Six months ago, Jax — like most artists — was stuck at home in quarantine, unable to gig or meet with others. One November night she decided to have a little fun like other young people…
“I saw some random notifications on my phone and I just opened it up and it was like over a million views — like crazy chaos,” she tellsof the video, which has now surpassed 9 million views. “I started screaming and he thought somebody broke into the apartment. It was literally overnight. It was just the craziest thing, but it was definitely the moment that I started not caring at all and just being myself and being stupid and goofy. It was definitely a crazy surprise and felt really good.
“Jax’s TikTok popularity was more of a guide to show us that there was an audience engaging. Her clever songwriting, creative vision and star personality were what actually hooked us and made the most impact in our decision to sign her,” says Aton Ben-Horin, global vice president of A&R at Warner Music Group, of Jax and her following, which now tops 3.4 million.
Her father, John — a NYPD firefighter injured on the day of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center — gets to star front and center in a new song premiering today on TikTok, “Like My Father,” dedicated to him just in time for Father’s Day. The sweet ballad centers around her parent’s love story, with Jax singing about having a husband who “gets out of the car and holds the door and rocks out to Billy Joel and flip our kids off when they call us old.
Just how did Jax get Renna to appear in her video, which was shot in Georgia and recreates the famous vomit scene on a carnival ride? By sliding into his Instagram DMs, of course. From there, she continued to work on her craft, writing and releasing her own original material and penning songs for Paris Hilton, Weezer and Big Freedia, to name a few.
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