“I’m all for female artists lifting each other up,” Carnes added. “This business can be brutal, and I strongly reject the kind of hate and personal attacks I’ve seen online – whether directed at me, JoJo Siwa, or anyone else.
When it feels like your voice is being borrowed, it strikes a deeply personal chord,” she said, before shouting out artists like Taylor Swift, Kylie Minogue, and Gwyneth Paltrow, whose “different interpretations” she appreciated
There is a difference between singing a song… and embodying it,” she wrote, according to E! News. “I’ve always believed authenticity is what makes music timeless.”
– 80’s singer Kim Carnes on Jojo Siwa’s recent ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ cover.