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In town for her college homecoming concert at the Morehouse Forbes Arena, Coco Jones stopped by Audacy Atlanta V-103’s The Big Tigger Morning Show to chat about everything from how she balances life, being a dark-skinned woman, Bel-Air, and what's next.
LISTEN NOW: Coco Jones on The Big Tigger Morning Show
Starting things off talking about how she’s been “running around promoting some of these songs,” and “working on finishing up my album,” which Coco revealed is “really, really close to… being finished.”
Tigger then brought up her new song with Future, “The Most Beautiful Design,” making note they’d get into discussing in a bit. Wanting to first ask Coco, “is this what you thought it would be?,” referring to her career, adding a follow up inquiry, “Is this the dream?”
“You know what, I say this sometimes, it's kind of like déjà vu because in a sense I was signed before, I had a show before, I had films and stuff before, I did promo tours before. It all kind of feels like me again. I think I'm also more prepared now for this life.”
“Looking back, I definitely was balancing school, singing, choreography, performing tour, making an EP. I was doing it.”
When asked if she finds it hard to balance it all, Coco admitted, “I don't really think it's hard because I don't think there is balance. I'm done trying to really achieve that, I don't feel like there's this perfect formula.”
“I also try to remind myself that there are doctors and emergency people on standby at all times. Their hours are inconsistent and they're saving lives, they’re doing a surgery at two in the morning. I'm just leaving a club walk-through.”
Always one to give herself grace, Coco is very much aware she doesn’t have it all figured out. “I think that's what makes my music so authentic,” she expressed, “I'm very transparent about not having it all figured out.”
Also chatting about Bel-Air, and how it’s grasped the “culture's attention,” Coco revealed she doesn’t have a clue if the Peacock series will be returning for a season four, noting she’ll probably receive some news about that “at the top of the year.”
Opening up about the aspects she loves about her charter Hilary, Coco particularly loves that “Hilary is ambitious.” Noting, “that's where I feel like we're the most similar.” Adding, “but overall, I just feel glad that I get to be a dark-skinned girl, as Hilary,” going on to list off the other characteristics she enjoys portraying with her character.
Expanding more about being a dark-skinned girl in the industry, and how she believed it’s changed or gotten better, Coco expressed, “I think that there is a lot more conversation. And I also think there's a lot more opportunity for people to create their own relevancy and platforms.” Bringing up the prime example of Issa Rae, “who started a show with her own camcorder at her office at work… and it was literally on HBO.”
Coco additionally revealed what’s on her list of aspirations outside of music and television, as well as what other roles she’d like to take on within those fields. Then played one round of “One’s Gotta Go,” that led into a brief confession of how long it takes her to finish a song.
To catch it all, press play on the interview above. Plus, listen to Coco’s new track with Future, “The Most Beautiful Design,” below.