Hey, you: Do you like Michael Jackson? Have you spent the last eight months anxiously trolling the Internet for news of his posthumously assembled album of outtakes and unfinished tracks? Are you O.K. with long, tease-filled marketing campaigns? Yes?
Well, then this is a great day for you. After saying in March that such an album would be released this fall, the estate of Michael Jackson and Epic Records, a division of Sony, announced on Thursday that the album would be called “Michael,” and would come out on Dec. 14. And what’s on this album? Well, they’re not saying much for now.
According to a brief statement, “Michael” is to include “newly completed recordings” that Jackson had been working on “everywhere from a friend’s home in New Jersey to studios in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.” That’s it, but some more breadcrumbs might be tossed out over the next week. An “exclusive teaser” video for the album will go up on michaeljackson.com on Friday, and a new song, “Breaking News,” will stream on that site for a week beginning Monday. One thing we do know about the album: the cover is painted by Kadir Nelson, who is known for his children’s book “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.”
“Breaking News” is the only title identified so far, and here’s the full extent of the exclusive tease description: it was “recorded in New Jersey in 2007 and recently brought to completion.” Who’s the friend? And how was that completion completed? If you are wondering about those things, consider yourself teased.
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