JoJo Siwa addressed allegations that her latest single, “Karma”, was “stolen” from Emeline, and confirmed that she does not personally write her own music.
After denying accusations of “stealing” the track to TMZ, former member Mom danced The pop sensation-turned-star, 21, made it clear on TikTok that she relies on a team of musicians to create her songs.
‘I don’t WRITE my songs. I SING them. I have an incredible team of musicians writing songs and pitching them to me to see if [they] want to make the song mine!!’ she explained in her post.
She continued: ‘It’s like when you buy clothes… you don’t “CREATE” it, it’s yours after you buy it! They also ALWAYS get credit and of course checks.”
‘I really enjoy the songwriting process, however for me as an artist it’s not my specialty so I enjoy working with different musicians to sing their lyrics, more put emotion into it and ultimately bring the song to life!’ the Dancing with the stars said the star.
@itsjojosiwa Couldn’t do my job without my incredible team of song writers… Solly, Emeline, Meghan Trainor, Matthew Koma, Rock Mafia, The Futuristics, etc. ♬ CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER YOU – JoJo Siwa
However, fans in the comments kept repeating that they could hear Emeline’s voice in “Karma” so this is not a reasonable explanation.
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Despite accusations that Siwa “stole” Emeline’s song, bolstered by Emeline’s apparent ignorance of its inclusion on Siwa’s album, an artist does not typically need permission to cover a song their. They only need a mechanical license to ensure the original author and publisher receive appropriate royalties from any profits.
However, since Emeline never officially released “Choose Your Own Fighter”, some speculate that she may have sold the song to Siwa’s record label, leading to its eventual inclusion on upcoming album.
Currently, there is not enough publicly available information to determine exactly what happened. However, online speculation persisted and fans of Emeline, who quickly built a strong following, expressed disappointment that a song they expected from her was released. released by Siwa.
When the controversy broke out, many people even said that JoJo Siwa was just pulling “Jennifer Lopez”.
@JoJo Siwa is the new Jlo. Her team used @EMELINE’s vocals and reference recordings, 98% of Jojo’s background vocals, as her own. #jojosiwa #emeline #chooseyourfighter #karma #jojo #siwa #newalbum #jlo
Another said it didn’t matter that she bought the song, what was wrong was that she claimed it was hers.
This person took to TikTok to write: “The problem is JoJo is acting like she wrote this and said it was about her ex.”
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