Q Artists: Watch JoJo’s Emotional and Personal New Video for “Save My Soul”

R&B pop star JoJo lost her father, Joel Levesque, in November. She had a turbulent year, with the release of a popular maxi-single, but the delay of an album following battles with her record label. On Friday, her dad would have turned 61. She released a powerful video in his honor.

The video for "Save My Soul" was directed by Zelda Williams,  daughter of the late Robin Williams, and one of JoJo’s closest friends.

“We filmed this video about a month before my father lost his decades long battle with addiction,” JoJo says.  It was shot in Josua Tree National Park in California. Jojo says it's about addiction, which consumed her father's life. She says "he had been passing away for a long time."

JoJo told her fans "Losing my father at the end of last year and knowing the propensity for addiction of all kinds that runs deep in my blood from both sides makes it next-level important for me to LIVE – not just be alive, but THRIVE in his honor. I can do this. And so can you. If you’re struggling, believe the only way OUT is THROUGH. Keep going."

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