As most of you know, JoJo is under contract with Blackground Records, and she has not been able to release her long-awaited third album with the massive dysfunctional label aforementioned. However, through setbacks and “going up and down this dream,” she has not let circumstances chain her down. In fact, she continually busts through the links with her constant recording sessions, her 2010 mixtape Can’t Take That Away From Me, her ever-dope take on Drake’s “Marvin’s Room,” and 2012′s stellar effort, AGÁPĒ .
In a very candid and at times random convo-interview, JoJo opens up about how her “label drama” has affected her, if we’ll ever hear Jumping Trains, the elusive “Demonstrate” video, our mutual likeness for “Bandz A Make Her Dance,” (Yes, really) and one day releasing the full version of a fan-favorite.
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Check out newly leaked JoJo collaboration with singer Nick Hagelin called ‘Tease’:
Since launching the Interviews section of The Lava Lizard, many of our readers have been requesting that we secure time with JoJo and we have finally delivered! However, this isn’t a regular interview. Rather, it’s a candid chat with the exciting young singer about her new album, label drama, influences and much more!
JoJo has taken a stunning six years to ready a new album but she is finally ready to forge her return to the music scene. Of course, as a result of several label issues, her journey as not been easy and she was quite honest about that fact as well as her new approach to her music.
Additionally, the more mature JoJo talked about several of the singing secrets that helped her to deliver stunning performances, such as ‘Demonstrate’, and her list of influences, which surprisingly does not include Brandy. She even shared a touching story about the late Whitney Houston, her views on Mariah Carey as an ‘American Idol’ judge and the current condition of R&B music.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this interview is one for the history books! Listen to JoJo shout out The Lava Lizard and read out interview HERE.
Check out JoJo‘s new single ‘Demonstrate. What are your thoughts?
Lyrics: I live in this fantasy where everything is amplified
Senses hiding in a flash and everything just comes alive
This pressure all inside of me is sexual anxiety
Baby there’s a lot of freaky shit running my mind that
I can’t say, but I know I can demonstrate
And I can let my body explain
I know I can demonstrate
So I’ma make it simple and plain
You just need to come over
I can just demonstrate
I’m arrested by the night and
only you can set me free
Guilty but I’m not ashamed, I’m exactly where I wanted to be (year)
I leave the door, open wide in hopes that you will sneak inside
Baby there’s a lot of freaky shit running my mind that
I can’t say, but I know I can demonstrate
And I can let my body explain
I know I can demonstrate
So I’ma make it simple and plain
You just need to come over (come over)
I can just demonstrate
I’m thinking come over, come over, come over
I’m thinking come over, come over
I’m thinking Baby there’s a lot of freaky shit running my mind that
I can’t say, but I know I can demonstrate (I Know I can)
And I can let my body explain
I know I can demonstrate
So I’ma make it simple and plain
Come over So I can demonstrate
Come over (come over)
Check out a new song JoJo is featured on called ‘I Don’t Wanna Cry’ by new artist Josh Milan.
JoJo was at the 99.7 NOW! Lounge September 19th, 2011 for a meet and greet as well as a special performance. She gave 99.7 NOW! a little piece of her version of “Marvin’s Room”!
Check out the world premiere of JoJo‘s official single “Disaster” from her upcoming album Jumping Trains. You can download the song from iTunes starting September 6th!
Update: Lyrics added
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Check out Kempire Radio’s interview with JoJo that aired yesterday.
Download: JoJo – “In the Dark”
“In the Dark” Lyrics
Verse 1
This ain’t the first or last time
We’ll meet up this late at night
To let our fate intertwine
Casually I’d rather be
Detach from all tragedy
This don’t need to be defined
Pre-Chorus
And I know that it’s wrong
I do I do
Baby keep holding on
I do I do
Yeah, I know that it’s wrong
I do
When the sun comes up, I’ll be gone
Chorus
I only know him in the dark
I only know him in the dark
Verse 2
Try to stay desensitized
Keep my feelings out of mind
My body won’t be denied
Never took this road before
Love was always at the core
Of anyone I’ve been with before
Pre-Chorus
And I know that it’s wrong
I do I do
Baby keep holding on
I do
Yeah, I know that it’s wrong
I do
When the sun comes up, I’ll be gone
Chorus
I only know him in the dark
I only know him in the dark
Bridge
Shadows across your face
Your lips a familiar taste
Stay focused, I tried
Can’t get this out of my mind
I want more than what this is
Whatever we’re calling this
The truth just breaks my heart
Chorus (x2)
I only know him in the dark
I only know him in the dark
I only know him in the dark
I only know him in the dark
