JoJo Siwa On Creative Process Behind “Karma” Lyrics & Music Video | How It Went Down | Billboard

In today’s episode of ‘How It Went Down,’ JoJo Siwa talks about the different versions of “Karma” she had to create before finding the perfect one, why she isn’t fazed about the public’s opinion on the music video and more.

JoJo Siwa:
Hey everybody, my name is JoJo Siwa and this is how it went down with my new song and music video “Karma.”

This song is so special and I knew that I wanted this song to be, not only a part of my life, but part of my life in such a massive way in such a big picture. Originally, I was scared of the lyrics. I was 18 years old, I didn’t want to say b*tch, I didn’t want to say I was a bad girl because I wasn’t a bad girl. So then we did some versions of the song you know, we did a version where it was “You were a bad girl. You did some bad things.” And then we did “she was a bad girl. She did some bad things.” And I was like, well, why are we making it specific to girls? “They were bad.” Okay, that doesn’t work. We tried all the versions and then nothing was as strong as “I was a bad girl.”

We actually recorded “Karma” six different times. I had six sessions on “Karma,” a couple of times with different vocal producers. That was really just because it’s such a massive song with so many elements. If you listen to the first version of “Karma,” a whole different song, the bridge, a whole different bridge, the bridge basically the whole time was one note and it was really cool.

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