JoJo Siwa’s Original Singer ‘Karma’ Goes Viral and Climbs the Charts

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A few days after “Dance Moms” and former Nickelodeon star JoJo Siwa released her song “Karma” in an attempt to project a more mature image, a 2012 recorded song by unknown artist Brit Smith went viral on TikTok. , prompting Smith to release his own version—and giving Smith a higher ranking on the iTunes chart than Siwa.

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Siwa told TMZ he doesn’t know who Smith is and denied claims made by social media users that he “stolen” Smith’s song, saying it’s unusual for songs to be passed on to other artists before release.

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Smith told Page Six that Rock Mafia had written “Karma” with Miley Cyrus in mind, but she passed it on. Some social media users too guessing “Karma†was intended for Cyrus according to the exchange between Cyrus and Rock Mafia on X in 2012, where the latter used the hashtag #karmasabitch.

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Siwa also created controversy during his promotion of “Karma†by stating in an interview with Billboard he wants to “start a new genre of music†called “gay pop,†citing Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga as influences for his new musical direction. Music duo Tegan and Sara—twins who are both openly gay and have been releasing music since 1999—is connected to TikTok in Siwa’s Billboard interview, where they looked at the camera silently before smiling. “These pop gays love Jojo,†they captioned the video. Outside Magazine published a list, “as part of our love for Siwa,†listing 25 of the best “gay pop†songs from the 1970s to the present. I’m not explained to TMZ that he didn’t mean to imply that he created the genre, saying: “I’m certainly not the inventor of gay pop, certainly not. But I want to be a part of making it bigger than it already is.”

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Siwa released “Karma†earlier this month, accepting singles it was an attempt to shed her previous image as a child star. She rose to fame as a dancer on Maisha’s reality show “Wanama wa Ngoma,” and signed tackle Nickelodeon in 2017 which allowed Siwa to star in many Nickelodeon projects and for the network to use her for live programs. Earlier Siwa got involved in music with his song “Boomerang†in 2016, which has nearly one billion views on YouTube. His replacement with “Karma†has been heavily criticized by critics and social media users. Vulture struck The “faux-edgy’ song, played on the confidence of the elementary school students who were his fans.†Rolling Stone was criticized It’s not like he’s trying to shock us, refusing to compare himself to Cyrus. “Karma†has gone viral on TikTok, in part because Siwa has been promoting the song to his 45 million TikTok followers—but most of high opinion up Siwa Videos song critics.

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