Then JoJo signaled her long-awaited return with the simultaneous release of three singles on Aug. 21. The singer/songwriter’s “tringle” includes Samuels’ “Say Love,” which debuts at No. 34 on Billboard’s Pop Digital Songs chart dated Sept. 12. (In the exclusive video below, watch the pair get emotional in the studio while recording the power ballad.)
JoJo’s return after nearly a decade between albums: I’ve been a big fan ever since she was a child. Then it just seemed like she disappeared off the face of the planet. I first met her two or three years ago in L.A. I think the second song we ever did together was “Say Love.” She is one of the best artists I’ve ever worked with vocally: She brings out the best in the music. Hers is a voice we haven’t heard in a while, so I think she’s going to do wonders.