JoJo Siwa drank from a bottle of Tito’s vodka onstage while performing at LA Pride In The Park this weekend, just weeks after her 21st birthday.
Held at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, the event welcomed a variety of showbiz personalities, including Ariana Grande’s brother, Frankie.
Perhaps the biggest name among them was JoJo, who first rose to fame as a child star on the controversial reality series Dance Moms.
The 21-year-old, who is now dating Madison Rouge Alvarado after judging her on So You Think You Can Dance, was joined by scantily clad backup dancers.
Her concert comes two months after JoJo doubled down on her plan to invent ‘gay pop’ as ‘an official music genre’, after previously retracting her comments.
JoJo Siwa drank from a bottle of vodka onstage while performing at LA Pride In The Park this weekend, just weeks after her 21st birthday.
Held at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, the event welcomed a variety of showbiz personalities who delighted the crowd with their musical stylings.
The Omaha-born singer sparked a furor in April when she said she “wanted to start a new genre of music” called “gay pop.”
Social media erupted with outrage when JoJo’s detractors pointed out that many gay artists had created pop music before her.
At first she backed away and told him TMZ: “I’m definitely not the inventor of gay pop,” but added that she hoped “to be a piece in making it bigger than it already is.”
But shortly after, he appeared on the SiriusXM show. Arrive at 1 Miami with Mack and Jen and stated that he wants to establish ‘gay pop’ as a separate musical category.
—So here’s the thing. Gay pop, true, is something that people have done, but it is not an official musical genre. You know what I mean?’ she said.
‘It’s a style, but that’s how there is rap, there is rock, there is R&B, there is pop. Gay pop is not an official musical genre. “If you look at the iTunes charts, there aren’t any, there’s a pop chart,” argued Omaha native JoJo.
For her, ‘gay pop’ should be a different genre: ‘Not just something like, “Oh, I’m a gay pop artist.” Yes, there are so many gay pop artists,’ she admitted.
‘Oh Lord. “There are so many, but I think those gay pop artists deserve a bigger home than the one they have now,” JoJo said.
JoJo twirled through provocative choreography involving her backup dancers.
She paired her eye-catching rainbow ensemble with a pair of sparkly silver go-go boots.
At one point, she leaned over to let one of her backup dancers rub her.
Perhaps the biggest name among them was JoJo, who first rose to fame as a child star on the controversial reality series Dance Moms.
She smiled widely at Tito’s bottle after taking a drink.
The 21-year-old, who is now dating Madison Rouge Alvarado after judging her on So You Think You Can Dance, was accompanied by scantily clad backup dancers.
Her concert comes two months after JoJo doubled down on her plan to invent ‘gay pop’ as ‘an official music genre’, after previously retracting her comments.
The Omaha-born singer sparked a furor in April when she said she “wanted to start a new genre of music” called “gay pop.”
Social media erupted with outrage when JoJo’s detractors pointed out that many gay artists had created pop music before her.
At first, she backtracked, telling TMZ, “I’m definitely not the inventor of gay pop,” but added that she hoped to “be a piece in making it bigger than it already is.”
She felt her past comments were interpreted unfairly, joking: ‘I could say I want world peace, and everyone would say, ‘How dare you want peace for the world?’
The former child star reflected: “People ask me all the time and they say, ‘Do you feel like you have to be very careful about what you say?’ I say, ‘No, because it doesn’t matter what I say, anyway.’ It’s going to go down.”
JoJo first sparked her ‘gay pop’ controversy while promoting her raunchy Karma music video, which shows her enjoying a lesbian romp.
“When I first signed with Columbia, I said I wanted to start a new genre of music,” he said in an interview with Billboard. “They said, ‘What do you mean?’ and I said, ‘It’s called ‘gay pop.’ “It’s like K-pop but it’s gay pop.”
JoJo added: ‘There is a style of dance called jazz funk. It’s jazz, it’s hip-hop, they have a baby, it’s called jazz funk. You can wear sneakers or jazz shoes. It’s kind of a middle ground. I feel like that’s the world of music.’
She explained: “It’s that world of music where it’s not necessarily pop, it’s not giving you Katy Perry California Gurls, it’s giving you Lady Gaga Judas.”
Looking ahead to the future of his career, he continued: ‘I have a vision, I always have. I know what I want to be. I know where I want to go. I know the level, I know the madness. I know what I want to make the world believe.’
She was roundly mocked on social media, where one user noted that gay pop “has literally been around longer than she’s been alive.”
But soon after, he appeared on SiriusXM’s Hits 1 Miami With Mack & Jen and declared that he wants to establish ‘gay pop’ as a separate musical category.
She felt her past comments were interpreted unfairly, joking: ‘I could say I want world peace, and everyone would say, ‘How dare you want peace for the world?’
JoJo first sparked her ‘gay pop’ controversy while promoting her raunchy Karma music video, which shows her enjoying a lesbian romp.
She was roundly mocked on social media, where one user noted that gay pop “has literally been around longer than she’s been alive.”
As the backlash grew, JoJo backpedaled, confessing to TMZ, “I’m definitely not the inventor of gay pop, I’m definitely not.”
Ariana Grande’s brother Frankie Grande was also seen taking the stage at LA Pride In The Park.
Pop fans pointed to some of the gay stars who preceded her in the industry, from Elton John and Freddie Mercury to RuPaul and Frank Ocean.
“This is what happens when you tell a kid they’re great at everything and you never criticize them for anything, you get this,” one commenter wrote.
“Jojo Siwa saying she wants to create a new genre of music called ‘gay pop’ is the most ignorant thing on planet Earth,” raged one X user: “It’s really so disrespectful and dismissive of all the queer people in music who came before”. his.’
As the backlash grew, JoJo found herself backtracking and confessing to having TMZ: “I’m definitely not the inventor of gay pop, I’m sure not.”
JoJo qualified her statement: “But I do want to be a part of making it bigger than it already is.” “I want to draw more attention to it.”
He tipped his hat to his predecessors in the creation of ‘gay pop’, including Madonna and Lady Gaga, and even Michael Jackson.