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The Rock Witchu Tour was Janet Jackson's fifth concert tour. The tour lasted from September 10 to November 1, 2008. It was Janet's first tour in nearly seven years.

It was in support of her album " Discipline ." The tour took place in North America (where Janet performed 16 shows). A Japanese leg was planned for February of 2009, but it was canceled by the concert promoters due to illness and the events of the 2009 economic crisis.

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Tour Background [ ]

After releasing her eighth studio album " Damita Jo ," Janet dealt with criticism with the massively controversial Super Bowl incident, resulting a blacklist of her subsequent singles and music videos from several conglomerates, including Viacom and CBS and various subsidiaries which largely affected her airplay on many radio formats and music channels worldwide.

Because of that, Janet didn't go on tour to support "Damita Jo" recorded her ninth studio album during 2005-2006 instead.

The album " 20 Y.O. " was released in September of 2006 and it was announced that Janet was prepping a worldwide tour to promote the album. However, the unnamed tours were canceled abruptly when she began recording new material.

Janet stated:

" I was supposed to go on tour with the last album [...] We were actually in full-blown tour rehearsals at that point ... learning numbers, getting everything together, set designs [...] I had to kind of shut everything down and go into the studio. "

In early 2008 on The "Ellen DeGeneres Show," Janet announced that she would go on tour.

The audience was given free tickets to her show at the Staples Center. While planning the tour, she started a phone line where fans could call in and request songs to be performed. Janet was set to perform all of her memorable hits, including those from her pre-" Control " days.

Tour Development [ ]

According to Janet:

" It will definitely be a big production but it will definitely also be something that I've never done before, that people have never seen from me before. "

The title of the tour "Rock Witchu Tour" was named for a song of the same name on her album " Discipline ." The tour was set to be worldwide with Janet stating:

" It's been a while so I really want to make my rounds. I haven't been to Australia in a very long time; I can't wait to go there. There are a lot of places where I really want to stop off at, and that's the idea, that's the goal with this tour. "

In April of 2008, Janet claimed that:

" I'm still promoting the new album (Discipline) right now, but we'll be getting into rehearsals in about a month and then start touring. My true goal is to try at least do every single that I’ve ever had. So, I’ve got to figure out a way to fit this in two hours, and yet give them enough of each song so that they don’t feel hungry for more of that song in particular. "

The two and a half hour show kicked off in Vancouver on September 10, 2008 to rave reviews.

Tour Synopsis [ ]

For two hours, the show sees Janet performing nearly 40 hits, complete with theatrics, costume changes and a few surprises.

According to Janet, the tour features a set list that was directly influenced by her fans.

The setup of the stage includes a giant square-shaped catwalk surrounding the first several front rows of seats, reaching out to the center of the arena where fans could see Janet from any level of seating. Rows of seating inside the catwalk were exclusively designed for those with purchased fan club memberships.

There are three video screens that take on the stage, including the biggest one being in the center where video clips are shown throughout songs to take place for effects and in-between costume change breaks. Other special staging includes movable staircases, steel cages, pyrotechnics and other special pieces.

The show begins with an echo of words being said in the distance of the arena, such as "Janet", "Rock Witchu", "Dance", and "Discipline."

As the words speed up, the show lights come on and several dancers dressed as astronauts appear on the stage, with two standing beside two big glittery "J"’s (representing Janet’s name.) The "J"’s move back and forth on the center of the stage with stars appearing on the center video screen (a representation of Space).

Pretty soon, fog appears in front of the audience and a bang of pyrotechnics blasts, thus beginning the opening of the show.

Janet appears on the upper center section of the stage in a gold hyperspace dance suit singing "The Pleasure Principle", as well as "Control" when 13 dancers join her, emerging from underground in various positions around the massive stage, and "What Have You Done For Me Lately" on the "Control Medley" and later moving on to "Feedback." She then performed "You Want This," "Alright" and "Miss You Much."

Afterward, Janet did a brief costume change and returned to the stage in a sultry red dress to perform a string of ballads including "Come Back to Me", "Again" and "Let's Wait Awhile."

After another wardrobe change, she came back out to perform a mixture of old and new songs including "So Excited", "Together Again", "Nasty," "Escapade", "That's the Way Love Goes," "Luv" and "Rhythm Nation."

