiriusXM’s Hits 1 Miami With Mack & Jen, Siwa clarified the comments she made in a viral video interview with Billboard, saying she simply wants to see more queer art get recognized. “So, here’s the thing — ‘gay pop’ is a thing that people have done, but it is not an official genre of music,” she explained. “It is a style, but it is how there’s rap, there’s rock, there’s R&B, there’s pop — if you look on the iTunes charts … this should be a literal genre of music.”
The former Dance Moms star continued, saying that she doesn’t touch the current categorizations for LGBTQ+ artists are sufficient. “There’s so many lgbtq+ pop artists … but I think that those gay pop art
No, JoJo Siwa Did Not Invent Gay Pop
Jojo Siwa, the former Nickelodeon celebrity and honorary fifth member of the band Peck, landed herself in steamy water in April after saying she “wanted to start a new genre … called ‘gay pop’ ” during promotions for her brand-new 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 declaration, but the initial assertion marked an attempt from a shining new mainstream painter, who has been a brand for much of her young life, to thrust a new brand idea to stakeholders. This one butted up against the actual world 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,
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In a move that shocked both the business community and the gay collective, JoJo Siwa has been unanimously appointed the CEO of gay pop. Granted, the board appears to include only Siwa herself, but maybe that’s just because Elton John is busy writing musicals. In an interview with TMZ, Siwa answered for the backlash she elicited last week by calling herself the “inventor” of gay pop. Siwa acknowledged that she did not design gay pop. “Madonna, Lady Gaga, fucking Michael Jackson, there’s so many people who have made gay pop,” she conceded. In proof, the humble singer said she’s not even the “president” of gay pop. She’s in more of a managerial role. “I perform wanna be a piece of making it bigger than it already is. I wanna carry more attention to it,” Siwa says in the interview. “I might be like the CEO, or the CMO.” In her position as gay pop CEO, we aspire that Siwa will appoint Chappell Roan as secretary of transportation, as she already has ideas about how to go (hot).
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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 male lover 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 assist and let us elucidate 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 Gyrate Moms, she went on to make music, with her debut single Boomerang in 2016.
For years, Siwa was known as the girl with the genuflect in her hair, who made music for new 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.