MySQL JSON_OBJECT is string instead of object

I’m trying to style certain cells on a Perspective table based on whether they are approved or not. The way I used to do it would be to use a named query and then transform the dataset, adding styles and whatever else. However, I noticed that if you drag on a default Perspective Table component to a view, the first cell is styled a certain way (it’s orange).

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Here is what data[0] looks like:
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Based off of that, I got the idea to try returning a json object in a query that will add the style object to a certain cell from the query so that I don’t need to transform it.

However, the problem is that the data property treats the json object as a string instead of an object.

Here is what it appears as:
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If I copy the string, convert json_title to an object, and then paste the string on the json_title, it works as expected.
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The column render is set to auto as there is no option for object or anything of that sort. Any ideas?