Dressed in all white, Jackson opened the show with her new song, “Burn it Up”, an upbeat track on which she collaborated with hip hop star Missy Elliot, and moved into “Nasty”. Until fans get to enjoy “Unbreakable” in full, Janet has something very special to tie them over. Throughout the week, Jackson previewed some of the lyrics via Twitter and Elliott had previously called the cut a “clubbangger”.
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Jackson gave a more seductive performance during “When I Think of You”, using chairs as props with some of her dancers. Although we are great friends and have been for so long, I am still her biggest fan. “Burnitup!” is like a double treat because Missy has also been taking time off from recording because of health issues: her last solo release was in 2008, but she did a cameo on Faith Evans’ “I Deserve It” in 2014. Cole on “No Sleeep”.
Jackson, 49, gushed over working with her old gal pal in a separate statement to E!
“BurnItUp” will appear on Jackson’s forthcoming album Unbreakable, and features a more uptempo sound than the record’s first single, bedroom jam “No Sleeep“.
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