Mad Love | ||||
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Studio album by JoJo | ||||
Released | October 14, 2016 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 41:04 | |||
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Metacritic | 70/100 |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Billboard | Positive |
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Pitchfork | 7/10 |
Mad Love (stylized as Mad Love.) is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter JoJo. It was released on October 14, 2016, by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group.
The album was preceded by the extended play III (pronounced "tringle"), which was released on August 21, 2015. On July 27, 2016, JoJo uploaded a short video on her YouTube channel titled "Mad Love. 10.14.16", previewing "Music" and revealing the album title and release date. On September 7, 2016, JoJo revealed the album artwork via her social media accounts and announced the album would be available for pre-order on September 16, 2016. From September 9 to September 15, 2016, JoJo uploaded short videos of her singing each song from the album on her Instagram account, revealing the track listing of the album.
"Fuck Apologies" featuring Wiz Khalifa was released as the lead single from the album on July 28, 2016. The music video for the song, which was directed by Francesco Carrozzini, was released on July 28, 2016 The song debuted at number 40 on the US Pop Digital Songs Chart. Internationally, the song peaked at 104 on the UK Singles Chart and number 18 on he UK R&B Singles Chart.
"Mad Love" was released as the first promotional single on September 16, 2016, along with the pre-order of the album. JoJo released the audio video of the single on her YouTube channel. "FAB", featuring Remy Ma, was released on September 23, 2016, as the second promotional single. The three letters form an acronym, which stands for "Fake Ass Bitches". The music video for the song was released on November 29, 2016. "Music" was released as the third and final promotional single on October 6, 2016.
JoJo performed "No Apologies", the clean version of "Fuck Apologies", on Today on October 14, 2016, and on Good Day New York on October 20, 2016.