Man (JoJo song)

Prior to the release of "Joanna" a separate release plan for the album's lead singles were initially planned. The song was officially released on October 11, 2019 with the song's music video premiering the following day, with JoJo announcing the release of "Sabotage" at the conclusion of the videos premiere as the official lead single from her upcoming album.{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2019/10/jojo-announces-official-new-single-sabotage/ |title=JoJo Announces Official New Single 'Sabotage' |website=That Grape Juice |date=January 10, 1919 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101210653/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2019/10/jojo-announces-official-new-single-sabotage/ |archive-date=January 1, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://ratedrnb.com/2019/10/jojo-second-guesses-herself-on-new-single-sabotage/ |title=JoJo Second-Guesses Herself on New Single 'Sabotage' – Rated R&B |website=Ratedrnb.com |date= October 25, 2019|access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028060549/https://ratedrnb.com/2019/10/jojo-second-guesses-herself-on-new-single-sabotage/ |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |url-status=live }} The music video for the song premiered on December 4, 2019 and included a snippet of the album's next single planned at the time which would eventually be "Small Things".{{cite magazine |last1=Mamo |first1=Heran |title=JoJo's World Comes Crashing Down in Intense 'Sabotage' Video Featuring Chika: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545395/jojo-sabotage-video-chika |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216184648/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8545395/jojo-sabotage-video-chika |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |url-status=live }} During the 2020 Grammy Awards pre-show JoJo officially announced the release of "Small Things" as the album's next single set for release on February 21, 2020.{{cite magazine |author=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/video/grammypreshowjojo-8549119 |title=JoJo Teases Her Upcoming Single 'Small Things' on Billboard's Grammy Pre-Show |magazine=Billboard |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=June 6, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/01/exclusive-jojo-talks-new-single-small-things-new-album-2020-grammys/ |title=Exclusive: JoJo Talks New Single 'Small Things' & New Album At 2020 GRAMMYs |website=That Grape Juice |date=January 10, 1919 |access-date=June 6, 2020}} On February 19, 2019 two days away from the song's intended release JoJo announced that they had made changes to the song's release and would go forward with "Man" as the new lead single from the album with another major announcement to come on the intended single's release date.{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/jojo-announces-new-single-man-teases-friday-surprise/ |title=JoJo Announces New Single 'Man' / Teases Friday Surprise |website=That Grape Juice |date=January 10, 1919 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421112348/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/jojo-announces-new-single-man-teases-friday-surprise/ |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/listen-jojo-teases-new-song-man/ |title=Listen: JoJo Teases New Song 'Man' |website=That Grape Juice |date=February 22, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421070040/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/listen-jojo-teases-new-song-man/ |archive-date=April 21, 2020 |url-status=live }} JoJo officially announced her fourth studio album would be titled "Good to Know" and released corresponding tour dates in promotion for the album.{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/jojo-announces-the-good-know-world-tour/ |title=JoJo Announces The 'Good To Know World Tour' |website=That Grape Juice |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422014959/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/jojo-announces-the-good-know-world-tour/ |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2020/02/jojo-announces-new-album-good-know/ |title=JoJo Announces New Album 'Good To Know' |website=That Grape Juice |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2020/02/21/jojo-good-to-know-album-tour/ |title=JoJo Announces 'good to know' Album & Tour | Rap-Up |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313171424/https://www.rap-up.com/2020/02/21/jojo-good-to-know-album-tour/ |archive-date=March 13, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |author=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551601/jojo-2020-tour-dates-new-album-good-know |title=JoJo Announces Tour With New Album 'Good to Know' Expected This Spring |magazine=Billboard |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429160115/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551601/jojo-2020-tour-dates-new-album-good-know |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Darville |first=Jordan |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/02/21/jojo-reveals-new-album-good-to-know-announces-tour |title=JoJo reveals new album good to know, announces tour |website=The Fader |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222145527/https://www.thefader.com/2020/02/21/jojo-reveals-new-album-good-to-know-announces-tour |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |url-status=live }}

"Man" was then officially released on March 13, 2020 as the new single from Good to Know (2020), While describing the song, JoJo explains that "Now's the time to be ur own biggest fan. Pleeeeeez don't waste ur time til u find someone who can truly compliment ur fly and go hard as u do. Being single and making a life you love is too delicious to settle for less."{{cite web |author=Madeline Roth |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3159854/jojo-man-video/ |title=JoJo Is Her Own Biggest Fan In Confident 'Man' Video |website=MTV |date=March 13, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523040759/http://www.mtv.com/news/3159854/jojo-man-video/ |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |last1=Spanos |first1=Brittany |title=JoJo Lays Out Romantic Requirements on New Song, 'Man' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jojo-man-video-tinashe-ari-lennox-966998/ |access-date=March 31, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406163437/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jojo-man-video-tinashe-ari-lennox-966998/ |archive-date=April 6, 2020 |url-status=live }}

