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- 29 February 2008 : Janet /
Larry King Live
- Yesterday Janet was at Larry King Live you
can download the interview at : Janet Media (registration
required)!! & at
- YouTube Links: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
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- Disciplined
Diva
With a club-ready
new album, Janet Jackson and her gay fans are together again!
Becoming a
pop icon takes undeniable talent, ferocious discipline and, of course, a solid
gay fan base. The legendary Janet Jackson has all three, and she's proving it
yet again with her tenth studio album, appropriately titled Discipline. Miss
Janet returns
- to her pop roots with infectious tracks
like "Luv," "Tonight" and the hit lead single "Feedback," all sure to be club
hits. However, this isn't your standard dance record; for those late-night
rendezvous, there are freak session songs like the title track, in which Janet
coos, "Daddy take your time… I want you to punish me… I need some discipline
tonight." Wow, what's next—a Janet Jackson booth at the Folsom Street Fair? In a
relaxed one-on-one chat, a jovial Jackson dished on her gay friend "Keisha,"
celebrity girl-crush and hip-hop world homophobia before giving the greatest
advice of all: how to battle a "Madonna" drag queen.
What can Janet's gay fans expect from the new album,
Discipline?
What's in it for
the children? The kids! [Laughs] I know they love to dance—that's what it is.
There's "Rock With You," a house song, which everyone's seemed to have fallen in
love with—even the kids in Europe.
At what point in your career did you know you had a
gay following?
I think it
showed its face more to me, or maybe I realized it more, when I did "Together
Again"… what album was that?
That was 1997's The Velvet Rope!
Thank you very much for knowing my own work! [Laughs] I don't ever
really remembering saying, "I've got a pretty nice gay following," or "The
children are really into me." I never thought about
it.
Do you have many gay
people in your inner circle?
Yeah, I do.
Who is the closest gay person to you?
His name is Gil, and we've been best friends for
about 11 years. He's a creative director and one of the choreographers that I
work with as well.
How
does your man, Jermaine Dupri, react to the gay boys around
you?
He doesn't. We're all
friends. As a matter of fact, it's so cute because we all call Gil "Keisha."
It's a pet name. Jermaine calls him "Keisha," too, and it startled Gil because
he had never done it before. It's just cute to see. Are you asking because
Jermaine's in the hip-hop world?
Exactly.
It's just
another friend with Jermaine. He loves Gil just as much as I do. I've heard
people talk a little bit about that, but that doesn't apply when it comes to
Jermaine. He's very comfortable with all my friends, and they've become his
friends as well.
You have
a strong fan base in hip-hop, which does have a reputation of homophobia. How do
you balance that with your own personal acceptance of the gay
community?
I've never really
thought about it. I just do what I do. There have been moments where I know
people have spoken out about certain things that I've done, which skewed more
toward topics that dealt with the gay community, and they disliked it—but I'm
not going to stop. For instance, I think it was the Velvet Rope album, and a
couple of people had a little bit to say about it. Whether it was "Free Xone" or
"Tonight's the Night" because I didn't change the lyrics, so I was singing to
another girl… the song is just beautiful, I don't want to change the lyrics, and
there's nothing wrong with that. I don't have an issue with that, so if they
want to get all wound up in a knot, that's really their issue. I'm not going to
stop being who I am and creating the music that I
create.
If you could be a
man for a day, what's the first thing you would do?
[Laughs] The very first thing I'd do? I can't say
that—it sounds silly!
You
can say it, Janet—just let it out!
It's simple: I'm real curious to see what it feels like to
pee.
It's very
convenient!
I'm sure it is!
You don't even have to take your pants completely down! Put it through the
zipper, right? You guys got it easy!
What are your thoughts on gay
marriage?
I'm all for it.
Why not? It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the
issue?
Who would be your
celebrity girl-crush?
You
know who I think is flawless? Alicia Keys. I think she's absolutely beautiful,
such a sweetheart, down to earth. So maybe Alicia
Keys.
I'm not sure if
you're aware of this, but there's an Internet war between Janet and Madonna
fans. I know you and Madonna had some beef in the '90s, but do you think the
heat between Madonna and Janet fans has any validity?
No—I didn't know this was going on.
[Laughs]
They argue, make
videos and, of course, it's mostly the gay fans. So people are curious: What are
your thoughts on Madonna now?
I think she's done wonderful things. She's done great things in her
career, in her life, and more power to her. I think fans will always be that
way—always. They're just incredibly loyal and they love you so much that if
anyone says anything remotely negative, they're there to just immediately jump
on them. It'll always be that way—very loyal.
