{"id":2224094,"date":"2024-04-18T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-big-bows-to-black-beast-the-jojo-siwa-transformation-story\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:43:11","slug":"from-big-bows-to-black-beast-the-jojo-siwa-transformation-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-big-bows-to-black-beast-the-jojo-siwa-transformation-story\/","title":{"rendered":"JoJo Siwa&#8217;s Evolution: From Big Bows to &#8216;Black Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrom-big-bows-to-black-beast-the-jojo-siwa-transformation-story%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The transformation of JoJo Siwa over the years from a young reality star known for her big bows to a \u2064more mature, edgy artist has captivated audiences. Her journey from child star \u2063to LGBTQ advocate and her \u200brecent \u200bbold style \u200bchange \u200bat the\u200b 2024 iHeartRadio Music \u200bAwards showcase her \u2062evolution and artistic reinvention. JoJo\u200c Siwa&#8217;s\u2062 evolution\u200c from a young reality star\u2062 with big\u2064 bows \u2064to a mature,\u200c edgy artist \u2062has mesmerized audiences. Her \u200btransition from a child star to an \u200dLGBTQ advocate, along with her recent bold style shift at \u200dthe 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, highlights her growth \u200dand artistic\u200b transformation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saying the name \u201cJoJo Siwa\u201d in 2017 conjured images of a smiling girl with a high blonde ponytail and brightly colored, oversized hair bows. Saying the same name in 2024 brings to mind a slightly more feminine version of KISS frontman Gene Simmons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s true that all kids have to grow up. Siwa, like so many child stars who came before her, was destined to shed her sweet and innocent pre-teen idol image for something edgier as she matured. But Siwa\u2019s transformation is so extreme, and so abrupt, that it demands explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Siwa, who was born in 2003, shot to fame as a young performer on the Lifetime reality series \u201cDance Moms.\u201d The Omaha, Nebraska, native appeared on two seasons of the show in 2015 and 2016. However, Siwa was not destined for mere reality star fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_725271\" style=\"width: 885px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-725271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Murray\/KCA2015\/WireImage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The aspiring singer released two singles, \u201cBoomerang\u201d and \u201cI Can Make U Dance,\u201d in 2016 and watched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buzzfeed-employee-and-trump-hater-baked-alaska-who-endorsed-a-democrat-for-president-gets-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former Buzzfeed Employee And Trump-Hater \u2018Baked Alaska\u2019 \u2013 Who Endorsed A Democrat For President \u2013 Gets Arrested After Storming US Capitol\">music video<\/a> views rack up. Siwa was named the Breakout Artist of the Year by Vivid Seats in 2018. This prompted her to announce she was embarking on \u201cD.R.E.A.M. The Tour\u201d in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides just singing, the young celeb became a national sensation thanks to clever branding and marketing. One school in the U.K. tried to ban the massively popular, oversized hair bows sold under Siwa\u2019s brand name because they were so popular that educators deemed them \u201cdistracting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve always just worn bows\u201d the singer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-39140210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  CBBC\u2019s Newsround in 2017 of the international trend. \u201cThey just got bigger and better and sparklier \u2013 and then I became \u2018JoJo with the bow bow\u2019 and it became a thing,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Later, Siwa said the bows were \u201cmore than just a hair accessory.\u201d She said they were also \u201ca symbol of power, confidence, believing-ness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brand is still sold at major retailers such as Claire\u2019s, Justice, Walmart, and Target.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_725273\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-725273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley Hitt\/Getty Images for Nickelodeon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It wasn\u2019t just bows, either. Siwa\u2019s merch started popping up everywhere as young kids emulated her look and sang along to the bubblegum pop lyrics of Siwa\u2019s upbeat song catalog. With titles like, \u201cEvery Girl\u2019s a Supergirl,\u201d \u201cKid in a Candy Store,\u201d \u201cHigh Top Shoes,\u201d and \u201cBop!,\u201d it\u2019s easy to see exactly who the YouTube star was marketing to. There were leagues of JoJo Siwa devotees, fan club members, and YouTube subscribers. Most were in the highly impressionable pre-teen demographic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The change in Siwa was both gradual and all at once. One of the most pivotal moments in her image change happened in January 2021 when she came out as LGBTQ. Siwa alerted fans by posting a photo of herself wearing a shirt that said, \u201cBest. Gay. Cousin. Ever.\u201d She later clarified that her sexual attraction didn\u2019t align with any strict labels and if anything, she was \u201cpansexual.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI always believed that my person was just going to be my person,\u201d she said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jojo-siwa-comes-out-as-lgbtq-identifies-as-neither-gay-nor-straight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cAnd if that person happened to be a boy, great, and if that person happened to be a girl, great!