Page 113 of August Lane

Jojo:

Oh, you know. Clickbait. A little Black rage to feed the news cycle.

Emma:

Which you didn’t give him.

Jojo:

Didn’t have any. She isn’t the first white woman to cover one of my songs. She won’t be the last.

Emma:

That is true. I hear them all the time.

Jojo:

They’re all deep cuts, though. No lead singles.

Emma:

Why do you think that is? The deep-cut thing. They never intended to release Charlotte’s cover. It only got attention because—

Jojo:

You wrote about it.

Emma:

Right. She said the song had personal meaning. Maybe she was trying to keep it private in a way.