It’s time! The first ever premiere of "A Place With No Name" right now on Twitter
MICHAEL JACKSON’S “A PLACE WITH NO NAME” MUSIC VIDEO TO PREMIERE WORLDWIDE
FIRST LOOK TO AIR DURING A SPECIAL MICHAEL JACKSON THEMED EPISODE OF FOX’S SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
Epic Records and The Estate of Michael Jackson, announced today that
“A Place With No Name,” the next single from this year’s critically
acclaimed, chart-topping Michael Jackson album XSCAPE [MJJ Music/Epic Records], will make history when it premieres on Twitter (twitter.com). At 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday August 13, 2014 the short film will be tweeted through @MichaelJackson
allowing the Twitter universe to be able to view the video within a
tweet. And for those fans in New York City, “A Place With No Name” will
be shown on the massive Sony screen in Times Square at the very same
moment.
Throughout his entire career, Michael has always stood on the cutting
edge of groundbreaking technological advancements. With “A Place With
No Name” launching exclusively through Twitter, he continues to set the
pace of pop culture and music yet again. Follow @MichaelJackson to watch the historical moment from the “King of Pop” unfold.
Increasing anticipation, a preview of the video is set to make its
network television debut on the special Michael Jackson themed episode
of FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance broadcast that same evening
beginning at 8PM ET. The show will open with a Top Eight group
performance featuring “A Place With No Name” choreographed by the Emmy
award-winning Travis Payne, who worked as both back-up dancer and
choreographer for Michael Jackson. During the program, all of the Top
Eight remaining contestants will compete with new all-star partners and
each performance will feature a different Michael Jackson song,
including songs from XSCAPE.
Michael re-envisioned America’s 1972 classic “A Horse With No Name”
to convey a narrative following a man whose car breaks down and is led
by a mysterious woman to a utopian place where “no one is in fear” and
“no people have pain”. It was a collaboration with Elliott Straite [Dr.
Freeze] done in 1998 at Record Plant Recording Studio.
The beautifully shot short film, directed by iconic award-winning
director Samuel Bayer, whose credits include seminal videos from Nirvana
and The Rolling Stones, has been created by following Michael’s overall
vision for short films which tell the song’s story, in this case, of a
man enticed into a magical “place” by a mysterious woman. The short film
also includes outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage of Michael shot
during the production for “In The Closet” short film, which have been
kept in the vault since 1992.
Upon its May release, XSCAPE reached #1 in 52 countries and
went Top 5 in 87 more territories. Stateside, it debuted at #2 on the
Billboard Top 200, simultaneously landing at #1 on Amazon and Spotify.
The album’s first single, “Love Never Felt So Good,” a duet by Michael
Jackson and Justin Timberlake soared to the Top in the U.S. and achieved
17 #1 and 67 Top 5 positions around the world. The single also made for
Michael’s highest Billboard chart debut since 1995 and fourth highest
ever at #20 as his 49th smash hit. The album also generated his 50th top
10 Billboard chart with “Slave To The Rhythm” making Michael the first
artist to ever have a Top Ten hit in each of six consecutive decades.
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ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON:
Michael Jackson is one of the most beloved entertainers and
profoundly influential artists of all-time. He was also a dedicated
philanthropist and an astute business professional. To date Jackson
has sold 1 billion records worldwide, released 13 No.1 singles and
became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized
Jackson as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time and "Thriller"
as the Biggest Selling Album of All Time. Jackson won 17 Grammy Awards
including 8 in one year, a record in itself, and received 26 American
Music Awards, including the Artist of the Century Award. Jackson
defined the art form of music video with such ground-breaking short
films as "Billie Jean," "Beat It" and the classic "Thriller,"
which in 2009 became the first and only music video inducted into the
National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. In his short films
“Black or White”, “They Don’t Care About Us”, “Bad and “Smooth Criminal”
and others, Jackson set an aesthetic standard for video production that
remains unsurpassed even today. The Estate of Michael Jackson and
Cirque du Soleil have produced two top shows: Michael Jackson THE
IMMORTAL World Tour is one of the top grossing tours of all time; and
MICHAEL JACKSON ONE, a permanent show at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, which
is breaking box office records and receiving critical raves.
Jackson’s sound, style and dance moves continue to inspire today’s
performers and new generations of fans worldwide continue to discover
his artistry.
