Entertainment Tonight has released behind the scenes footage of Janet’s upcoming video Dammn Baby.
Directed by Dave Meyers, the music video will be released at midnight New York time this evening.
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Janet premieres No Sleeep video
Janet premiered the music video for her new single No Sleeep today.
The video, which was directed by Dave Meyers, shows Janet in a dark lit house whilst it’s raining outside.
She’s later joined in the video by J-Cole.
Video director Dave Meyers has shared a new photo of him with Janet on Twitter.
In the tweet, he says he’s “been up all night”. The tweet does not confirm what he has been filming with Janet and whether it’s for an upcoming music video or visuals for her Unbreakable World Tour.
Dave Meyers has in the past directed a number of Janet’s music videos.
Been up all night @JanetJackson @flytetymejam … the sun is up. Time for ….#UnbreakableWorldTour #JANet #setlife pic.twitter.com/xF074boXJY
— Dave Meyers (@_DaveMeyers) July 23, 2015
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Janet shares lyric video for “No Sleeep”
Janet has shared a lyric video for No Sleeep in a new post to her Twitter page.
The video shows a glimpse behind the scenes of the recording process, lyrics sheets including amendments and the studio in which she recorded the song.
Janet is seen briefly in the video in a baseball cap.
A tiny glimpse into our creative space while recording #NoSL333P #ConversationsInACafe https://t.co/iX8slS2fPK
— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) July 7, 2015
Janet Jackson has picked up the Ultimate Icon award at last night’s BET Awards in Los Angeles.
Fledgling music stars Jason Derulo, Ciara and Tinashe paid tribute to Janet in a medley of dance routines. The show was completed with a short excerpt from No Sleep as her new backing dancers performed a routine.
Janet emerged from stage to then give a short speech as she was presented with her award by long time producers and friends Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Janet’s parents, Katherine and Joe Jackson, were also in the audience and she thanked them.
It’s been a long journey to this moment. My heart is full. I’m so grateful for the support you’ve always given me… my beautiful mother and father… and my entire family… Your love is unbreakable…
My thanks to Jimmy and Terry for our incredible history… to BET… as well as everyone who performed in this tribute.
Twenty-five years ago, we created Rhythm Nation hoping the world could be a better place. But today there is even more to be done. Let’s keep the conversation going.
And finally, thank you to my loving husband, and to my fans, I love you.
Earlier, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis introduced the tribute and the award.
“We began a fantastic journey with a friend we celebrate tonight. She came to us a young woman with a lot to say and boy did she say it. She is Ms. Janet Jackson,” Terry Lewis said. Jimmy continued: “At the time there were few women demanding respect and sounding so funky doing it. Janet’s music and her vocal expressions were empowering innovative and provocative.”
Watch the performance and acceptance speech below as well as a backstage video.
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JD posts video from Los Angeles show
JD posted a video on YouTube of Janet´s recent show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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First look at tour video interludes
The digital agency involved in designing the virtual reality graphics and video interludes for the tour has given a behind the scenes look at the creation process as well as sharing some short videos used during the show.
When onedotzero calls and asks you if you want to make some video to play back during a concert performance, and that performance will be done by one of the biggest pop stars of all time, and you get to pretty much do what you want…how the hell do you turn that down?
You don’t. This was one of those projects that just showed up out of the blue and we had to take it.
The timeline was short (nearly 2 weeks). The technical constraints were different than we were used to (a grid of 56 different LED screens making a 30 foot wide and 16 foot tall wall of video), and we would be working blind for a portion coming up with whatever we wanted…which is weird coming from a client regardless of who they are.
After a last minute (meaning we found out the day before) trip to LA to shoot Janet Jackson on greenscreen, we huddled up for a couple days coming up with our plan and began rounding up assets. Once we received the footage from the shoot, we went into a production hole that we would only be able to emerge from once we were done. Many, many late nights later we had a solid round of content to present to Janet for approval.
Here’s where some project explanation needs to happen. The whole show, which you should try to see if it comes near you, is based on a futuristic blade runner-like scenario, and there are forces battling for Janet’s very soul. Our job was to turn Janet into good and evil versions of herself showing the struggle, but also be very techno-apocalyptic in style for both the good and evil characters…which according to Janet we nailed.
Some hefty sound design support was provided by the superstar Guy Baker over at Digital One.
Below are some screen grabs and a couple clips showing off the final look for the good and evil characters:
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JD posts vlog from Janet on YouTube
Jermaine Dupri has posted a vlog of Janet on YouTube. It shows Janet on her tour bus giving a message to her fans. Watch it below:
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Have you created a Youtube tour promo?
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Janet Love has been contacted by Janet’s management team who have said they are “impressed by the work and creativity of so many fans” who have created YouTube promos for Janet’s upcoming Rock Witchu Tour.
As a thank you, they would like to say hello to fans at Janet’s shows where possible and if time allows. So if you have created a promo video and posted it on YouTube, then please send a link to your promo, your full name, your phone number, the date of the show you are attending AND most importantly your seats numbers to us by sending an email as soon as possible.
We will then forward your details to Janet’s team directly and who knows what might happen!
Janet spoke to Access Hollywood’s Nancy O’Dell about her new lingerie line Pleasure Principle. Watch two clips here.