Janet's duets with Nelly, Q-Tip and Dave Navarro had the musicians appearing on a pre-recorded video and performing their verses while Janet sang on stage.

Other notable performances of the night include the Pre-"Control" medley in which Janet performs songs she has never done before live from her first two albums " Janet Jackson " and " Dream Street " as well as an S&M display on-stage with a lucky audience member to perform the title track off her tour supporting album "Discipline."

During the performance, Janet had her dancers pull up a male audience member and strap him into a harness. He was then suspended midair as she teased him with a highly suggestive set of moves and the breathy soft-core porn of the track.

For the finale of the show, Janet and her dancers perform "Luv" and he top-five hit "Runaway."

Setlist [ ]

• Control Medley ("The Pleasure Principle," "Control" and "What Have You Done for Me Lately")
• "You Want This"
• "Miss You Much"
• "Never Letchu Go"
• "Come Back to Me"
• "Let's Wait Awhile"
• "So Excited"
• "So Much Betta"
• "All Nite (Don't Stop)"
• "Rock with U"
• "Together Again"
• Pre-Control Medley ("Young Love," "Say You Do" and "Don't Stand Another Chance")
• "Doesn't Really Matter"
• "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
• "When I Think of You"
• "All for You"
• "Got 'til It's Gone"
• "Call on Me"
• "That's the Way Love Goes"
• "I Get Lonely"
• "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)"
• "Any Time, Any Place"
• "Discipline"
• "Black Cat"
• "Rhythm Nation"
• "Luv" (contains elements of Lil Wayne's "Lollipop")
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• The Pleasure Principle / Control / What Have You Done for Me Lately Play Video
• Feedback Play Video
• You Want This Play Video
• Alright Play Video
• Miss You Much Play Video
• Never Letchu Go Play Video
• Come Back to Me Play Video
• Let's Wait Awhile Play Video
• Again Play Video
• So Excited Play Video
• So Much Betta Play Video
• Nasty Play Video
• All Nite (Don't Stop) Play Video
• Rock With U Play Video
• Together Again Play Video
• Young Love / Say You Do / Don't Stand Another Chance Play Video
• Doesn't Really Matter Play Video
• Escapade Play Video
• Love Will Never Do (Without You) Play Video
• When I Think of You Play Video
• All for You Play Video
• Got 'til It's Gone Play Video
• Call on Me Play Video
• That's the Way Love Goes Play Video
• I Get Lonely Play Video
• Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) Play Video
• Any Time, Any Place Play Video
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Janet Jackson Announces Rock Witchu Tour

The Live Nation produced tour kicking off in Vancouver, BC on September 10th, will feature dates in DC, New Jersey, Montreal, and Toronto to name a few and is expected to hit major markets as it travels across the country. Tickets go on sale for the first shows beginning Saturday, June 7th, and are available at www.livenation.com. Confirmed dates are listed below with more dates to be announced shortly.

Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 tour was the biggest selling debut world-wide tour in history. The tour solidified her status as a trailblazing entertainer with cutting edge choreography, unparalleled stage production, theatrics and spectacles, winning over audiences across the board and breaking global box office records along the way. She wowed the world with over 100 performances in 90 cities. The first international shows were in Japan, where she sold out the Tokyo Dome (48,000 capacity) with four shows in seven minutes, creating the record for the fastest sell out in the history of the Tokyo Dome.

Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning June 2 at 10am ET through Citi’s Private Pass Program(R). For complete presale details visit: www.privatepass.citi.com. “We are excited to offer Citi(R) cardmembers special access to the newly-announced Janet Jackson 2008 tour,” said Vik Atal, Chairman and CEO, Citi Cards. “The tour is a great example of the benefits of our alliance with Live Nation which enables us to provide our cardmembers with once-in-a-lifetime experiences through our unique Private Pass Program.”

Jackson has launched www.JanetFanClub.com, a dedicated tour website for the Rock Witchu Tour where the public can sign up for access to presale tickets, exclusive content, contests and worldwide community of Jackson fans and more. Pre-registration has now begun for the website, which will go live on May 28th, with early access to presale ticketing starting May 30th at 10am. Registrants will have the ability to access future presales for additional dates as they are announced. To find out more, visit www.JanetFanClub.com starting May 28th.

