JANET ⏩ Billboard Icon Award, Performance, Cover & Interview

[Ostrea]

J'espère qu'elle passera par Paris. Même si je connais pas toute sa discographie, j'aimerais bien la voir.

[MJB]

Cette fois ci si elle vient je pense que je prendrais une place

[SebbySebbou]

Moi c'est sûr, j'irai si elle passe par ici!

[Choosey Lover]

Elle a mis son comme Facebook a jours avec l'affiche de la tournée et a publié une photo d'elle en répétition.

 

C'est une photo qui date de l'Unbreakable era, ses cheveux ne sont pas encore en mode tournée (j'espère d'ailleurs qu'elle changera de coiffure, comme elle le fait habituellement à chaque ère).

 

 

Sinon, madame était au concert de Kendrick. Gil a fait un InstaLive, et Janet y a fait un p'tit coucou :

 

 

 

Bruno, Missy, Kendrick... Si seulement ça pouvait annoncer les featurings du prochain album.

 

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Sinon, finale de World of Dance hier aux USA, les Twins dansaient sur Scream (et ont gagné, il me semble) :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMES2-HDCQ&feature=youtu.be

 

L'impact de cette meuf sur le monde de la danse est ouf. Pas une seule émission sans que l'on reprenne Rhythm Nation ou Scream.

 

EDIT : topic tournée mis à jour.

 

EDIT2 : JANET ET KENDRIIIIICK

 

[Choosey Lover]

 

 

EXCLUSIVE: Janet Jackson's Creative Director Gil Duldulao Talks Tour Secrets & Singer's Enviable Post-Baby Body

Janet Jackson is planning to take fans on "an emotional journey through choreography."

 

ET chatted with the mastermind behind the singer's upcoming State of the World Tour, creative director Gil Duldulao, over the phone on Wednesday, who shared behind-the-scenes secrets about rehearsals, show planning and Jackson's enviable post-baby body.

Duldulao has been working with Jackson for over a decade and says that her work ethic hasn't changed "at all" since giving birth to her first child, son Eissa, in January. In fact, he says the 51-year-old singer is working harder than ever to make this tour a success.

 

"Despite how life has changed for her… if anything, she is even more dedicated and more focused for some reason," Duldulao explains. "That's just the professional she is. If she loves what she does -- and she loves being onstage -- the work ethic doesn't change. I think just timing of the day is different, but other than that, she's still going strong."

Duldulao tells ET it's currently "crunch time" in rehearsals, as the 56-city tour officially kicks off Sept. 7 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Janet and her team have been cracking down on the details, spending 16 hours or more in the studio to perfect the choreography, staging and transitions.

So, what exactly are Jackson and her dancers doing during that timeframe? Duldulao walks us through a typical rehearsal day:

 

Morning.

 

"We arrive at the studio, we stretch, we work out with our trainer for about an hour to get their stamina up, keep them in good fitness. We do a lot of staging, because me as a creative director, I'm always questioning everything I do… it has to be perfect. So, there's a lot of staging going on."

 

Afternoon.

 

"Then, I like to see the show full out, back to back. I do this thing called 'honorary,' where I call out one dancer to do a whole number by themselves in front of me, Janet and the crew. We film them on videotape so they can watch and correct themselves.

 

We have a lot of notebook time, where [the dancers] are writing notes every day. I give them, or my assistant will give them, a lot of notes for staging. In the meantime, my assistant is working with Janet on the side."

 

Night.

 

"After all note taking, we run the show again. Eventually, and we're in this phase right now, I'll run it from top to bottom -- an hour-and-45-minute show maybe five times in a row. And we repeat that process until everything is perfect and everyone's clear. Then, I know some of the dancers go home, Janet as well, and they get on the treadmill after rehearsals at like 11 p.m. at night. So, it never stops!"

 

All of that dancing explains why Jackson looks so amazing just seven months after her and her estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, welcomed their first child together. Duldulao tells ET that in addition to their daylong rehearsals and working out, the Gary, Indiana, native credits a healthy diet for her trimmed down figure.

 

"She is dedicated," he reveals. "I mean, she is really strict with her diet."

 

Duldulao agrees that Jackson looks incredible, and is encouraging her to go for those "dream" tour costumes.

 

"Honestly, I told her -- I was like, 'You're skinny. You're really thin,'" he gushes. "So, if anything, I think we're going to have to have some seamstresses on hand to bring [the costumes] in more. Because she's losing weight every day. I'm telling her, 'Girl, you're skinny. Are you sure [you don't want to wear this]?'"