"Man" is a mid-tempo pop and R&B song with lyrics in which JoJo declares her self-confidence and desire to find a lover who can reciprocate her affections.{{cite magazine |last1=Mamo |first1=Heran |title=JoJo Gathers Famous Girlfriends Ari Lennox, Tinashe & More for 'Man' Music Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335910/jojo-man-music-video-ari-lennox-tinashe |access-date=March 31, 2020 |magazine=Billboard |date=March 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502140345/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335910/jojo-man-music-video-ari-lennox-tinashe |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |url-status=live }} Billboard found the song demonstrated the singer becoming comfortable in her own skin. "Man" was written by Cameron Lazar, Chelsea Lena, Evon Barnes, Jr., Lauren LaRue, Rodrick Doss Jr., Sofia Quinn and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque for the latter's long awaited fourth studio album Good to Know (2020). It was produced by Beatgodz, who also worked alongside Fade Majah on it. The track was recorded with guidance by Ryan Gladieux and additional recording completed by Wissam Ghorayeb. The mixing of "Man" was done by Tony Maserati while the song's mixing engineering was done by Miles Comaskey and eventually, the mastering was done by Dale Becker. JoJo and Tommy Parker both served as the vocal producers for the song.

″Mike Nied of Idolator wrote that "There's a smoothness to JoJo's always exceptional voice" on "Man" and that he "cannot get enough of the self-assured lyrics."{{cite news |last1=Nied |first1=Mike |title=JoJo Is Looking For A Real "Man" On Her Catchy New Single |url=https://www.idolator.com/7908011/jojo-is-looking-for-a-real-man-on-her-catchy-new-single |access-date=March 31, 2020 |work=Idolator |date=March 13, 2020 }} Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone described the song as "classic JoJo". Kyle Denis of Black Boy Bulletin noted that the song "does a solid job at defining Jojo's sound for her upcoming album" but "the percussion and melody of the hook are strikingly similar to Kiana Ledé’s “Ex.”"{{cite news |last1=Denis |first1=Kyle |title=Track Review: Jojo Previews New Album With "Man" |url=https://blackboybulletin.com/2020/03/15/track-review-jojo-previews-new-album-with-man/ |access-date=May 4, 2020 |work=Black Boy Bulletin |date=March 15, 2020}}

The video for "Man" was released on March 13, 2020 and features cameos from Ari Lennox, Tinashe, JinJoo, Francia Raisa, and JoJo Gomez.{{cite news |last1=Elder |first1=Sajae |title=Jojo shares the sultry single "Man" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/03/15/jojo-new-video-man |access-date=March 31, 2020 |work=The Fader |date=March 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317170019/https://www.thefader.com/2020/03/15/jojo-new-video-man |archive-date=March 17, 2020 |url-status=live }} Scenes of JoJo performing sultry choreography in a dark room are interspersed with scenes of her partying with the aforementioned co-stars. Heran Mamo of Billboard wrote that the video captures the idea of friendship, as a third interpretation of love, to complement the self-love and romantic love described in the song's lyrics.

Digital download{{cite web |title=Man – Single by JoJo |url=https://tidal.com/browse/track/132764098 |publisher=TIDAL |access-date=March 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425021511/https://tidal.com/browse/track/132764098 |archive-date=April 25, 2020 |url-status=live }}

1. "Man" – 2:54

Digital download – Remix{{cite web |title=Man (Hoodboi Remix) – Single by JoJo |url=https://tidal.com/browse/album/135667116 |publisher=TIDAL |access-date=April 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515111529/https://tidal.com/browse/album/135667116 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live }}

1. "Man" (Hoodboi Remix) – 3:56

2-track single{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6WGYiIyHhZKMlUAods27sw?si=i8EojHolR-W3Jc0rUuvo2A |title=JoJo – Man (acoustic) |publisher=Spotify |date=May 29, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606151133/https://open.spotify.com/album/6WGYiIyHhZKMlUAods27sw?si=i8EojHolR-W3Jc0rUuvo2A |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |url-status=live }}

1. "Man" (acoustic) – 2:43
2. "Man" – 2:54

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Good to Know.{{cite AV media notes |others=JoJo |title=Good to Know |year=2020 |type=inlay cover |publisher=Clover Music/Warner Records.}}

• JoJo – vocals, writing, vocal production
• Tommy Parker – vocal production
• Cameron Lazar – writing
• Chelsea Lena – writing
• Evon Barnes, Jr. – writing
• Lauren LaRue – writing
• Rodrick Doss Jr. – writing
• Sofia Quinn – writing
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Miles Comaskey – mixing engineer
• Ryan Gladieux – recording
• Wissam Ghorayeb – recording
• Beatgodz – producer
• Fade Majah – producer
• Dale Becker – audio mastering

{{reflist}}

{{JoJo}}

{{authority control}}

Category:2020 songs

Category:2020 singles

Category:Clover Music singles

Category:JoJo (singer) songs

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Songs written by JoJo (singer)