The pop star posted an emotional montage set to her song "Shoulda Known Better"
From: NewNowNext
Pop star Janet Jackson shared a moving video tribute to those lost at Pulse nightclub, set to her 2015 song “Shoulda Known Better.”
The video—which includes clips of mothers mourning their sons, people attending vigils, and President Obama addressing gun control—was originally produced by Jackson fan Lamont Hicks and posted on Vimeo on Monday.
Jackson saw the video—which also features the names of those killed—and shared it on twitter, with the caption “You’ll never be forgotten. #WeAreOrlando #Unbreakable.”
— Janet Jackson (@JanetJackson) June 14, 2016
Janet Jackson has long had a special connection with the LGBT community, and her 1997 hit “Together Again” pays tribute to those lost to the AIDS epidemic.
“I lost a lot of friends and people that I worked with to this disease,” she told NewNowNext back in 2008. “I told some of the people at the label the concept for the song, and they didn’t think it was a good idea… I thought, ‘You know, this is really stupid.’ It was in my heart.”
“Shoulda Known Better” sees the “Rhythm Nation” singer disheartened that much of what she addressed when she was starting out—violence, bigotry, injustice—is still plaguing us.
“When you’re young, you feel like, “I can change the world! I’m going to lead the revolution!'” Jackson collaborator Jimmy Jam told the BBC about the song in 2015.
“And then you look 25 years later and you go, ’Okay, I should have known better. The same problems still exist but there’s a different way to go about tackling it. It still involves mobilizing people, but I can’t do it by myself.'”
A baby girl without a homeTragedy’s reign left her aloneI guess I shoulda known betterBut she’s a citizen of the worldA right to life her cry’s unheardI guess I shoulda known betterWhy why why whyPart of the revolutionReady for real solutionsWe won’t accept excusesWe tolerate no abusesCause I don’t want my face to beThat poster child for being naiveWhy why why whyI guess I shoulda known betterHeadlines are real or just the newsBetween the lines there’s human truthI guess I shoulda known betterEach day I’m faced with irony butJust can’t feel casual about casualties noI guess I shoulda known betterI guess I shoulda known betterWhy why why whyPart of the revolutionReady for real solutionsWe won’t accept excusesWe tolerate no abusesCause I don’t want my face to beThat poster child for being naiveWhy why why whyI guess I shoulda known betterIt’s never the critic that countsCause critics only wanna talkWhile enlightened minds and open heartsTogether make this world a better placeAwakening a better choiceIt only starts if you lift your voiceAnd say I shoulda known betterAnd so next time I’ll know betterWhy why why whyPart of the revolutionReady for real solutionsWe won’t accept excusesWe tolerate no abusesCause I don’t want my face to beThat poster child for being naiveWhy why why whyI guess I shoulda known betterWhy why why whyI guess I shoulda known betterI had this great epiphanyAnd rhythm nation was the dreamI guess next time I’ll know better
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