Janet appeared on Top of the Pops a few minutes ago. Download some bad quality clips from her performance, or wait until tomorrow evening when a high quality and full performance will be online! To download now, visit Janet Multimedia.
The Raft interviewed Janet last night at her London album launch:
Home House, with its high ceilings, chandeliers, 18th century furniture and pure elgance is a great setting to hear the album – and hear the album we did!
‘Damita Jo’ kicks off even more upbeat than Janet’s last album release and keeps the vibe throughout the album. ‘The Way Love Goes’ pops into your head on first hear, which aint no bad thing! The first half of the album is very beats driven with the melodies quite subtle (so you just know you are gonna get something new every listen!)
Current American all star Kayne West first guests on track 5 -‘My Baby’ and raps his way in answer to Janet’s melodies with aplomb with plenty of groove get the dancefloor rising. He is the hottest rnb producer/rapper in the world right now, combined with the superstar that is Janet Jackson, then we are talking about a seriously HOT partnership!
Track 7 ‘Spending Time With You’ is the first track that springs out in terms of possible singles – Jasper put this to Janet towards the end of the evening :
Jasper – ‘Spending Time With You’ is really hooky and obvious contender for the second single?
Janet – “Well it’s a bit early to say yet, ‘Just a Little While’ is still to be released yet so it may be jumping the gun slightly. But thanks anyway!
Jasper – Which track was the most fun to work on during the recording of the album?
Janet – Actually it was a track called ‘Ruff’. This didnt end up on the album but we had such a laugh making it. I’m sure it will become a B-side in the future but we’ll have to see!
Track 12 ‘I Want You’ is so full of bounce you hear it practically jumping out of the stereo and then finally there’s the single that closes the album track 22 ‘Just a Little While’.
Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills talked today about his attendance at the London album launch party last night. Hear about how he clammed up when he met Janet plus what people think of Janet’s new song at Janet Multimedia now.
The New York Times reports that Janet will appear on Good Morning America “sometime towards the end of the month”. An ABC executive said that it will instate a five second delay for Janet’s performance.
Janet recorded an interview at the MTV UK studios yesterday in Camden, London. TRL UK host Dave Berry asked Janet many “probing” questions and it will air soon on MTV UK. See the small photos below of Janet outside the MTV studios.
Janet yesterday recorded a performance of Just A Little While for Top of the Pops Saturday which will air at 11.00am on Saturday on BBC1. Below are some small photos from the performance.
Last night Janet attended the album launch for Damita Jo at Home House Club in London. Fans in attendance said it was great and that the album is very R&B orientated. Janet walked round the club talking to fans and posing for photos. Click on the photos below to enlarge.
