Dance Moms alum turned YouTube star JoJo Siwa is facing backlash after an independent music artist accused her of stealing her song. Here’s everything we know so far.
JoJo Siwa is sparking quite the conversation online thanks to her bold new look. It’s a drastic change from her usual glitter and rainbows aesthetic, as the star instead opts for Kiss-style face paint and dark, gothic clothing.
She’s entering a new era, one that she claims is“not for kids”— but that’s not the only thing that’s prompting some backlash from viewers.
Commenters raced to inform Emiline that her song had been effectively stolen by JoJo — something the singer addressed in a comment beneath the original video.
“I didn’t actually sign off on it coming out with JoJo (not her fault),”she wrote.“If my version gets love, I can still put it out after hers. Thanks for the support.”
Emiline also promised to upload a “storytime” explaining the entire incident, which is leaving critics of Siwa extremely heated across social media.
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“What’s wild if she did not even take your vocals off of it,” one user wrote on TikTok. “This is a good song because it’s all you. Unreal.”
“Even if she didn’t ‘steal’ it, she’s pretending she wrote it specifically about her exes and saying she did, which still looks bad,” another said.
Others are speculating that Emiline may have sold her song to Siwa, and the YouTuber may not have recorded her own vocals over the demo version of the track.
Whatever the case may be, fans are anxiously awaiting Emiline’s side of the story as JoJo’s latest single continues to divide the internet.
Virginia Glaze is Dexerto’s Entertainment Editor in the US. She expertly covers trending stories across Twitch, Kick, YouTube, and TikTok – as well as fighting games and influencer boxing. Virginia also has bylines at Red Bull, GINX, and Bandai Namco. Contact her here: virginia.glaze@dexerto.com