Jackson has left an indelible mark on pop music selling more than 100 million albums and as a female artist having achieved the number one spot on Billboard Magazine’s Top 200 Album Chart 6 times, is among the top 3 of all time for a female artist. She is the only performer male or female to be nominated for Grammy Awards in each of the Pop, Rock, Dance, Rap and R&B categories, and the first female recording artist of color to be nominated for a Producer of the Year Grammy. With literally hundreds of awards and nominations from everyone from the American Music Awards where she holds the title for most nominations from one album, to MTV where she was awarded the first ICON award, to the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Radio Music Awards, World Music Awards, Billboard, Rolling Stone, NAACP, etc., the recognitions of her musical contributions are astounding.

Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol “LYV.” Additional information about the company can be found at www.livenation.com under the “About Us” section.

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Janet Resuming Tour After Battling Vertigo

Janet Jackson is returning to her "Rock Witchu" tour and -- finally -- revealing the mystery illness that led her to cancel a string of concerts.Janet Jackson is returning to her "Rock Witchu" tour…

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Janet Jackson is returning to her “Rock Witchu” tour and — finally — revealing the mystery illness that led her to cancel a string of concerts. Following two weeks of scrapped shows, Jackson was scheduled to resume her tour tonight (Oct. 15) at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., after a bout of migraine-associated vertigo. She is being treated for the illness, which is characterized by dizziness, imbalance and other symptoms. “She’s a world-class entertainer and needs to be at the top of her game to give her fans the show they expect,” Jackson’s manager, Kenneth Crear , said in a statement. “She’s feeling much better and is ready to hit the road again to finish the tour.” Upcoming stops include Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, New York and East Rutherford, N.J. Jackson, 42, will announce new dates for concerts she postponed in Montreal; Boston; Philadelphia; Greensboro, N.C.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Uncasville, Conn. She is on her first North American tour in seven years.

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Janet Jackson UK tour 2024 - full list of dates including Manchester

Huge announcement from global music icon Janet Jackson who will be coming back to the UK in 2024

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Music icon Janet Jackson has confirmed a UK tour celebrating her 50th anniversary in entertainment. American superstar Janet will bring her Together Again tour to the UK, which also celebrates 35 years since her seminal album Rhythm Nation.

She will play gigs in Birmingham, London, Glasgow and Manchester in the Autumn. The UK leg will end with a night at Manchester's soon-to-open Co-op Live arena .

It will be the first time Janet has played in Manchester since her last planned UK tour in 2016 was cancelled due to "scheduling difficulties" just weeks before she was due to perform.

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A statement from Janet's tour promoters today said: "Off the back of Ms. Jackson’s highly successful and sold out Together Again tour in North America, five-time GRAMMY ® ️Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame®️ Inductee Janet Jackson reveals she will be extending her tour to Europe, adding in multiple stops across the continent. This will be Ms. Jackson’s first UK performance since her iconic 2019 Glastonbury Festival performance."

The European leg of the tour will start in autumn 2024 kicking off in Paris, France on the 25th September at Accor Arena before making multiple stops in the UK, Germany and Belgium before concluding the tour in Amsterdam, Netherlands at Ziggo Dome on the 10th October. The announcement of UK tour dates from the Miss You Much hitmaker follows her 35-date US tour Together Again, which will hit the road this summer across the States. The tour builds on the colossal success of her 2023 run, which earned the icon the highest selling trek of her career. Promoters add: "The Together Again Tour will offer everyone the chance to finally reunite with Ms. Jackson in celebration of her 50th anniversary in entertainment and spotlight the milestone for one of her most critically acclaimed albums - 35 years of “Rhythm Nation” featuring her biggest chart-topping hits."

It has also been announced that Wyclef Jean will join Janet for the UK tour dates as special guest. Janet, 57, is the youngest member of the legendary Jackson musical family.

How to get tickets

Tickets will be available on general on-sale beginning Friday, May 3rd at 9am from Ticketmaster here and further details from JanetJackson.com .

Is there a pre-sale?

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale and preferred tickets in select markets starting on Tuesday 30 April at 9am local. Preferred ticket access is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 3 May at 9am. Visit here to find out more.

