08/15/2014 06:45PM
Michael Jackson‘s latest music video is already making history as the first to debut on Twitter.
Late Wednesday, the video for “A Place with No Name” – the new release from Jackson’s posthumous Xscape album – was Tweeted out to his 1.66 million followers with the message: “It’s time! The first ever premiere of ‘A Place With No Name’ right now on Twitter.”
Here are three things to know about the late singer’s new video:
1. It features a mix of old and new footage.
The video begins with a black-and-white scene featuring a male driving through a desert in his Jeep, as is described in the song’s lyrics. He discovers a female dancer and she transports him to a “place without no name.” These newly filmed scenes are interspersed with archival footage of Jackson dancing and smiling by the Salton Sea on the set of his music video (which was shot by Herb Ritts) for 1991′s “In the Closet.” The Ritts footage had previously been kept in a vault since 1992, according to MTV.
2. It was directed by the same video director as Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Jackson’s “A Place with No Name” was directed by Samuel Bayer, who also directed Justin Timberlake‘s video for “What Goes Around … Comes Around,” Maroon 5′s “Payphone,” and numerous videos for Green Day, Lenny Kravitz, The Rolling Stones and others.
3. The song was originally recorded by Jackson in 1998.
Late Wednesday, the video for “A Place with No Name” – the new release from Jackson’s posthumous Xscape album – was Tweeted out to his 1.66 million followers with the message: “It’s time! The first ever premiere of ‘A Place With No Name’ right now on Twitter.”
Here are three things to know about the late singer’s new video:
1. It features a mix of old and new footage.
The video begins with a black-and-white scene featuring a male driving through a desert in his Jeep, as is described in the song’s lyrics. He discovers a female dancer and she transports him to a “place without no name.” These newly filmed scenes are interspersed with archival footage of Jackson dancing and smiling by the Salton Sea on the set of his music video (which was shot by Herb Ritts) for 1991′s “In the Closet.” The Ritts footage had previously been kept in a vault since 1992, according to MTV.
2. It was directed by the same video director as Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Jackson’s “A Place with No Name” was directed by Samuel Bayer, who also directed Justin Timberlake‘s video for “What Goes Around … Comes Around,” Maroon 5′s “Payphone,” and numerous videos for Green Day, Lenny Kravitz, The Rolling Stones and others.
3. The song was originally recorded by Jackson in 1998.
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Source: people.com / / MJ-Upbeat.com
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It never fails that everytime I hear his voice sing I cry because I miss him soooo much.I Like the video but its hard to watch because hes not here to be in his own video.:(
Anita” i feel u on tht”,it hurts me to, but i wnt to keep helping mike and his kid’s out, becuz I feel sad” how Michael departed from this world, cuzs he trying to get away from da media and all his business ppls wnted was money, rushing him in doing a concert, wht was da rush,” mike just was find not guilty” let da man” soul heel first, for god sake, I’m sure he culda stay with mom, see where I’m coming from,” A&G pushed tht” but we will nevery knw now, miss u Michael, u was a incredible man.