If a "Janet" drag queen had to battle a "Madonna"
drag queen, what advice would you give the "Janet" queen?
Kick the bitch's ass!
Discipline (Island)
is out now.
- 28 February 2008 : Listen to
the full album and more...
- Hey Guys,
I want to thank you all
for supporting the release of my latest album Discipline. IMEEM has let
me take over their site and they're streaming the entire album! Click here to check out the album
in full (then go out and pick up a copy!) there's also some exclusive video from
yours truly.
Remember - Discipline is now available in stores and
on iTunes!
Love,- Janet
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- Janet On Tyra Banks Show
- Janet will appear as a guest on next
Tuesday's episode of The Tyra Banks
Show, according to the
schedule
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- Janet New Cover "Ebony"
- Here the new April issue of "Ebony"
with Janet.........
- Vibe March
issue
April
2008 Cover Story to Feature Stunning Photographs of the Iconic Megastar; Issue
to Feature Special Limited-Edition Cover - On Newsstands March 4th -
NEW
YORK, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Coming off the heels of releasing her 10th studio
album, Discipline, on Tuesday, International Megastar Janet Jackson will appear
on the cover of VIBE Magazine's April 2008 issue. The cover story -- on
newsstands March 4th -- will feature spectacular images of the pop icon for the
magazine's 'first-ever' Photo Issue.
Nearly 100 photographers contributed
their work to this special issue celebrating different eras in photography. From
polaroids to digital cameras, this month's VIBE takes a journey through hip hop
as seen through the camera's lens.
In this month's cover story, Janet
speaks one-on-one with Editor-in-Chief Danyel Smith about her music, her
influences growing up, and her relationship with super-producer Jermaine Dupri.
"We worked together and became friends," she says of her longtime love. "Aside
from being amazing, it was the things he'd shared with me. The kinds of things
I'd never share with anyone ... Not bad -- just so far left."
Shot in
January by renowned fashion photographer Michelangelo di Battista at New York
City's Milk Studios, the magazine's exclusive photos show a glamorous Janet in
Balenciaga, Vera Wang, and Dolce & Gabanna.
This month's issue will
feature a special double cover with two unique cover photos. One cover will be
on newsstands while a limited-edition version will be sold only at bookstores
and specialty magazine shops.
Janet talks about her musical
influences: "My
influence came from my family. And I used to listen to ... all the classics. But
was there a major influence, someone whom I studied?
No."
Janet
talks about working with a new group of producers on her latest project:
"I listened to the
songs and I immediately fell in love with them. This sounds like something Jimmy
and I would do ... this sounds like something from a past album, so it's still
me."
Janet on
growing up in her household: "I remember being a kid and they'd come over ... you take so
much for granted.... you're not thinking about the fact that it's Marvin Gaye
over all the time, or Diane or Smokey."
Janet expresses her feelings about
Jermaine Dupri:
"Married or not, it's not important ... I feel like it's it .... It's been about
eight years. He's just a sweetheart. Truly a good-hearted
person."
Janet on being a responsible child in the entertainment
business: "One of
the major things was my work ethic, since I was a kid ... I never had my mother
wake me up ... I'd get myself up everyday. It never struck me ... that's a lot
of difficulty for a 10-year-old ... I don't know if it's something in the genes,
or from watching my brothers, seeing them working
hard."
Janet's answer when asked 'if everything was more fun when she was
younger': "No ...
It's still fun."
In celebration of VIBE's "first-ever" Photo Issue,
producer Jermaine Dupri and actor/comedian Mike Epps offer an up-close and
personal look at their own personal photo collections. From candid
behind-the-scenes shots to private family flicks, readers will get to see these
celebrities like they've never seen them before.
This month's VIBE also
takes a closer look at the recent trials and triumphs of hip hop superstar Busta
Rhymes. His explosive performance skills have kept him close to the center of
hip hop for almost two decades, but close friends of the artist are now voicing
concerns as Busta faces mounting police pressures and criminal
charges.
- Janet was last night at BET's 106 &
Park. You can download the interview at Janetmedia.com or click the
photo
- 25 February 2008 :
More
videos of Janet's MTV commercials
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- -Making the Band-
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- -A Shot at Love with Tila
Tequila-
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- The Real World
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- Rob & Big
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- (of course a very special Thanks goes
to .....
janet xone for all this videos)!!!
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- -Mtv Artist Of The
Week
- Janet is 'Artist Of The Week'On Mtv.com.
