JoJo Siwa Its Stupid That Abby Lee Miller Wasn’t Invited To Dance Moms Reunion -EXCLUSIVE-
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00:00 I am shook about your look. Tell me about this.
00:02 I have really strange tan lines. It's really strange.
00:04 I mean, what do you want to know about it?
00:06 This is my karma.
00:08 It's a costume from the official music video.
00:11 Honestly, I just wanted to wear it again.
00:13 I love it so much and I was like, "F*** it, let's go. Let's wear it again."
00:16 You're in a new era of life.
00:18 What does it feel like branching out and rebranding like this?
00:20 You know, it's really fun.
00:22 I hear everyone online using the term "rebrand."
00:26 I wish my team and I had used that word
00:29 because we genuinely never had.
00:31 It really is just the art that I want to make now.
00:35 I feel like there was this turning point when I was 18
00:37 of like, "What do I want to do with the rest of my career?
00:39 What do I want to do for the rest of my life?"
00:41 I decided that ultimately, I want to make art
00:45 that makes the world's head turn.
00:47 I didn't know if karma was going to do that
00:50 and then all of a sudden I put a little bit out
00:52 and the world's reaction literally was, "What?"
00:55 It's already charting and it's not even out yet.
00:57 What was your reaction to that?
00:58 That is insane.
00:59 I want to find out if that's happened before.
01:01 I don't know if that's a-- Is that a thing?
01:03 I haven't heard of it before.
01:05 I've never heard of it before.
01:06 And honestly, my mom posted it and I saw it really early
01:09 in the morning and just like, didn't even think twice
01:11 about it, right?
01:13 But then I saw that it was a Forbes article
01:15 and I was like, "Shit! That's crazy!"
01:19 And you're getting a lot of comparisons to another icon,
01:21 Miley Cyrus, when she went through her iconic rebrand.
01:23 What does it feel like getting those comparisons?
01:25 You know, that is something that definitely I went for.
01:30 You know what I mean?
01:31 I was like, "This is what I want.
01:33 She is my number one idol."
01:35 I was like, "I want to do what she did with 'Bangers.'
01:38 I want to have that moment."
01:40 I mean, look, I'm flattered that the world even can compare that.
01:43 That's crazy to me.
01:44 And then we also-- We have a Dance Moms reunion coming up.
01:47 What can you tease about that?
01:48 Fans are so excited.
01:49 Good luck.
01:51 It's good. It's good.
01:53 It's fun.
01:55 I'm very interested to see--
01:57 Because it was-- I mean, we had two 12-hour shoot days
01:59 and special's not that long,
02:01 so I'm interested to see how it ends up.
02:04 But I think the people are going to like it.
02:07 I do.
02:08 And has Abby Lee been in touch since your rebrand?
02:10 Has she said anything about--
02:11 Oh, she loves it.
02:12 She is-- She loves it.
02:14 She is having the time of her life.
02:15 She's always-- She's always been tough on me,
02:18 but she's always been really supportive of me.
02:20 Actually, Gia, who choreographed all of our dances on Dance Moms,
02:22 was in the music video for "Karma."
02:25 So, you know.
02:27 And what about the other girls?
02:28 What have they been saying?
02:29 I'm sure they're very excited for you.
02:30 I've shown Kehlani.
02:31 Kehlani loves it.
02:32 Kehlani loses her mind.
02:33 Kehlani is my bestie.
02:35 God, I love that girl.
02:37 The other girls, honestly, I haven't talked to about it.
02:39 So I-- I'm just as curious as you are.
02:42 They probably think I'm psycho.
02:44 Valid.
02:46 And then also, fans are wondering,
02:48 was Abby a part of the reunion?
02:50 Is there anything you can tease about that?
02:52 You know, she's not.
02:53 They wanted us to call her on the reunion,
02:55 but they didn't ask her to be a part of the reunion,
02:58 which, honestly, for me, I thought was stupid.
03:02 I think you can't have a Dance Moms reunion without Abby.
03:05 But they wanted--
03:06 The producers had asked me to call her,
03:08 and I said no,
03:10 because her relationship with Chloe, Brooke, and Paige
03:13 is not the same, and Kendall, really,
03:15 is not the same as me and Kehlani.
03:17 Me and Kehlani are very civil with Abby,
03:19 but those other ones, they don't have a good relationship.
03:22 And it's-- it's not-- it's not up to me to say
03:25 who should or who shouldn't, you know what I mean?
03:27 But I just didn't want to--
03:28 I don't want to put anyone in that situation.
03:30 It wasn't worth it to me,
03:31 putting Abby in that situation,
03:33 and also putting Brooke, Paige, and Chloe in that situation.
03:35 I'm not down.
03:36 And Nia.
03:37 Oh, no, Nia wasn't there.
03:38 And your fans have remained so loyal over the years,
03:40 from Dance Moms to your new era of Karma.
03:42 What has it been like to see your fans grow with you as an artist?
03:45 It's fun.
03:46 It's fun to see the ones who are angry.
03:47 It's fun to see the ones who are excited.
03:48 It's fun to see the ones-- fun to see the ones who are, like,
03:51 finally, um, it's cool.
03:53 It's-- it's-- it's been really exciting.
03:55 Every step of the journey has been hard, I won't lie,
03:59 and confusing and tricky,
04:00 but, uh, it's been really good.
04:02 It really has.
04:03 Well, congrats on everything,
04:04 and have an amazing time tonight.
04:05 -Thank you. I appreciate you. -Thank you.
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