Jo Bros’ shaved head causes ruckus
After a four-year break, Jonas Brothers are back on tour and releasing albums
Sometimes you’ve just got to shave your head.
So says Joe Jonas, one third of the hysteria-inducing sibling pop trio Jonas Brothers, who caused a bit of a online ruckus last month when he posted video of his bold follicle adventure.
“It’s something that I wanted to do for the longest time actually,” said the head-shaved and bearded Joe, 23, seated beside younger brother Nick, 20 and older brother Kevin, 25, in a Canadian newspaper exclusive backstage on Thursday night.
“Nick did it (the results of which you can see in the video for their first new single Pom Poms). I got pretty jealous to be honest. So I waited for the opportunity once he started his hair back out.”
Added Nick: “I don’t think we can do three shaved heads.”
“I’m next on the docket,” joked Kevin, the only married Jo Bro, who is expecting his first child with wife Danielle after New Years 2014.
In addition to touring again, the Jo Bros have released two new singles, the high school band-and-cheerleader-influenced Pom Poms and the more thoughtful mid-tempo ballad, First Time, from their forthcoming fifth album, the appropriately named V, due this fall.
“I think both these songs do set the stage for the rest of the record,” said Nick, who produced the album. “Specifically, the First Time was one, from the minute it was created, we felt was a good template for us because it combines both the old and the new ... That one specifically was kind of Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere meets Calvin Harris (with) a modern twist to it.”
With a four-year break that saw Joe do a solo album, Nick appear on Broadway, and Kevin and his wife do a reality TV show, did the trio think their faithful female following would still be around?
“It’s only natural (to have that fear),” said Nick. “But there was even a fear while (our popularity) was at its height. I feel like, you wake up one day and it’s all going to disappear.”