Here a banner on the Mtv Cover
- 23 February
2008 : 'Feedback Video Shooot'
- Janet has posted some nice picx from
'the Feedback'video shoot on her blog
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- Janet Jackson Discipline DVD
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- Janet films New Series of Commercials
for MTV
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- As MTV's latest 52 Bands/52 Weeks featured artist, Janet Jackson has
tapped into her inner teenager.
The singer, 41, taped a segment
(directed by Joel Schumacher) that spoofs the reality series My Super Sweet 16,
which documents the birthdays, bat mitzvah celebrations and quinceañeras of
wealthy – and sometimes very spoiled – teens.
Jackson, who is the MTV
artist of the week starting Feb. 25, joins the ranks of artists like Alicia
Keys, Nelly Furtado, Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys and Wyclef Jean, who are
featured in live clips, interviews and skits during breaks between the network's
regular programming. In addition to the Sweet 16 spoof, Jackson has taped a
series of other skits, highlighting marquee moments in MTV history.
Since its inception in August 2007, the 52 Bands/52 Weeks spots have
featured both established artists like Jackson and underground acts like
Paramore, Kenna, Chromeo, M.I.A., Matt White and Tegan &
Sara.
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- Jd Private
Video
- Here a new private video on
You Tube added by Jermaine about his eye surgery of course Janet was
- there to support
him
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- 21 February 2008 : Pics
from RWU shoot...
- there is a new picture of Janet and Gil
posted on Gil's
MySpace website
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- -Vibe Double Cover-
- Janet will appear on two separate covers
of the April issue of Vibe Magazine. Blog The Most
Access has
- the photos.
- 20
February 2008 - Win Ticket's for GMA
JanetJackson.com is giving away 20 tickets to
20 lucky Janet Jackson fans to see her perform live on Good Morning
America
- in New York City
Times Square on Tuesday, February 26 at Nokia Theatre!
All to do is send
an email to JanetJacksonDiscipline@yahoo.com with your full name, age, and why
you think you should win a ticket.
Fans will have to either be in NYC
area or willing to cover their own travel. JJ.com will only be able to provide
the tickets.
February 26 Times Square:
- Good Morning America performance at 7AM
- MTV TRL with a
special performance at 3PM
- BEST BUY In Store Signing 6PM
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JanetJackson.com -
- 17 February 2008 :
Amazon.com put up album clips!
- You can now preview every track from
Janet's 'Discipline' album at Amazon.com's
digital music store website
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- Discipline Day_Times
Square
- 15 February 2008 :
Congrats to Janet!!
- Janet, won a NAACP award for her role in
Tyler Perrys," Why Did I Get Maried" :)!!!
- +12 February 2008 :
+Janet's Promo Schedule for Discipline+
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- TV APPEARANCES
02/25 - TRL (Brand Spankin' Ladies
Week)
02/26 - Good Morning America (Live Concert @ Nokia Theater)
02/29 -
Ellen
RADIO INTERVIEWS
02/13 - On Air w/ Ryan Seacrest (102.7 KIIS FM in LA)
LISTEN LIVE
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- ((many thanks to... Radio
Killa from : Janet's friend forum)))!!!
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- +JD posts video at Janet's listening
party +
- Jermaine Dupri has posted a video from
the recent New York City listening party for 'Discipline'.
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- Entertainment Weekly / Access Hollywood
Interviews
- you can watch a short ET Interview which
was made sunday night at the LA Reid Party.
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- -Entertainment Weekly
Grammy After-Party 2008+ All Access
- Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri talk with Access
Hollywood about Janet's upcoming album. Chris Brown, making the rounds
at all the Grammy after-parties,
stops to talk about his wardrobe choices for the evening. ((click here))!!
- 11 February 2008 : New
Janet Blog Updated!
- New Updated On The Official Janet Blog :
Janet On The Cover Of The Observer On Newsstand this past week-end In The
Uk!
- 'I've finished talking about
Michael. I've done it all my career.'
On the release
of her 10th album, Discipline, Janet Jackson talks about her brothers, babies
and why she never wants to grow up
There are few things in this world more embarrassing than
being forced to dance in your chair. This realisation comes to me on a drizzly
morning in Manhattan when I find myself in a roomful of earnest music
journalists and record executives being played seven tracks from the new Janet
Jackson album. We are seated in a large corner office at Island Def Jam Records,
surrounded by orchids and ornamental cigar boxes. As each new song is pumped out
at ear-splitting volume, a strange competitiveness sets in as to who can appear
most in tune with the music.
