In an interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra, Janet today confirmed that she will be releasing a new album later this year.
She also spoke about her love of London and its weather, saying that she liked rainy and overcast days.
Listen to the full interview below.
Darren Burn from Janet Love has interviewed Janet Jackson twice today.
Speaking to her to coincide with the release of the film Why Did I Get Married Too?, Darren asked Janet questions fans have been wanting to know the answers to for years.
Tyler Perry was also present. Watch the two interviews below:
ITN (who Darren happens to work for, but a different part of it) have posted a video of Janet at the Dior show in Paris this weekend. In it she talks of how she first met John Galliano. Watch the interview at the ITN website. In the interview, syndicated from the Reuters, Janet says of Galliano: “We met maybe 15 plus years ago, here in Paris. I’ve been a fan for a very long time.”
In another interview with Associated Press, when asked if she enjoyed the show, Janet said: “Of course I did, you’ll be crazy not to, really. Just the way he mix the hard with the soft, the metal with the sheer, and all the ruffels and the corsets and the colors, it was just amazing. He is brilliant.”
The GLAAD Media Awards, which took place in April, aired last night on Bravo and Janet was interviewed on the red carpet. Watch the interview below:
Janet spoke to NBC San Diego before her performance for the U.S. military at the United America concert on May 8th. In the brief interview she said: “It’s just my way of saying thank you”. Watch the interview at NBCSanDiego.com.
In what is perhaps my favourite ever UK-based Janet interview, I wanted to give those of you that never saw it first time round a chance to watch Janet on the BBC show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.
Watch the two clips below.
A new interview with Janet has appeared on Japanese television in which the interviewer teachers her Japanese calligraphy.
Janet has spoken to Essence.com in a new interview. Speaking to Clay Cane, she speaks primarily about her move from Virgin to Island Def Jam. Read the full interview below:
Janet Jackson is more than a long-lasting force in the entertainment industry. She’s a part of American history. Her breakthrough 1986 album Control was honored with twelve American Music Award nominations, a record that has yet to be broken, and she’s the first Black female recording artist to receive a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.
Here she talks to Essence.com about her new album Discipline, being a pioneer and the young competition.
Essence.com: After more than twenty years of recording, why do you need discipline?
Janet Jackson: Discipline has always been a part of me. When I started to perform onstage with my brothers and sisters, I would do my own hair. And not just in a messy way that a little kid would do, it had to be very neat. That’s a lot of discipline for a kid and I’ve always had that.
Essence.com: You once said that you view everyone as competition. Who do you see as competition now?
J.J.: Everyone! I still feel the same way. Even though I do feel there’s room for everyone as long as I’m first—no, I’m just kidding! [Laughs] I grew up competitive. We even grew up like that as brothers and sisters, but it’s a healthy competition. It keeps me going. It keeps me moving the way music and other things do.
Essence.com: “Discipline” is your first album since you left Virgin. How is the creative process different being on Island Def Jam?
J.J: There’s a huge difference. When I first joined Virgin Records we connected and spent a lot of time together similar to a family. Then, a lot of people left. It was a new group of people and we didn’t always see eye to eye. At that point it was time for me to move on and I did.
Essence.com: We always hear horror stories of artists trying to leave their label. How were you able to move on?
J.J.: I saw LA Reid at Oprah’s Legends Ball. We’ve been friends for years plus he’s wanted to work with me since my early days at Virgin. He asked me when my contract would end and I told him that I was working on my last album. It started from there.
Essence.com: For a while, you were one of the few Black female artists with worldwide success. What role do you think you’ve had in changing the landscape for women of color in the music industry?
J.J.: I’ve held the door open a little wider and that’s the way it should be. There were people before me who helped make it a lot easier for myself, like Diana Ross, Eartha Kitt and Lena Horne. I did things to try to make it better for those coming up behind me so it wouldn’t be as difficult.
Essence.com: Are there any plans to tour this album?
J.J: Yes, the idea is to tour at the end of summer. We were actually in full tour mode with the band and dancers for the last album. But the label called and asked if we would make a new album, then go on a tour.
In an interview with Washington D.C. radio station WPGC 95.5, Missy Elliott touted a possible collaboration tour with Janet. The host Flexx asked about touring and Missy responded:
“We’re trying to make that happen now, so hopefully this Janet thing, the Missy Elliott and Janet Jackson tour will be happening and I think that’ll be great. So hopefully, I think that together collectively, well, it’ll be hot!”
Janet appeared on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. In the interview she alludes to the recent publicity surrounding the host’s sketch about Ben Affleck. Watch the two clips below.