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Wed, 25th Sept - Paris, France - Accor Arena Fri, 27th Sept - Birmingham, UK - Utilita Arena Sat, 28th Sept - London, UK - The O2 Mon, 30th Sept - Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro Tue, 1st Oct - Manchester, UK - Co-op Live Thu, 3rd Oct - Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis Sat, 5th Oct - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle Sun, 6th Oct - Cologne, Germany - LANXESS Arena Tue, 8th Oct - Berlin, Germany - Uber Arena Thu, 10th Oct - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome

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Visiting a new city is akin to going on a first date, it is something you will never forget. Many people imagine Moscow as just a bunch of sporadic landmarks: Red Square, the Kremlin, Lenin’s Mausoleum and GUM. There is so much more to this wonderful city than that and even though we only have a few hours, we will do all we can to show you everything we know and love about our capital in one fell swoop. We will take you on a journey through the ages, from centuries ago, right up to the modern day, soaking in the sights of this vast and bustling metropolis. Bright, luxurious and both ancient and modern at the same time, Moscow invites you on a date you’ll never forget!

On our sightseeing bus tour of the city, you will see:

• The wonderfully historic city centre and its unique museums, magnificent cathedrals, the exquisite Chambers of the Romanov Boyars and of course, the famous towering red brick walls of the Kremlin, The charming beauty of the Alexander Garden awaits the capital's guests - a lush green oasis in the midst of the glass and concrete clad metropolis, basking in the etherial aura emanating from the whitewashed stone walls of the restored Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the world- renowned fairytale onion domes of St. Basil's Cathedral and other impressive monumental buildings such as the library built in Lenin's honour - the Russian State Library - and the State Duma.
• The Lubyanka KGB headquarters is notorious to members of older generations and although nowadays, the face of the secret police has changed dramatically, the looming enigmatic building on the waterfront maintains its aura of mystery, shrouded in a variety of murky rumours and dark myths. Then, there’s another of Moscow's main attractions - the marvellous Bolshoi Theatre, yew simply cant leave Moscow without taking in its breathtaking architecture. Engrained in the fabric of Russia's cultural heritage, virtuoso performers such as prima ballerina Galina Ulanova, opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and pianist, composer and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff once stood centre stage of this vaunted institution.
• The memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill was constructed in the glory and honour of our heroes who defended our nation in the many crucial battles of the Great Patriotic War (WWII). This is a place that embodies a particularly acute and inextricable link between older ancf younger generations. Moving on to the Moscow International Business Centre, not dubbed ‘Moscow City' for nothing, a true glimpse of the future in the present. This incredible, rather jaw-dropping project in the capital has shown that Moscow has come to accept the age of the skyscraper. Finally, the stunning views from the observation deck at Sparrow Hills will leave professional and amateur photographers alike itching to capture them. How could one resist?

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Time is on their side: Rolling Stones to rock New Orleans Jazz Fest after 2 previous tries

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The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is usually akin to a 14-ring musical circus — a variety of musical acts playing simultaneously on stages spread throughout the sprawling infield and grandstand of a historic horse racing track.

That changes Thursday afternoon, when 13 stages go silent before The Rolling Stones make their first appearance at the 54-year-old festival.

“We didn’t want to have 13 empty stages and no people in front of them when the Stones start singing favorites like ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’ ” festival producer Quint Davis told The Associated Press ahead of the festival. “Everyone who bought a ticket for that day primarily bought one to see The Stones.”

Jazz Fest is the second stop for the Stones on their Hackney Diamonds tour , launched in support of the well-received album they released last year, their first album of original material in 18 years. They had been scheduled to appear at the 50th Jazz Fest in 2019 but had to cancel because of Mick Jagger’s heart surgery. A subsequent planned appearance was scrubbed in 2021 when the festival was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the gates opened under an overcast sky and slight breeze, hundreds of fans poured onto the festival grounds, most wearing T-Shirts with the Rolling Stones’ signature “lips with tongue out” logo or one emblazoned with just the band’s name.

“I was torn between seeing them before they die or seeing them before I do,” Nathan “Bam” Schulman, 75, an acupuncturist from Eugene, Oregon, said laughing.

Schulman said he had seen the Stones perform years ago in Oakland, California, but looked forward to Thursday’s performance.

“They’re such an inspiration,” he said. “I look back at them and remember a time of adventure, a time of being whoever you want to be, a time of being myself and when we’d say ‘Screw the establishment.’ They inspire me to keep on living.”