There are few things in this world more
embarrassing than being forced to dance in your chair. This realisation comes to
me on a drizzly morning in Manhattan when I find myself in a roomful of earnest
music journalists and record executives being played seven tracks from the new
Janet Jackson album. We are seated in a large corner office at Island Def Jam
Records, surrounded by orchids and ornamental cigar boxes. As each new song is
pumped out at ear-splitting volume, a strange competitiveness sets in as to who
can appear most in tune with the music.
An internet reporter from France
performs a number of semi-epileptic contortions in time with the thumping bass.
Two girls from the record company, each holding a giant Starbucks coffee, wiggle
as if their promotions depend on it. I am trying to execute a strange gyration
in a cream leather armchair, my head jerking back and forth like a chicken
pecking the ground for stray corn. It is reminiscent of uncomfortable school
discos where girls and boys sit on opposite sides of the assembly hall
desperately bopping from the waist upwards in an attempt to appear nonchalant
yet devastatingly rhythmic.
In the midst of it all, the chief executive of
Island Def Jam Records, veteran producer Antonio 'LA' Reid, sits behind his vast
desk with eyes half-closed, breathing in the gentle aroma of Diptyque
fig-scented candles and nodding his head softly to the beat. 'What did you
think?' he asks once the music has stopped. No one answers. Perhaps all our
eardrums have simultaneously imploded. 'Making this album has been the most fun
but also the most unusual process,' he continues, oblivious. 'She is such a
professional and has such amazing taste, but Janet is not the most...' he
pauses, 'outspoken person.'
It seems an odd admission, given that
Jackson, 41, is renowned for her suggestive music videos and sexually explicit
lyrics (in 'Feedback', her new single, she breathily entreats us to: 'Strum me
like a guitar/Blow out my amplifier'.)
But when I meet Jackson, it
becomes clear what Reid meant. She is sitting on a sofa in a hotel suite in
Trump Tower, Fifth Avenue, her hands clasped round a mug of tea, her tiny face
shrouded by long, heavy fronds of straightened hair. There is absolutely no sign
of her wanting her amplifier blown out. When she first says hello, it is in a
voice so quiet that it might conceivably only be heard clearly by bats or dogs
trained to respond to supersonic whistles. She is dressed, like the man from Del
Monte, entirely in white, in a fitted shirt and wide-legged trousers that trail
to the floor. Her conversation is peppered with surprisingly quaint turns of
phrase - at one point she worries that she is 'tooting her own horn', and she
must be the only person still alive who uses the exclamation 'Gosh darn
it!'
The day before we meet, she has done 12 hours of interviews and
photoshoots to promote Discipline, her 10th studio album. Today, the schedule is
running late; she has not yet had lunch, and she will not finish until after
10pm. Does she ever wish she hadn't been born into one of the most famous
musical dynasties of the last century; that the Jacksons were a family with a
talent for, say, hairdressing? 'I really don't know anything else because my
brothers were famous when I was two years old,' she says in her gentle
half-whisper. 'So I know nothing else, no other life. There are moments when you
do want to blend in with everyone else, you want your life to be a little bit
quieter...'
But Janet Jackson was never destined for a normal life. For
most of her life she has been famous - as an actress, a singer and as the
younger sister of the phenomenon that was the Jackson 5. In her heyday, she
scored a string of number ones, won five Grammys and was the most searched-for
female in internet history. As an actress, she appeared in various hit sitcoms
and films - in 2000, she was paid $3m for a role alongside Eddie Murphy in The
Nutty Professor II. But over the past few years, her album sales have
disappointed - she split from record-label Virgin last year - and her fame has
rested mostly on tainted association.
She is now more commonly referred
to as Michael Jackson's sister, the younger sibling who wore a T-shirt
emblazoned with the words 'I'm a pervert too' during his trial on 10 counts of
child molestation in 2005. She is known for her 'wardrobe malfunction' during
the 2004 Superbowl, when more than 100m American television viewers saw Justin
Timberlake rip off a panel of her corset to reveal her right breast, naked save
for a nipple ring. There were 540,000 public complaints over Nipplegate, and the
CBS network was fined an astonishing $550,000 by the American equivalent of
Ofcom. Wary of having more disapprobation heaped upon her, Jackson now refuses
to talk about it, but does concede that she finds America's conservative
attitude to sexuality 'a bummer. You guys [in Europe] are so
advanced.'
Two years ago, she attracted much media attention for walking
about town in shapeless sweatpants, looking considerably more rotund than usual
after a 60lb weight gain. When we meet, however, she is back to sample size,
having shed the excess flab with the aid of personal trainers and a healthy
eating plan. She is currently working - inevitably - on a diet book. 'There is a
moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don't feel
like working out any more, so you don't want to keep yourself fit any more, but
that's your decision. Why should you be judged for it?
