156. Press Play: The Story of JoJo
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
JoJo was only 13 when “Leave (Get Out)” made her one of the most exciting young artists in pop music. But behind the huge voice and early success was a record contract that would leave her fighting for years just to release music. In the first installment of Press Play, Kelli looks back at JoJo’s biggest songs, her acting career, the label battle that stalled her momentum, and the way she reclaimed her story on her own terms.
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| 0:00.0 | We're gonna dance like it's 2005. Come on get up. What a time to feel a talk. Nostalgia in now, |
| 0:09.2 | biggest fan in the crowd. Uh-huh. It's Lagoon Beach. |
| 0:16.7 | What's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Nostalgia in Now. As always, it's your host, |
| 0:21.4 | Kelly Williams. And this week, I am doing the Beyond the Music thing, behind the music, I'm |
| 0:27.1 | sorry, I was it beyond the blind, the behind the music thing that I kind of talked about a bit |
| 0:31.4 | last week. So I landed on the name of press play, the story of dot, dot, dot, dot, where I'll be |
| 0:37.4 | able to highlight |
| 0:38.1 | different artists, even artists that I'm not super familiar with. |
| 0:41.2 | This week, I picked Jojo because I know a lot about Jojo. |
| 0:45.3 | And I wanted the first episode to be someone I knew, not someone who I was like learning |
| 0:50.5 | alongside with you guys, the listeners. |
| 0:53.7 | But I also wanted to say exciting news. |
| 0:56.5 | There is a nostalgia and now Patreon. And I decided to make two different tiers for now. |
| 1:02.0 | There's a $3 tier where you will get episodes early and ad free. And then there's a $5 tier where you will get episodes early, episodes ad free. You'll also |
| 1:13.6 | get videos of all of my interviews, so you'll be able to watch those. And you'll also get a bi-weekly |
| 1:20.4 | episode. What will those episodes be? I'm not 100% sure yet. It might be a movie review. It may be |
| 1:26.4 | an episode of One Tree Hill or an episode of the |
| 1:28.9 | OC or an episode of a show. Eventually, I would love to do a rewatch series on like a higher |
| 1:36.0 | tier, but I also know myself and covering the hills was really difficult for me. Like talking |
| 1:42.2 | about the same episode or same series for 20 episodes, |
| 1:45.7 | trying to make it more interesting, granted, the Hills didn't have like a tongue going on, |
| 1:50.4 | but I don't think I'll ever do like a full One Tree Hill rewatch or a full O.C. rewatch, |
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