![]() She maintained this momentum with other riotous Tik Toks, including “Avril Lavigne & Sk8er Boi (18 years later)” (people under 16 still think Jax is the real Avril Lavigne!). ![]() ![]() She posted a hilarious response to the pop gem “Stacy’s Mom” from “Stacy’s Mom’s Perspective.” It exploded with nearly 9 million views in a few months’ time. When COVID-19 shutdown songwriting sessions, Jax needed to pivot again. In remission once more, she succeeded behind-the-scenes writing songs for other artists. I couldn’t sing at the time, and I still needed to do something creative, so I started writing songs.” “It was a major wakeup call,” she states. She went into remission, but it returned a couple of months later after she relocated to L.A. At 18-years-old, she developed cancer above her vocal chords. “I couldn’t have done anything without him,” smiles Jax. So, he took the reins as her first manager, tour driver, roadie, etc. Her Brooklyn firefighter dad had bravely rushed towards danger as a 9/11 first responder on a recovery mission and retired in the aftermath. When her high school band gained traction, her parents allowed her to homeschool. At seven-years-old, she did adult community theater as a proud “psycho theater kid.” She taught herself piano and went through “a big emo goth” phase. “Obviously because I grew up on Long Island,” she reminds. So, she took to Janis Joplin, Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Paramore, blink-182, and Billy Joel. Out of the womb, mom played “tons of rock ‘n’ roll” for Jax. In my songs, I write things I’d actually say in conversation and see if anybody wants to be my friend.” I wanted that to shine through in the music. “Sometimes I’m feeling myself and I’ll put out something sexy, but it’s not really who I am. “I’m a total dork in real life,” she affirms. (you could find her at bars in the Valley pre-Pandemic-not so much now).ĭespite not actually fathering any children (to her knowledge), she knows more dad jokes than any dad out there. She is from New York and New Jersey, but lives in L.A. She went viral like a dozen or more times by singing pop songs from the perspectives of their subjects, attracting 1.3 million followers on Tik Tok, 125 million views and 17 million “likes” (she has no idea what 1 million people look like together though). She even blitzed the DJ booth at some bougie Hollywood nightclub to sing next to Paris Hilton after writing her a song (umm, who wouldn’t?). She once trained (Rocky-style) to complete a marathon. She has no problem wearing Crocs or playing Settlers of Catan for hours (in Crocs). Jax makes pop music without harming any balloons.
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