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New Kelly Alexander Interview With Jimmy Jam!


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The Janet talk starts around 14:00 in the video.

 

Essentially a summary of what Jimmy Jam talks about for those of you who don't want to listen or don't have time to listen to the interview:

 

- He says Janet is his and Terry's muse and he can't think about Janet without having a song pop into his head
- His favorite Janet song is "That's The Way Love Goes" and talks about the writing process with Janet (he's mentioned this story before)
- And his other favorite Janet songs are "Lonely", "Empty", and "No Sleeep"
- He says obviously working with Janet is different than working with other artists because they've worked on albums vs. others where him & Terry might just work on a song or songs
- He plans to go to multiple tour dates on the State of The World Tour like he did on the Unbreakable Tour.
- He says since he has known Janet for over 30 years he knows even if they have short exchanges when they communicate him and Janet appreciate/enjoy being around each other. 
- He says they are in the brainstorming stage of the tour (obviously wasn't going to go in detail about what changes are going to be made/not made)
- He says he feels like one of the "Luckiest Uncles in The World" because he is always getting a Facetime around 2:00 am his time from Janet and she always has Eissa in her lap. 
-He says Eissa is "the most beautiful baby he has seen in his life" and Eissa is always happy. And says Janet is also giddy and happy with Eissa. He says it is inspirational to see that there is a whole new added element/a whole other meaning to Janet now that she is a parent.
- He mentions George Michael and recording the song "Monkey" and how George wanted it to have elements in terms of sound of the Cool Summer Mixes of Janet's "Nasty" and "Diamonds". And says Janet & George were fans of each other's music.
- He says to his knowledge there isn't a Janet & George Michael song even though there have been rumors of one. 
- He said that he thinks Janet and him did see George in concert. And that he and Janet like seeing concerts together and mentions how they saw J.Cole back in 2015 in LA and how Jimmy hooked Janet up with Bruno Mars tickets overseas recently. He says Janet likes seeing other's works because as he says "Inspiration breeds Inspiration"

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I'm hype to hear him say they're working on something now, I always thought the idea of an EP is great but it also sounds like he could have misunderstood the question despite the fact he also seemed to move on from it quickly. On purpose. 

And with him saying it's in brainstorming mode & they don't have to really gear up - it sounds like they might be pulling from songs in their arsenal...I remember him saying that they were working on music shortly after the tour stopped. 

 

Edit: Never mind he said - yes we are actually. 

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