Becoming a Fan/Stan
I became a fan when I was little. It all started with the janet. album for me. I was in grandfather's car and Again came on the radio and I loved how it sounded, so I asked him who sang it. He told me it was her, now mind you up until then the only Jackson I knew was Michael. So when he said Janet Jackson, I was like "huh?". Then he said she was his sister and I got super excited because I was like "He has a sister??". So when we got to his house with mi abuela, he pulled out all her albums and started playing them one by one and I fell in love. At that point, Rhythm Nation 1814 was my favorite album but my favorite songs were "Again", "That's the Way Love Goes", and "Rhythm Nation". So then I had two favorite artists, a fave female and a fave male. I would always play their music. Since then whenever an album of hers was released, I made sure I was among the first to get a copy. I started collecting posters, stocking up magazines. When I was 6 I saw her acting skills for the first time in NP2, (I was still young so "Poetic Justice" was off limits ). PJ I saw when I was about 12. It was around that time I became a stan. I was going through hell in my personal life. I had no grandparents anymore, my parents were just..oh my god, and I trusted some of the wrong people to get close to. Too many details, but I will say I gained so much appreciation for The Velvet Rope because of what was going on. Suicide talk, abuse, a host of issues. That album saved me. I owe her a hell of alot because of that album. To this day, though I'm young, I will stan for her and for Michael with all I can. And I will support them both. I have all her albums, all her movies and tours(that have been released) on DVD, posters, magazines, singles discs. I've seen her on tour once and will see her again this August on my birthday. I know I'm gonna cry like a baby when "Together Again" is sung. "Again" and "I Get Lonely" too. I hope she sings all three.