'Do I find it
difficult [being judged]? I don't find it hard. I don't try to think about stuff
like that: I just do what I want, mind my own business. I think if you let
yourself feed into that, you'll go crazy. It's really about being pleased with
yourself.'
And is she? 'I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a
very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the
mirror and find something that I liked about myself.'
She explains that
she thinks this came from her deep-seated fear of being found out, from the
perennial celebrity insecurity of feeling oneself to be a fraud. 'I remember
years ago working on a few songs and there was another person working on the
songs as well, but I was told not to give them credit for it and I didn't like
that - I felt very fraudulent. It was something that we had worked on together
but still, it was like: I didn't do it all myself.'
When pushed, she says
that she can now just about appreciate her physical attributes - she
specifically mentions the small of her back and her smile. 'I never really liked
my smile before because it was sort of big and broad and I was like the Joker,
but [now] I feel warmth there that I never saw before.'
Part of this
new-found confidence she attributes to her boyfriend, the record producer
Jermaine Dupri, whom she has been dating since 2002. The couple spend their time
between Los Angeles and New York. 'He really loves me,' she says in a tone of
quiet wonderment. 'He appreciates me. He's good to me. He loves me as I am,
whether I'm this size or whether I'm 60lb heavier. He cares about me and not
about what I do or what I can do for anyone. I've never felt that
before.'
It is a telling comment given that, for much of her life,
Jackson's existence has been governed precisely by what she can do for the
benefit of those around her. She was born in 1966, in the grim, industrial city
of Gary, Indiana, the youngest of nine children. The Jackson family history, so
often invoked as an excuse for their seemingly congenital weirdness, has become
part of showbiz folklore: a well-trodden tale of their impoverished background
and their disciplinarian father, Joe, a steel worker who marketed his children
with such ruthless efficiency that his sons became the family breadwinners
before they properly hit puberty. By the time Janet was a toddler, her five
older brothers had signed a lucrative deal with Motown Records, enabling the
family to move to an upmarket Los Angeles neighbourhood. When she was seven, she
made her performing debut alongside her brothers at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
doing singing impressions of Cher and Marie Osmond. At 10, she was appearing on
the American sitcom Good Times.
'I would set my alarm clock for 5, 5.30,
get myself dressed, get myself out of the door for work five days a week,' she
says of this period. 'And for a 10-year-old to be that responsible, to have that
kind of discipline - there's a lot to be said for that.
'My parents [her
mother Katherine is a devout Jehovah's Witness] were very strict and made sure
we all worked really hard outside of what we did, so we had tons of chores. On
Saturday mornings, we had to rake up all the leaves from the yard, and we did
all that aside from being on stage or on television, and I thank God for our
parents keeping us that grounded. Just because your children are the
breadwinners in the family doesn't mean that you have to say yes to everything
and give them what they want. It's not OK to do that.
'We were very
obedient children. I think that's something with black families, too - you obey
your parents, and if they tell you to do something you just do it, you don't
question it, because they are your elders and they are your parents. You do it.
You sit on that couch, you be quiet, you don't make a sound.'
Her
submissiveness was such that she simply accepted the life choices her father
made on her behalf, despite childhood ambitions to be a jockey or, later, to go
to law school. Did she ever want to give up? 'I wanted to quit fame,' she says.
Really? She got sick of being a celebrity? 'Oh no,' she giggles. 'I meant Fame,
the TV show. I didn't want to do that to begin with. I did it for my father. The
kids that were on it... they were so outgoing, I felt like an outcast. They
would do things like eat my breakfast. I'd open up my breakfast case and there'd
be nothing in there. I was the new kid on the block. I was very shy and very
quiet so I would never say anything, I'd just close it back up.'
At 14,
her father decided Jackson should launch her own music career ('He felt there
was more money in music than in film,' she says, matter-of-factly), but it was
not until she dropped him as her manager in 1987 that her solo career truly
began to take off, with the platinum-selling albums Control and Rhythm Nation.
Her single act of rebellion was to elope at 18 with James DeBarge, a singer who
turned out to have a serious drug problem. 'I thought I could change him,
through love,' she says. 'But it doesn't matter who's around you or who's there,
it really matters that you're ready.' The marriage was annulled in 1985. A
second marriage, to songwriter and music video director Rene Elizondo in 1991,
lasted nine years.
Does she feel she missed out on childhood? 'Of course,
but I don't feel like...' she falls into a prolonged silence. 'Who am I really
to complain or nag about it, because I had more of a childhood than my brothers.
