Jenna Rose

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Background information
Birth nameJenna Rose Swerdlow
Born (1998-09-28) September 28, 1998 (age 26)
Long Island, New York, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active2009–present

Jenna Rose Swerdlow (born September 28, 1998), best known as Jenna Rose, is an American pop singer who gained media attention with her single "My Jeans".

Contents

Background

Swerdlow was born on September 28, 1998, [1] [2] in Long Island, New York. [3] She is an only child and an american singer. [4] [2] She spent her early life in Baldwin, New York and relocated with her family to Dix Hills, New York in 2005. [5] She began performing at age 2, [6] [5] and received private vocal training at age 8. [7] Starting with community theater and moving on to regional productions and Off-Broadway, she has performed in over 18 plays, including principal roles in Ragtime and The Miracle Worker , as well as the title role in the 2011 Off-Broadway play, The Odella Williams Show. [7] She was a finalist in Got Talent?, a Long Island talent competition, as well as the New York Knicks Kids Talent Search. [7] It was reported by Fox WNYW that by March 2011, her videos had had over 1 million "hits", she had recorded six songs, and she had performed at a Knicks game halftime show. [8]

She studied at Hofstra University from 2016 to 2020. From 2018 to 2019 she worked two part-time jobs as an intern at The Bittleman Show and a Day Camp Counselor at Park Shore Country Day Camp. She graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in mass communications in 2020 and in both May 2017 and May 2018 was on the Dean's list. As of 2023, she currently works as a VP of Client Relations and Associate Producer on The Donna Drake Show on CBS. [9]

Music

In August 2009, it was reported that Swerdlow and nineteen other musicians were selected for individual coaching and recording sessions by long-time Billy Joel sax player Richie Cannata, [10] and Jenna wrote on her Facebook page that Richie's son Eren Cannata wrote and produced three singles for her, "Sweet Melody", "The Remedy", and "Spotlight". [11] Since then, Swerdlow has collaborated with different songwriters, producers and choreographers, to record songs and music videos.

At age twelve, while she was in seventh grade at West Hollow Middle School, Swerdlow released her first music video, My Jeans, featuring a rap by Baby Triggy and cameo by Yung Deon who is next to him, [12] on YouTube on October 1, 2010; [6] [13] locations included the Deer Park Tanger Outlet. [14] The video went viral, garnering over a million views and bring Swerdlow media attention. [15] "My Jeans" was panned by YouTube viewers, [16] earning her, as of September 8, 2011, 26,355 "likes" and 295,189 "dislikes" for the video. [6] Detractors found fault not only with Swerdlow's song, but with her clothes, the shape of her mouth, and the video's production values. [5]

The video continues to be popular, [5] with the original video reaching over 14 million views as of early September 2011, even though it has "spawned parodies, video responses, rap replies and more than a dozen pages of written critiques." [5]

Despite negative reviews of "My Jeans", Swerdlow followed up with "O.M.G." in March 2011, [17] and "Don't Give Up", [18] in April 2011. [18] Swerdlow and her parents describe the song "O.M.G." as a response to online criticism and cyberbullying. [6] Though covered by media, these subsequent songs received less interest than her original viral video; both display similar negative ratings, and have been panned by critics. [18] "O.M.G." received "more than a million views" as of May 2011. [19] The lyrics were described as "disturbing" for a 12-year-old singer. [19] On PerezHilton.com the video was described as "hyper-sexualized, uber-creepy and if you really want to talk about jacking swag, not one dance move wasn't pulled from another video circa 1998." [20] In October 2012, Swerdlow debuted her version of "Walk On By", toured with two other groups and performed at Nassau Coliseum. [21]

Rose was a drummer and drum major in her high school band. Which awarded her the title of ‘Most musical’ in her high school. [22]

In 2019, she founded her own independent record label Rose Petal Records. The first track being “Mess with me ft. edwrds ”. [23] [2] She has since released more than 15 singles including a cover of Train Wreck by James Arthur, being her most streamed single on Spotify since its release on December 2, 2020. [24] As of October 3, 2023, it has over 60,000 streams. [2]

Recognition and followup

In February 2009, the town board of Huntington, New York, recognized Swerdlow "for her contributions to the performing arts community". [25] Subsequent to the release of "My Jeans" Swerdlow has been interviewed by news networks, covered in news items, and has performed live in concert at the Westbury Music Fair. [18]

In March 2011, Time magazine listed Swerdlow as one of "three kids who may be next to gain viral fame" similar to Rebecca Black. [26]

Writers have made comparisons between Swerdlow and Black, [12] since both teens have produced videos that fall into the same genre of bubblegum pop, are "slammed by critics as being too provocative", and both have received harsh feedback from the public. [5] [18] Her videos have inspired remixes, slowdown/speedups, commentary, lip-sync, and analysis on YouTube. [27]

In 2012, Swerdlow's online presence was hacked; her Twitter account, YouTube channel and AOL address were defaced with "Nazi swastikas and obscenities." Prior to the attack, her YouTube channel had accumulated a total of 25 million views. [1]

In early 2022, a viral TikTok video emerged of Jenna Rose doing a female remake of hip hop musician Gunna’s song “Pushin P’, the TikTok garnered more than 10 million views. [28] She responded on her Instagram claiming although she was affected at first due to the negative reaction people had towards the video, she has learned to laugh with them. [29] [30]

Discography

Singles

YearTitle
2009"Sweet Melody" [31]
2010"Spotlight"
"My Jeans" [6]
2011"OMG" [32]
"The Remedy" [33]
"Unstoppable" [34]
"Don't Give Up" [35]
"Time Of Our Lives" [36]
2012"Life Is a Party" [37]
"Walk On By" [21]
2013"Forget You" [38]
2014"Earthquake" [39]
2019"Mess With Me ft. Edwrds” [23]
“Just Like ft. Edwrds” [40]
"Mixed Signals" [41]
"NGL" [42]
"Numb" [43]
2020"Chances” [44]
"Games" [45]
"Hope You’re Happy" [46]
"Other Girls" [47]
"Poison" [48]
"Love Drunk" [49]
2021"Infatuation” [50]
"By My Side" [51]
"Animal" [52]
2022"The River” [53]
"Vanilla” [54]
"Phone Tag" [54]
2023"Beautiful Crime” [55]
"Jealous” [56]
"Fighter” [57]
"Lost In Paradise” [58]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNote
2010Family PracticeChild PatientEric NorcrossTV pilot – Ep. 2: "Hood Cat" [59] [ failed verification ]
Mouse HouseJessica
Which WayLilithBill HerndonTV series [60] [ failed verification ]
2011Caroline of VirginiaYoung CarolineEric Norcross
ActorHerselfRoberto SerriniDocumentary

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