Joe Jonas seemingly avoided making a reference to Sean “Diddy” Combs during a recent concert.
While performing with the Jonas Brothers at the LDLC Arena in Paris on Saturday, September 28, the 35-year-old appeared to switch up the lyrics to his band DNCE’s song “Cake By the Ocean.”
In the chorus, Jonas typically sings, “Walk for me, baby / I’ll be Diddy, you’ll be Naomi, woah-oh,” as a nod to Diddy’s relationship with supermodel Naomi Campbell back in the early 2000s.
Before the Paris show, the Jonas Brothers performed in London and Madrid in September, but Jonas made no alterations to the song lyrics.
Jonas isn’t the only musician modifying references to Diddy following the rapper’s legal trouble and recent indictment. Earlier this year, Kesha revealed that she dropped Diddy’s name in her hit song “TikTok,” which famously begins with the line, “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.”
During a surprise appearance at Coachella with Reneé Rapp in April, Kesha took the stage and sang, “Wake up in the morning like f— P. Diddy.” One month later, Kesha announced that the new lyric was permanent.
“The fans should learn it for my upcoming shows. I want to hear it louder than ever,” the singer said to TMZ. “I stand by that.”
Maren Morris also tweaked the lyrics to her song “Rich” during the Bourbon & Beyond music festival in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month.
Instead of singing, “Boy, I’d be rich, head to toe Prada / Benz in the driveway, yacht in the water / Vegas at the Mandarin, high roller gambling / Me and Diddy drippin’ diamonds like Marilyn,” Morris omitted Diddy’s moniker.
