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December Baby
R&B / Soul · 2020 · 13 tracks · 27m

December Baby

Sultry R&B holiday originals that trade tinsel for silk. JoJo’s acrobatic vocals turn festive nostalgia into a modern, late-night romance.

October 30, 2020 · Warner Records

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December Baby is a rare holiday offering that feels less like a seasonal obligation and more like a natural extension of an artist's core identity. JoJo bypasses the usual saccharine traps of the genre, opting instead for a collection of cuffing season anthems that blend festive imagery with the sophisticated, bass-heavy R&B of the early 2020s. It is an album of textures: the crisp snap of trap-influenced percussion, the warmth of analog-style synths, and, most importantly, the sheer density of JoJo's vocal arrangements. This isn't background music for a loud family dinner; it is a soundtrack for the quiet, private moments that happen after the guests have left and the snow begins to pile up outside.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 27m
01
Noelle
0:43
02
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
3:51
03
O Come All Ye Faithful (interlude)
0:56
04
December Baby
3:19
05
Coming Home
2:26
06
The Christmas Song
2:40
07
Deck the Halls (interlude)
0:30
08
Wrap Me Up
2:15
09
North Pole
2:53
10
What Child Is This (interlude)
0:49
11
Silent Night
2:35
12
Wishlist
3:58
13
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (interlude)
0:40
Moments Worth Listening For
the moment in the title track where the sleigh bells fade into a heavy, syncopated R&B bassline
the intricate, multi-tracked vocal stack at the end of Wishlist that mimics a full gospel choir
the breathy, intimate delivery of the opening lines in The Christmas Song that feels like a whispered secret

How does December Baby sound next to the rest of JoJo's catalogue?

Winter+4.0σ

Winter saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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