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Musical artist Joanna “JoJo” Levesque just released her new memoir, Over The Influence. In an excerpt shared by People, JoJo details a very special night she spent with Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift. The two besties threw a Galentine’s Day party and invited JoJo and other friends over for a night of crafts, snacks, and a celebration of singlehood.
“For Galentine’s Day, Selena invited me to Taylor Swift’s house so we could all celebrate,” writes JoJo. “Taylor had this arts and crafts section set up where we took pictures of ourselves and slapped them on this cute questionnaire where we described our best qualities (and our worst ones), the things we were looking for in a guy, and the reasons why we were currently single.”
She continued, “I snuck outside to the In-N-Out truck on her lawn to grab a burger, fries and Diet Coke, but also went out there to text the guy I’d been obsessing over at the time. This whole ‘girl’s night’ scenario at Taylor’s, reclaiming the saddest day of the year for single folks was the best possible distraction from the complete unavailability of this [expletive] boy.”
In-N-Out is a popular chain in California, not New York, so the party was most likely on the west coast.
“I genuinely enjoyed these girls, and although two of them were among the most famous women in the world, we had the shared experience of starting out very young, and I was happy to be let into the fold, part of a group,” JoJo added.
In 2004, JoJo released “Leave (Get Out),” which was a huge hit. But she signed with her label when she was only 12-years-old and Blackground Records ended up miring her in contract difficulties for years. She and Swift supposedly connected over the issue of artist’s rights to their music, a topic pretty close to the Eras Tour star’s heart. Swift has been re-recording her old albums to take back control of her masters even as she records brand new music.
JoJo said that Swift “was so sweet and complimentary, and she seemed excited that Selena had brought me along with her.”
“She mentioned deep cut songs of mine she loved and kept saying how [expletive] up the lawsuit was, the fact that I couldn’t put out music,” said JoJo. “I don’t remember if she already knew what was going on from social media or if I’d told her about the situation, but she was—in no uncertain terms—letting me know she was on my side and believed in me.”
Aimée Lutkin is the weekend editor at ELLE.com. Her writing has appeared in Jezebel, Glamour, Marie Claire and more. Her first book, The Lonely Hunter, will be released by Dial Press in February 2022.