I still did lose some [of my childhood] and...' She gets suddenly teary, her
small voice dropping to a tiny whisper. 'Yeah, I do think kids should be kids.
You have the rest of your life to be an adult. But this was my life. It wasn't
something I said I definitely wanted to go into. It was something that just kind
of happened. I don't know if my parents asked me or if it was a natural
progression because of everyone else, but I did it and I guess it's gotten me
where I am.'
Much has been made of Michael Jackson's childlike persona,
of his need to surround himself with toys and water-slides and roller coasters,
of his controversial friendships with young boys and of his stated desire to
recreate the youth he never had without realising how sinister it seems. His
sister has something of this childishness about her, too. At times, with her
quiet, high-pitched speech, wide eyes and softly proportioned face, she
resembles a Disney cartoon character - likable, sweet, but not entirely real.
She says that eating toffee apples makes her happiest, and that when she is on
tour she likes nothing better than getting in her pyjamas to host 'sleepovers'
with her dancers, playing softball games or hiring out bowling alleys for the
crew.
'Of course it's like being a kid again,' she acknowledges. 'A lot
of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never
got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot
of childish, silly things. And it's OK. I think it's fine never to grow up,' she
says, adding hastily: 'As long as you still remember yourself as an adult when
need be.'
Does she want children? 'At some point, yes. I just have to
hurry up,' she says, giggling. 'I get so much pressure from people I don't even
know and I think: "My God, am I missing my moment?" Even my mother mentioned
something to me the other day. But now you can have your eggs frozen and there
are all sorts of things you can do, I've still got time so I think I'm OK. I've
got to get a little more kid out of me first before I move on and be childish
with my child.' It doesn't seem to have crossed her mind, as she heads towards
her mid-40s, that feeling childish is not quite the same thing as actually being
young.
Yet for all that she feels she missed out on her childhood, she
remains strangely protective of her parents, insisting that the family has
become closer in recent years. It is an intimacy forged, perhaps, through public
adversity - the entire family attended Michael Jackson's trial three years ago
in a conspicuous show of solidarity. 'We wound up becoming closer because it
became more about family and less about work for a lot of us as we got older,'
she says. She politely refuses to be drawn on anything further to do with her
most infamous sibling, although they are in contact. 'I'm just done talking
about my brother,' she says, with a half-sigh. 'I'm not going to answer
questions for him. I've done it all my career.' Are they competitive? 'Yeah. My
parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a
good kind of competition, it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best
and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know
what I mean?'
But although several of the tracks from the new album are
slickly produced and infectiously good, I'm not sure that Janet Jackson will
ever entirely emerge from the shadow cast by her brother or the controlling
influence of her father. She tells me that when she phoned her parents recently
to have a chat, her father, now almost 80, started giving her career advice: 'He
said: "You know what you need to do next?" I said, "No, what's that?" He said:
"You need to do an action film. You need to stick with drama and do an action
film."' She laughs. What did she reply? 'I said OK.' She shakes her head in
affectionate disbelief. 'It always gets back to that, to entertainment. I have
no clue where he gets it from, but there's not a lazy bone in any of
us.'
It is almost 3pm and, outside, dusk is settling over the skyscraper
rooftops. You must be hungry, I say, which in hindsight was probably not the
best line to use on a woman who has just struggled to shed 4st. 'No, I'm OK,'
she says. 'The tea helped.' Jackson's PR pokes her head round the door to tell
us our time is over. Jackson stands up, and four burly security men appear like
holograms, seemingly from nowhere.
We have just been talking about how
Jackson's singing voice has got deeper with age, and before she leaves the room
she says, almost as an afterthought: 'You know, I don't really sing that much. I
really don't. To be a singer, you're supposed to always constantly be singing,
and I'm one that doesn't.'
And although she has found herself in this
curious profession, releasing albums and being famous, it is clearly not a path
she would have chosen for herself, nor a source of particular contentment. As
she waits for the lift to take her to the lobby, a vague smile fixed in place, I
can't help but feel she'd be far happier eating toffee apples in her pyjamas and
not caring, for once, what anyone else thinks of her or wants her to do
next.
Discipline is out on 26 February
Elizabeth Day
Sunday
February 10, 2008
The Observer
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- +Photos from
last night's EW Island Def Jam Grammy party+
- Singer Janet Jackson and producer/rapper
Jermaine Dupri arrive at the Klipsch Audio Sponsors A Toast To Antonio 'LA' Reid
at STK on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. All the Picx
Click here
- 10 February 2008 :
Video of
Janet learning about French dance craze Tecktonik
- More video of Janet's recent interview with
madmoiZelle has been
released. In the video, Janet is taught about the latest French dance craze
"Tecktonik."
