Heartbreaks & Body Counts

I asked her body count… but not for the reason you think. This spoken word piece dives into the questions we’re often too afraid to ask, the insecurities we hide, and the truths we seek when love feels bigger than just the present moment. It’s not about competition with the past, but about understanding it , so we can handle the future with more care.
We carry scars, stories, and versions of ourselves into every relationship. This poem is about what it means to truly know someone, not just who they are today, but the journey that shaped them.

Lyrics
I can’t lie, call me insecure,
Call me Jo, but I wanna know,
I wanna know the body count, the first guy you slept with
How big his… ego is
Just for research purposes
I wanna know his nicknames for you
If you ever think about him when I’m with you
I wanna know if he’s the reason why you get mad at me?
Coz it’s hard to hear, but harder to imagine
What he did to cause your heart so much damage?
Do I need to do to fix you?
Like what’s your balance?
Like am I in credit or a deficit,
Am I getting the real or only the parts you are comfortable letting me see?
Do people see a future
When they see us? Or like when they see us
Am I guilty for the crimes another man committed?
If so, when do I get acquitted?
I wanna know all of you
How you got that scar on your cheek?
When was the first time you cried yourself to sleep?
And it’s not that he’s competition,
It’s just my point of reference
For all the mistakes I don’t want to make
The part of your heart that you had to stitch back together, I want to handle
Them with care, I don’t want to break
He took you for granted, but like Arts Council funding
There are certain grants you should never take
I know we are in the present, but I need to know which version of you am I dealing with
Are you healed, or am I the one you are healing with?
You lived a whole other lifetime before you met me
It’s like I arrived late to a movie, missed all the trailers, the opening credits
And now I’m trying to figure out what kind of genre of movie we are in
Does it have a happy ending
Or just another chapter? Or am I a new beginning?
Of course the past matters,
But only because I want the future to be different.

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Pulling up to a city near you with the whole gang 🙌🏾✨
Can’t wait to connect in person, share stories, and vibe together.
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Tour Dates
16 Aug – New York – Cafe Con Libros
15 Sep – Brighton – Komedia
16 Sep – Southampton – The Attic
28 Sep – Birmingham – Hockley Social Club
03 Oct – Manchester – TBA
Nov 15 - Los Angles

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