Analysis

About Michael Jackson (and music or art in general) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Isabelle Petitjean

May 9, 202311 min read

About Michael Jackson (and music or art in general) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Could Michael Jackson's voice and other artists' voice, be used to create new songs and albums tomorrow?

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Michael Jackson's success explained to my daughter (and her friends)... (2)

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Apr 14, 20234 min read

Michael Jackson's success explained to my daughter (and her friends)... (2)

Why was Michael Jackson so successful in his day and why is this success still relevant today? More...

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Michael Jackson's success explained to my daughter (and her friends)...

Isabelle Petitjean

Apr 7, 20236 min read

Michael Jackson's success explained to my daughter (and her friends)...

Michael Jackson was a huge success in his time, of course. But what is this success worth in the commercial balance today?

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Help me to translate my last book "Michael Jackson, black or white ?" in english !

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Mar 23, 20233 min read

Help me to translate my last book "Michael Jackson, black or white ?" in english !

fund dedicated to the translation of I. Petitjean's latest book on Michael Jackson, black or white? outsanding artist vs racialized industry

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NaKan Journal: special issue on Michael Jackson

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Apr 18, 20223 min read

NaKan Journal: special issue on Michael Jackson

"Michael Jackson's artistic contributions: another perspective" Issue directed by Isabelle Petitjean, April 2022 The number of academic...

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Analyzing Michael Jackson: a heartbreaker?

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Jan 22, 20224 min read

Analyzing Michael Jackson: a heartbreaker?

I have often been asked if the fact of having analyzed Michael Jackson, or more exactly his work, has not killed in me the emotion and...

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Michael Jackson's Bad, another look at a mythical video

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Aug 11, 20189 min read

Michael Jackson's Bad, another look at a mythical video

"Bad": Edmund Perry, African Americans and the educational issue The video script for Bad, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by...

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The financial, political, historical and racial impact of Michael Jackson's success

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Feb 14, 20154 min read

The financial, political, historical and racial impact of Michael Jackson's success

To say or read that Thriller is a historical success is a truism. To read or say that "We Are the World" was an event is another obvious...

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Michael Jackson, They Don't Care About Us

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Jan 26, 20158 min read

Michael Jackson, They Don't Care About Us

Michael Jackson's They don't Care About Us or an aspect (among others...) of the interpretation and the political appropriation of an...

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Michael Jackson, inheritor of the Minstrels and instigator of a new blackface

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Jan 2, 20155 min read

Michael Jackson, inheritor of the Minstrels and instigator of a new blackface

Foreword The blackface was a street show that later led to the Minstrel, which consisted in seeing whites with blackened faces parodying...

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One decade later, They (still) really don't care about them, Michael!

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

Jun 12, 20144 min read

One decade later, They (still) really don't care about them, Michael!

The news seems to fall from the moon concerning the precarious situation of a good part of Brazil and some districts of Rio, behind the...

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Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

May 17, 20148 min read

Michael Jackson's "Xscape"

Michael Jackson, The truth about these posthumous editions? Which truth(s)? Because it seems to me, from the outset, that it is in the...

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Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

May 14, 20146 min read

Michael Jackson versus Charlie Chaplin

We often talk about the fascination that Michael Jackson had for Charlie Chaplin. We often see photos in which he repeats his postures,...

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Michael Jackson's "Xscape", Save yourself!

Isabelle Petitjean, MJMusicologie

May 10, 20148 min read

Michael Jackson's "Xscape", Save yourself!

Post of (very very bad) mood… That was the day. I was motivated... you'll laugh... to what? to listen to Xscape... Yes, there are things...

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