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think humans are awesome, I think humans are really incredible people. Right now, I\u2019m super duper happy and I want to share everything with the world but I also want to keep things in my life private until they are ready to be public. Right now what matters is that you guys know that no matter who you love, that it\u2019s OK. It\u2019s awesome and the world is there for you,\u201d Siwa continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_725275\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-725275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Morris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former child star went public with two romantic relationships with women shortly after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While many followers were critical of Siwa for becoming a vocal LGBTQ advocate, others championed the move. But the pop singer\u2019s most shocking and controversial transformation was still to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 2, the YouTube star debuted a drastically different look at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, explaining that she was evolving to cater to an older audience. Siwa dressed in all black with a revealing cut-out mesh bodysuit, combat boots, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jojo-siwa-defends-her-black-beast-look-says-respected-stars-like-lil-nas-x-called-it-so-right\/\" title=\"JoJo Siwa stands by her 'Black Beast' style, highlighting support from respected peers like Lil Nas X\">dramatic black eye makeup<\/a>, and a faux mohawk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The singer said it was the same outfit she wore while recording her new music video for the single \u201cKarma.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_725281\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-725281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JOCE\/Bauer-Griffin\/GC Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former \u201cDance Moms\u201d star had already showed off her brand overhaul on March 5 by uploading a series of behind-the-scenes photos from dance rehearsals for her upcoming single release, as The Daily Wire previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jojo-siwa-defends-her-black-beast-look-says-respected-stars-like-lil-nas-x-called-it-so-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The captions from the nine posts formed a message that read, \u201cSee you in one month. Remember Karma\u2019s a b****.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is my \u2018KARMA,\u2019 black beast look,\u201d Siwa <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1398587\/jojo-siwa-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-her-adult-era-while-debuting-dramatic-all-black-look\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscars-war-in-ukraine-will-be-respectfully-acknowledged-during-broadcast\/\" title=\"Oscars: War in Ukraine will Be Respectfully Acknowledged During Broadcast\">red carpet interview<\/a> with E! News at the iHeartMusic Awards. \u201cIt\u2019s got some rips in it, but you\u2019d never know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked how she\u2019s responding to backlash for her new, more provocative look, Siwa said, \u201cPeople are afraid of things they don\u2019t know. Things can be scary for people. New things can be very, very scary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She added, \u201cThe way that I\u2019m able to keep going and keep being like, \u2018Wait, actually what I\u2019m doing is right,\u2019 is because some of the most respected people in the world have come up to me and been like, \u2018What you\u2019re doing right now is so right. It is what the world needs, and I\u2019m learning from what you are doing right now.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She mentioned rapper Lil Nas X and Meghan Trainor as two individuals who had vocalized their support for her new image. \u201cSupport from people like that means the world to me,\u201d Siwa boasted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The singer made it very clear that her new content was not for a younger audience. She teased the release of her latest single in March with a series of Instagram posts, writing:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warning. The following content is not made for children and may be disturbing or offensive to some viewers. May contain sexual themes, violence, strong language, traumatic scenarios, and flashing lights. Viewer discretion is advised.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cKarma\u201d music video now has more than <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/watch?v=VZIm_2MgdeA&#038;list=PL4fGSI1pDJn5kI81J1fYWK5eZRl1zJ5kM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24 million views<\/a> on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gone are the days of songs about high top shoes. \u201cI was a bad girl \/ I did some bad things,\u201d the single opens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chorus continues with more of the same message. \u201cKarma\u2019s a b****, I should\u2019ve known better \/ If I had a wish, I would\u2019ve never effed around \/ When I saw the pics of you and her, I f\u0435lt the knife twist \/\u00a0 Karma\u2019s a b****, and she\u2019s with you right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI wanted it to be as bold and as ballsy as possible. There is nothing more ballsy than this song,\u201d the 20-year-old said during a Billboard <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/jojo-siwa-billboard-news-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  about the song. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe genre is \u2014 I said it back in the day when I first signed with Columbia. I said, \u2018I want to start a new genre of music.\u2019 And they said, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 And I said well, \u2018It\u2019s called gay pop.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_725277\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-725277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Siwa names fellow former child star Miley Cyrus as her biggest inspiration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that my transition is heavily inspired by Miley Cyrus, of course,\u201d she said. Siwa mentioned when Cyrus made headlines for her provocative Video Music Awards performance with Robin Thicke in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLike it or not, everyone knows that moment and I think that that made such an impact,\u201d Siwa said. \u201cI think every child star has made their impact in some which way becoming an adult star. But Miley\u2019s flip, Miley\u2019s switch, Miley\u2019s turn was the greatest thing I\u2019ve witnessed with my own two eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like it or not, parents of young fans need to realize that Siwa has traded in big hair bows for sexual innuendo. And it doesn\u2019t look like she\u2019s going back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, &#8220;JoJo Siwa&#8221; evoked a smiling girl with big bows; in 2024, a more edgy resemblance to KISS&#8217;s Gene Simmons emerges, showing growth and change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2224095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2135751215.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2135751215.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}