#Jojo the high road acapella full#

I questioned my own gut,' JoJo tells Salon about the ballad. 'And it was just kind of my final song to him be like, 'Please, you know how strong some of our connections are, please don't kiss me, please don't cry, please don't try to talk me down, because I don't want to do this again.'' I accepted him telling me that we were meant to be together and that I was wrong for wanting to walk away. 'That song is finally deciding to get off of an on-again, off-again cycle with somebody. I no longer want to escape my reality - that's the difference from the beginning of the album to the end and the music I make going forward.'Īmong her favorite songs on the new album is 'Don't Talk Me Down,' which offers a classic singer-piano moment. I feel like a woman who's in bloom, who can create and sustain a life that she loves and have relationships that she loves. I really felt so out of control that I leaned into that out-of-control-ness,' she said in an interview with 'Salon Talks.' 'Now, I'm at a place where I don't at all feel like that disempowered little girl. 'I was embarrassed for where I was at in my life, even though I hated feeling like a victim of circumstance. Today JoJo is a fearless and confident woman, who has grown into her artistry and adulthood, and finally knows what it means to live in the present. She's made peace with her past, which in addition to her contractual battle, included struggles with substance abuse, the death of her father, and plenty of self-doubt.

#Jojo the high road acapella full#

That cool temperament is a reflection of the woman we find on 'Good to Know.' No longer 13, JoJo has come full circle. It's good to know,'' JoJo said in a recent interview with Salon. 'You just say, 'OK, all we have is the present. 'My friend Thundercat put it way better than anybody: 'It is what it is. As it turns out, however, the title of her new record, 'Good to Know,' is a motto for the times. Set to launch a tour to promote the release of her second album since her career comeback, JoJo has had to put things on hold amid a pandemic. In the days before Spotify and Instagram were on everyone's phone, JoJo cultivated a community of fans who never gave up hope that she would one day win that Grammy. Those mixtapes, which include covers of Drake's 'Marvin's Room' and the spiritual ballad 'Glory,' gained their own cult following.

JoJo wasn't allowed to profit off of recordings of her voice, but she found a loophole: She could release recording of new music for free. True fans, of course, know that she never really left. After years of legal battles, JoJo eventually walked away without a settlement.