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After JoJo Siwa’s Viral “Bette Davis Eyes” Cover Was Brutally Dragged, The ‘80s Icon Who Popularized The Original Song Seemingly Threw Some Major Shade


Several people dragged JoJo’s “raspy” vocals and “trad wife” appearance in the viral video.

If you didn’t know, “Bette Davis Eyes” was originally written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, though it was popularized by Kim Carnes in 1981. “This is the wildest auto tuning I’ve ever heard,” someone wrote, while another said, “What in the cough syrup is going on.” “kim carnes just shaded jojo siwa on instagram,” one user tweeted, while another person suggested that Kim “should’ve been classy and not said anything and let the public do the talking.”

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