If you have not heard the accusations regarding Michael Jackson from the documentary Leaving Neverland you must be living under a rock. It seems to have become one of the most divided conversations across the world at this time. As you may all know over the past year we have been working on a Jackson cover ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ and have been preparing to drop this track as our first single from the new album. We turned the song upside down – an almost unrecognisable adaptation along with quite a controversial music video with people from all over the world. What it represents is the injustices concerning race, the animal kingdom, social politics and the planet. All the things we as a band feel are most important to express and wholeheartedly stand for.
We have had to deal with Sony Music & the Michael Jackson Estate to gain approval to release it. Luckily for us, they liked the song but demanded we take out all lyrical changes (we had added more contemporary lyrics to a verse and a few sections that we felt were more related to today’s insane world) but ultimately we had no choice but to comply with their requests and respect their wishes. Let’s just say it has been a massive ordeal, by all accounts, to get this song into some kind of final stage for release and now the controversy around MJs past kicks in, people question his character and his songs are dropped from some radio-stations.
We felt it important to discuss the subject with you all and kick start a conversation by asking your views on Michael Jackson.
What do you think?
Did he do it?
Was he extremely good at keeping this from the public for years?
Or was he misunderstood?
Could this be a set up?
Was MJ capable of doing this and engaging in activity that has tainted these people’s adult lives?
Do you think this is a sensationalised story and people have perhaps found an opportunity to sue the Jackson Estate for a “billion dollars”?
Are you/were you a fan of his music? Have recent reports changed this for you?
Have you gone down the rabbit hole on line to get a better understanding of both sides? We would love to read your findings.
When so much is in play it is hard to decide what is real and what is not.
As MJ has passed we can never hear his side of the story and it’s hard to be sure of hard evidence when these alleged crimes happen behind closed doors. But one thing is for sure…. Jackson’s friends, family and people from his past have come in fighting from the other side to protect his name.
So tell us your thoughts, share the post with your friends and family and let the conversation begin.
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