Although everything is going smoothly, Duldulao admits every tour comes with a challenge. As many of Jackson's fans can recall, she postponed her Unbreakable World Tour indefinitely last year when she discovered she was pregnant.

 

Duldulao's challenge for State of the World was starting the show from scratch, this time with "free-r, stronger, more powerful, clean" choreography.

 

"I had to go hard and create something so new with what we had," Duldulao explains. "Whether it be content, video, staging, different songs in the set list and playing with different sounds, certain sections with the musical director, costume changes… but we did it, I did it! The fans clearly will get a show. It's not going to be the Unbreakable show. No, they're going to get the State of the World Tour show."

"And I think when it comes to motherhood, you'll see how [Janet] has matured as a woman onstage," he adds. "You'll see a lot of her journey through concept and creative direction on how and what takes place in certain times of her life to get to this place [she's at] now, and I think that's beautiful."

 

Elle est absolument divine sur cette nouvelle photo.

[Aerial]

J'ai vraiment hate ! Je veux qu'elle sorte de ce modèle de tournée dans lequel elle s'est enfermée.

[Roméo]

Cette fois ci si elle vient je pense que je prendrais une place

 

 

Il faut faire une croix dessus à mon avis. Chose promise chose due, elle respecte sa parole en continuant sa tournée US mais n'ira pas plus loin. Je me demande d'ailleurs comment Live Nation peut se montrer aussi peu exigeant en terme de promotion..Ça va être chaud patate.

[Choosey Lover]

La tournée commence ce soir, et Mama semble mooore than ready !

 

 

Jan a d'ailleurs posté une vidéo sur Instagram où elle affirme que, malgré les rumeurs, le show à Houston du 9 septembre aura bien lieu, et qu'ils prévoient quelque chose de "special" pour les victimes de Harvey.

 

 

Qu'elle est beeeelle. Et toujours sur Instagram, Gil a posté une photo qui intrigue les fans.

 

 

Plein de choses qui arrivent donc ! Can't waaait!

[Derf]

Hâte de voir les premières images et d'avoir les premiers retours ! J'espère qu'avec le divorce elle va retrouver son côté sexy et ne plus édulcorer les paroles de certaines chansons !

La Janet nonne, on en veut pas.

 

Physiquement elle a l'air d'être revenue au top.

[Kinderfeld]

Son nez fait peur sur la première photo.

[R&B Junkie]

Je suis sur mon téléphone et en débit réduit mais vous pouvez retrouver déjà quelques extraits photos et vidéos sur ce compte Twitter. Elle est redevenue toute mince et change plusieurs fois de tenues !

Au niveau de la setlist :

1. "The Knowledge"
2. "State of the World"
3. "BURNITUP!"
4. "Nasty" / "Feedback" / "Miss You Much" / "Alright" / "You Want This"
5. "Control" / "What Have You Done For Me Lately" / "The Pleasure Principle"
6. "Escapade" / "When I Think of You" / "All For You"
7. "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
8. "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
9. "Again" (Instrumental)
10. "Twenty Foreplay"
11. "Where Are You Now"
12. "Come Back To Me"
13. "The Body That Loves You"
14. "Spending Time With You"
15. "No Sleeep"
16. "Got 'til It's Gone"
17. "That's the Way Love Goes"
18. "Island Life"
19. "Throb"
20. "Together Again"
21. "What About"
22. "If"
23. "Rhythm Nation"
24. "Black Eagle"
25. "New Agenda"
26. "Dammn Baby"
27. "I Get Lonely"
28. "Well Traveled"

[Sultane]

Son jean et col roulé blanc sur Dammn Baby et ce booty Elle est magnifique. La verra-t-on un jour en Europe?

 

[Kinderfeld]

Elle est canon, ça change de la précédente tournée.

[fufyttii]

Canon, pro et excellente sur scène !

[Choosey Lover]

Non mais la setlist est fantastique ! Spending Time With You, Island Life, What About, Dammn Baby, Black Eagle, Twenty Foreplay, New Agenda...

Le show en lui-même est fantastique ! J'ai l'impression qu'ils ont écouté les plaintes des fans concernant la dernière tournée, et qu'ils ont tout amélioré.

 

Elle est ma-gni-fique !

 

 

 

(You know I came to snatch a couple o'wigs... )

 

Par ailleurs, à la fin de What About, Mama a sorti un petit "this is me" très emotional. J'ai pas envie d'aller trop loin dans l'interprétation, mais tout semble indiquer que Wissam était un controlling husband. Il n'en faut pas plus à la JanFam en tout cas, tout le monde s'enflamme.

 

Bref, ce qu'il faut retenir : the real Janet is back!