Kim Carnes has reacted to JoJo Siwa‘s cowl of ‘Bette Davis Eyes’.
Siwa launched her model of the hit on Friday (July 11), after protecting it at a number of stay exhibits this yr.
Now, Carnes – who popularised the music together with her 1981 model – has weighed in on Siwa’s take.
Sharing a clip of the unique music video earlier this week, in a since-deleted TikTok, Carnes appeared to dismiss the duvet, writing: “There’s a distinction between singing a music…. And embodying it….”
She went on so as to add: I’ve at all times believed authenticity is what makes music timeless. I’m endlessly grateful to be the voice behind this one. … Bette Davis Eyes.”
Cackling that Kim Carnes hates Jojo S*wa’s cowl pic.twitter.com/xDPbzI03jH
— harry (@Hausofharri) July 13, 2025
It’s value noting that Carnes’ model was additionally a canopy, with Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss writing the music in 1974.
Her 1981 launch spent 9 non-consecutive weeks on the prime of the U.S. Billboard Sizzling 100 and received the 1982 Grammy Awards for Track of the Yr and File of the Yr.
The traditional hit has seen a resurgence amongst Gen-Z followers currently, with Ethel Cain protecting the monitor throughout latest stay exhibits, and even calling her latest single ‘Fuck Me Eyes’ an “homage” to the music, which she mentioned is “certainly one of my favourite pop songs of all time”.
In different Siwa information, in March, she got here underneath controversy for charging followers $900 (£696) to “assist” her arrange the present for her North American tour by way of a VIP ticket package deal.
Siwa defined: “You’re really going to get to return throughout whereas we’re loading within the present, and also you’re gonna get to type of assist us set it up and ensure issues are proper and check out the drum with me or the DJ sales space with me.”
Nevertheless, the artist has confronted some criticism for asking followers to “principally pay to work” on the concert events (by way of The Impartial). One other individual wrote: “If I’m serving to you arrange then I must be getting in without cost Lmaoo!!!”
Final September, the Polish Eurovision committee denied Siwa’s claims that she was “in talks” to signify the nation on the 2025 music contest – which befell in Basel, Switzerland this Could.