Jojo Siwa Says She Might Be the ‘CEO’ of Gay Pop

In a recent interview with TMZ, Jojo Siwa clarified comments she previously made about wanting to start a music genre called 'Gay Pop'.

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00:00 JoJo Siwa is walking back the comments she made about wanting to start a new genre called

00:05 "gay pop."

00:07 Former Child star JoJo Siwa is trying to show the world she's now all grown up, but it

00:12 may not be going exactly according to plan.

00:15 Siwa has gone viral for the worst reasons over the past few weeks, with many social

00:19 media users baffled by the direction Siwa took her rebrand in, and others calling out

00:24 the outlandish behavior she exhibits in interviews and other videos.

00:28 One of the most viral instances of said outlandish behavior came from comments Siwa made in an

00:34 interview with Billboard, where she talked about wanting to start a new genre.

00:38 "When I first signed with Columbia I said I wanted to start a new genre of music and

00:41 they said what do you mean and I said well it's called gay pop and they were like what's

00:45 that and I was like it's like k-pop right but it's gay pop."

00:49 Siwa immediately faced backlash over her comments, with social media users pointing out huge

00:54 gay music stars such as Freddie Mercury, Lady Gaga, Troye Sivan, and more.

00:59 TMZ caught Siwa on the street on April 10th, where she clarified what she meant by creating

01:05 the genre, sharing, "There are so many people who have made gay pop.

01:09 I am definitely not the inventor of gay pop, for sure not, but I do want to be a piece

01:13 in making it bigger than it already is.

01:15 I want to bring more attention to it.

01:17 I'm not the creator of gay pop, I'm not the president, but I might be like the CEO or