artist stats Why did JoJo's rerecordings fail yet Taylor's succeeded?

[youreyesgocold]

This is NOT a drag. The reality is that no one cares about JoJo, her legal troubles with her old label, or her wanting to own her art. 
 

Taylor made her fans care and become invested in her masters battle. Not to mention at least half of Taylor’s re-recordings sound better whereas ALL of JoJo’s sound worse. 

Edited August 21, 2023 by youreyesgocold

[Mordecai]

Nobody cared about JoJo in 2018 when she released them

Meanwhile Taylor began releasing hers just as she was entering her imperial phase

It's not rocket science

[Ryan]

JoJo’s rerecordings were a labor of love. She self funded the entire process and it was the ONLY way for her old catalog to be streamed at the time. Blackground didn’t return to streaming until 2021. So of course fans by default are going to find the originals now. 
 

There was no reason to set this thread up the way you did. One is a global megastar who has cultivated each re-release to be a cultural moment. The other was simply fighting for her hard work to not be locked away in a vault somewhere. 

[Venice B]

Literally NO ONE knows that girl and it's time to accept that

 

[thetea]

because taylor swift has a significantly larger fanbase and a lot more success. her re-recordings made more noise since she had a larger reach, and fans willing to support re-recorded versions. this thread is silly though, the answer is obvious. 

[sherloid_bai]

1 hour ago, GraceRandolph said:

Taylor has been bigger than JoJo since like 2008? Not sure why you’d make a thread like this unless you’re trying to **** on JoJo tbh. 

I love JoJo but OG Too Little Too Late came up on recommended so I checked the daily streams of 2018 vs OG and 

[mons†er]

the re-recordings were just bad. granted her voice isn't as high as it was on the originals, but even the melody changes and new vocals weren't great. there was nothing to enjoy about JoJo's re-recordings compared to Taylor's. 

[GraceRandolph]

2 minutes ago, sherloid_bai said:

I love JoJo but OG Too Little Too Late came up on recommended so I checked the daily streams of 2018 vs OG and 

I’m guessing the OG is on a bunch of playlists compared to the 2018 version. JoJo hadn’t been in the public eye much between her early success and her rerelease whereas Taylor has had huge eras between the OGs and re-records. Plus the Scooter drama was highly public, whereas JoJo’s drama with her label is known by pop music diehards only. 

[BeenTheShit]

1 hour ago, What_A_Mess said:

Jojo’s re recordings were terrible and low effort. I was worried that Taylor’s would be as well. Fortunately they are high quality. When I heard Love Story TV, I couldn’t tell the difference until I listened side by side. With Jojo’s it was quite jarring and obvious. Eagerly waiting to stream 1989, Rep, and TS tvs. 

All of this.

[NEX]

Because she marked them with "2018" instead of "JoJo's Version"

[Avenger]

This is such a stupid question, no offence I mean Jojo isn't signed to a big label like how you cannot answer this yourself? 

[NEX]

Actually I didn't know she went through the re-recording process as well. Just listened to Too Little Too Late 2018 version and eww. It's unbearable comparable to the original. Sounds like a random grandma doing covers of JoJo songs. Really poor quality and very poor fidelity to the originals. Hats off to Taylor at 33 for managing to sound almost the same way she did at 18. 

[Otter]

1 hour ago, liam13 said:

seems like only taylor's re-recordings pay off, everyone else makes very little money out of their new versions.

"b-b-but it's not a risk "

There is still very little risk in that. An album rerecording is the fraction of the cost of a new album which needs to be developed from scratch 

[WildHeart]

1 hour ago, Mtjjproducer said:

Be SSSOOO ******* for real if you think taylor has more vocal ability than Jojo 

 

the only reason JoJos vocals don’t sound the best on the re-records if because she stupidly recorded them when she was on tour with laryngitis. Jojo can outsing taylor swift without even trying. JoJos vocals on her last two sound better than Taylor. Hell JoJos 12 year old vocals sound better than Taylor now. 

He didn't say Taylor has better vocals than Jojo. 

 

He said that Taylor's new vocals on re-recordings are better than Taylor's vocals on original albums. 

[bjorn]

Taylor has the biggest fan base of them all 

 

vs 

 

someone who hasn’t had a hit in 20 years

[Grown K]

Jojo did some vocal changes to the sounds I was not into. She should have done them exactly the same

[Vitaly]

JoJo remixed the sounds, nobody wants that. When people wanna hear Leave (Get Out), for example. they wanna hear the one they knew, or something that doesn't stray so far away of its original sounds. 
 

Taylor's re-recording didn't do that so drastically. It is still the sounds fans are familiar with. 

[Big Bad Wolf]

Because Jojo’s career was dead. Y’all ask the most obvious questions 

[thatsmydemi]

This thread is embarrassing. 

[Power love]

2 hours ago, JustHoran said:

JoJo's re-recordings are BAD. The vocals aren't great, and the production isn't good. Taylor's also a bigger star but her re-recordings are actually good (then again, she can afford to make sure the production is amazing). JoJo's just don't beat the originals AT ALL.

 

[wowsignal14]

Taylor's star power and business savvy is not something everyone possesses

[NoOneDiesFromLove]

Although the answer is obvious I had no idea she had re-recorded her music. Let me go give Too Little Too Late (Jojo’s Version) some streams 

[liam13]

1 hour ago, Otter said:

There is still very little risk in that. An album rerecording is the fraction of the cost of a new album which needs to be developed from scratch 

it still takes plenty of time to re-record and with that she could easily put out two to three new albums (and b4 you say she couldn't, she prolly has enough materials from folklore/evermore writing sessions and other things in the vault). those brand new albums would make a lot more money than six "front-loaded" re-recorded old albums.

not only does taylor not do it like most artists, which is release and be done w it, she also makes a tiny era for each of the re-recordings.

 

so idk why some of yall call it cash grab and not a risk when it seems like taylors the only artist who has successful re-recorded albums. does risk always have to be bombed/flopped/panned or sexual?

[SoldierofLove]

34 minutes ago, NoOneDiesFromLove said:

Although the answer is obvious I had no idea she had re-recorded her music. Let me go give Too Little Too Late (Jojo’s Version) some streams 

This reply is the only good thing to come out of this thread. 
 

Stream JoJo (2018) and The High Road (2018)! 

[Taste of Honey]

The answer to this is obvious.

 

That being said, I prefer JoJo's re-recording of her debut album(I have no nostalgia associated with it other than the singles), but the OG High Road is better. 

Edited August 21, 2023 by Taste of Honey