- ............................................................................................................................................................................
- ++Pics from last night's Clive
Davis Grammy pre-party++
- Singer Janet Jackson attends the 2008
Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 9, 2008 in
Los Angeles, California
- 09 February 2008 : New
Janet Picx from Grammy Awards pre-party
- Janet attended Jermaine Dupri's Grammy
Awards pre-party last night, which was thrown at the Central Hollywood Lounge in
Los Angeles. ((click here to see all the
picx))!!!
- When we told you yesterday that we had a surprise celebrity guest that we were taking
with us to LA club Tigerheat,
- we undersold it a bit.
- Janet's not just a celebrity. She's a
fucking superstar!
- We got to spend time with her and chat,
and she does not disappoint.
- She's nice, sweet, normal, inspiring,
professional and generous. Plus, she's even prettier in real life, if that's
possible!
- We got to listen to J's entire new
album, Discipline, and
it's everything you would have hoped for. She describes it as "classic Janet,"
and it is that and more!
- Janet went with us to visit the gays
(and all our fabulous fierce females that came after we tipped you all off that
a surprise was in store). Miz Jackson wanted to thank everyone for their
support.
- AND, she played four new tracks for the
very lucky clubgoers!
- They loved it, and they loved her.
- The place went wild for Janet. It was truly
awesome.
- Thursday night was just one of those
dreams come true!
-
- ((source)).....http://perezhilton.com/2008-02-08-most-amazing-night-ever
- ............................................................................................................................................................................
- CALLING ALL JANET
FANS!!!
- Janet is coming to Times
Square February 26th and she plans on leaving a big impression! I can't give
away all of the details
- just yet but I can say the
day will begin with a performance on Good Morning Amercia... LIVE FROM THE NOKIA
THEATRE!!!
- Stay tuned for info on how
you can win tickets!
- Thats only the start of the
day, I can't wait to tell you what else she has planned... STAY TUNED!
- Also, keep checking
Janetjackson.com because the site will be getting a very special addition today!
- February 26th is getting
closer... I cant wait to take you on your journey!
- ............................................................................................................................................................................
- Janet's official website launches new blog
- Janet's official website
today launched a new
blog
- 07 February 2008 : Touch
Magasine Uk
- This Month Janet are on the cover of the
magasine 'Touch Magasine' In The UK..... check here for all the
picx.....
- ..................................................................................................................................
- Here the cover of the "Rock With U"
single :)!!
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- Parade Magasine
Cover
- Here is the new cover for Parade
Magazine...the issue hits stores this weekend!!
-
- 06 February
2008 : 'Discipline DVD tracklisting'
- Tracklisting for the CD/DVD version of
Discipline:
-
- 1 The Photo Shoot [Janet
Discipline DVD]
2 The Recording Studio [Janet Discipline DVD]
3
Rehearsal [Janet Discipline DVD]
4 The Making Of The "Feedback" Video [Janet
Discipline DVD]
5 "Feedback" Video [Janet Discipline DVD]
-
- ((many thanks to.. Radio
Killa from jfriends))!!
- ...................................................................................................................................
- 'Discipline lyrics'
- Here for you the lyrics of the song :
'Discipline'
-
- Discipline
I misbehaved, done some
things I know I shouldn’t do / I touched myself, even though you told me not to
/ You commanded me to wait for you (I tried) / But I can smell you on my sheets
/ Taste you on my skin so vividly / Daddy I disobeyed you / Now I want you to
come punish me
Babe, I need some discipline tonight / Don’t hold back / I’ve
been very bad / Make me cry (oh) / Got to make me cry (oh) / Babe
Oh
misbehaved / And my punishment should fit my crime / Tie me to something / Take
off all my clothes / Daddy I want you to take your time (I’m scared) / My heart
is betting fast / Shiver as you grab my neck / Baby, blindfold me daddy / Is it
better when I don’t know what to expect
Babe, I need some discipline tonight
/ Don’t hold back / I’ve been very bad / Make me cry (oh) / Got to make me cry
(oh) / Babe
Did I upset you daddy / Take out your frustations on me / Did I
make you mad / Take out your frustations on me / You be the teacher, I’ll be the
student / Tell me to do it, and I will do it / I’m under your command / You be
the teacher, I’ll be the student / Tell me to do it, and I will do it
Babe,
I need some discipline tonight / Don’t hold back / I’ve been very bad / Make me
cry (oh) / Got to make me cry (oh) / Babe.
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- (((many thanks to... www.cravingjanet.com for lyrics)))!!
- check our forum for more....
- ....................................................................................................................................
- 2 New Promo Fotos......
- Here two more new Janet Fotos from :
Janet"s Shoot With : Chuando & Frey
 
- ((click on the picx to see them more
biig))!!!
- 04 February 2008 :
"Discipline" Pre-Sale Begins tomorrow 2/5 on I-Tunes
Starting tomorrow Janet's brand new album, Discipline, will be
available to pre-order on I-tunes.
In the meantime leave your messages in the
comment section and let us know what you think of the two new
songs!
- 01 February 2008 :
Listen to "Rock with u" & "Luv"**
- Visit Janet official website you can listen two tracks from Janet upcoming album "Discipline".
'Rock With You' & 'Luv' by clicking the jukebox link.
- ...............................................................................................................................
- ***Janet Takes Over Times Square February
26Th!!!**
- Mark your calendars now for February
26th, Janet is taking over Times Square. Sign up to be a part of the community
so you can be the first to get invited to the special events and stay tuned for
more info!
- .................................................................................................................................
- **Discipline Track Listing
Announced on : Janet Official website
:)!!!
-
- 1. I.D. (Interlude)
2. Feedback (by
R. Jerkins)
3. LUV (by R. Jerkins)
4. Spinnin (Interlude)
5.
Rollercoaster (by R. Jerkins)
6. Bathroom Break (Interlude)
7. Rock With U
(by J. Dupri / Ne-yo)
8. 2nite (by Stargate)
9. Can't B Good (by
Ne-Yo)
10. 4 Words (Interlude)
11. Never Letchu Go (J. Austin /
J.Dupri)
12. Truth Or Dare (Interlude)
13. Greatest X (by The Dream / T.
Stewart)
14. Good Morning Janet (Interlude)
15. So Much Betta
16. Play
Selection (Interlude)
17. The 1 feat. Missy Elliott
18. What's Ur Name (by
J. Dupri)
19. The Meaning (Interlude)
20. Discipline (by Ne-Yo)
21.
Back (Interlude)
22. Curtains
23. Let Me Know (by Ne-Yo) [JAPANESE BONUS
TRACK]
24. Feedback (Ralphi Rosario Electro Shock Radio Edit) [JAPANESE BONUS
TRACK
- - Source..... http://www.janetjackson.com
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- **The lyrics to "LUV***
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- LUV
Verse
1
I been down this road before
I know it very well
And I just can't
believe I got struck
I didn't see it coming
And I was blindfolded
I'm
caught up in collision
And now I'm so done
You could black the spot where
I got caught in your web
You know it's no way to escape
I try to switch my
lane
And then I hit my breaks
Moths turn into flames
Chorus
I shoulda stopped at the red light
Cause now I'm like a
deer caught in headlights
Uh, he hit me with his love, love, love, love,
love
He hit me with his love
And now I'm in love
Got me caught in a
wreck I'm a mess
Got me caught in a wreck I'm a mess
Got me caught in a
wreck
Somebody call the paramedics
Cause he hit me with his love
Verse 2
Thought I was creepin on forward
Just knew I had
control
So how did I end up gettin hit?
I had on my belt
I checked it
myself
So how in the world did I get caught?
I had the right of way
Oh
hey
I saw you, saw you, disobey
It's your fault
I can't believe the way
you injected my heart
I think I should sue ya
Chorus
I shoulda
stopped at the red light
Cause now I'm like a deer caught in
headlights
Uh, he hit me with his love, love, love, love, love
He hit me
with his love
And now I'm in love
Got me caught in a wreck I'm a
mess
Got me caught in a wreck I'm a mess
Got me caught in a
wreck
Somebody call the paramedics
Cause he hit me with his love
Bridge
He caught me by surprise
I can't believe that I'm
fallin for this guy
Somebody call the cops
Cause I want that guy
He
caught me by surprise
I can't believe that I'm fallin for this
guy
Somebody call the cops
Cause I want that guy
Chorus
I
shoulda stopped at the red light
Cause now I'm like a deer caught in
headlights
Uh, he hit me with his love, love, love, love, love
He hit me
with his love
And now I'm in love
Got me caught in a wreck I'm a
mess
Got me caught in a wreck I'm a mess
Got me caught in a
wreck
Somebody call the paramedics
Cause he hit me with his love
He crashed into my heart
He crashed into my heart
Somebody call
the paramedics cause
He it me with his love
He crashed into my
heart
He crashed into my heart
Somebody call the paramedics cause
He
it me with his love, love, love, LUV
-
- ((Special Thanks to... Radio Killa
& Exclusive from : Jfriends forum ))!!
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