Vickie Clay, 38, who works in the auto industry in New Orleans, said seeing the Stones in person “was on her bucket list.”

“It will be my first time seeing them,” she said. “I hope Mick Jagger does his ‘chicken dance’ moves, but whatever he does will be worth every penny.”

Kerry Dantzig, 54, of San Francisco, said she regularly attends Jazz Fest “for the food, for the music and to meet up with old friends.”

“I’m hoping Mick and the Stones sound good,” said a smiling Dantzig, who works in the insurance industry. “I mean, they’re 80 years old, you know? Still, I can’t wait to see Mick Jagger shaking his caboose.”

Henri Lellouche, 63, a retired advertising executive from Fairfield, Connecticut, said he has seen the band perform previously and added that it was a good idea to combine them with Jazz Fest.

“I haven’t heard a lot of their new stuff. But I love the older music, the blues tinge, and I love watching them perform. I mean it’s hard to believe they’re the same age as Joe Biden,” he said.

Fans of New Orleans rhythm and blues artists will be watching to see if the legendary group perform “Time Is On My Side,” which was an early hit for the band. New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas had success with the song in an earlier recording, and Thomas told WVUE-TV in an interview that “there’s a possibility” she might perform it with the band.

Thursday’s weather for the outdoor festival is a little sketchy. Forecasts show a mostly cloudy skyline, with temperatures in the mid-80s Fahrenheit (around 30 Celsius). But there’s up to a 40% chance of rain in the afternoon.

Dumpstaphunk, a funk-fusion band born in New Orleans with descendants from the city’s well-known Neville family, plays just before the Stones hit the festival’s largest stage. Dumpstaphunk is mourning the recent death of bassist Nick Daniels III, a co-founder of the group who died Sunday. A cause of death has not been released.

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Anitta Reborn: The Brazilian Superstar on ‘Funk Generation,’ Her First U.S. Tour and the Mysterious Illness that Reset Her Career

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For most of her life, Anitta didn’t think much about her death.

Despite growing up in the notorious favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian multi-hyphenate just knew that her life would be as glamorous as she always imagined: she would sing, dance and act her way to global stardom. Gradually, that vision has been coming to life.

“I never thought that I wasn’t going to get what I wanted,” she says. “Everyone around me has been maybe more realistic, but I just have these visions for how my life will turn out. I don’t tell anyone, because I know how easily outside pressure can influence the results.”

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Then, Anitta was hit with a mysterious illness that racked her with chronic, full-body pain and fevers that at times rendered her unable to walk. She was tested for cancer and autoimmune diseases but still doesn’t have a solid diagnosis for what she was experiencing. In her search for relief, Anitta took a month off and retreated into the Yoruba faith she’d learned as a child from her father, taking trips to several countries to connect with ancient healing traditions, from kundalini yoga to meditation. A few hours after this interview took place, she flew to Greenland to spend a week alone, visiting shamans and hiking through “spiritual portals” — parts of the earth that are said to be sensitive to energy.

To advance that new approach, Anitta felt she needed a new team. In the aftermath of the underwhelming response to “Versions of Me,” she cleaned house, parting ways with her longtime manager, Brandon Silverstein, and Warner Music, the label she’d been with for her entire professional career.

At the time, she didn’t tell the world that she was on the verge of dropping out of the music industry. But she’s brutally honest about it now, explaining that her efforts to be palatable internationally were neutering the boldfaced individuality that made her a star in the first place.

“I didn’t feel happy,” she says. “I didn’t have the energy anymore. I was looking at the sales numbers too much, reading what the internet and critics had to say. And after having thought so much about what life could look like if I quit, or if I died … my priorities shifted.”

However, she was contractually obligated to deliver at least two more albums to Warner. So Anitta effectively launched a social-media campaign against her label, claiming its executives never believed “Envolver” — a rare RIAA Latin Diamond-certified single — would be successful without the aid of a co-billed artist, and that her team at Warner’s Latina division wasn’t doing enough to promote her music. “If there was a fine to pay, I would have already auctioned off my organs, no matter how expensive it was to get out,” she wrote on X. “But unfortunately, there isn’t.”

Ultimately, there was, in the form of a reported multimillion-dollar settlement with Warner — $6 million, some sources say (representatives for Anitta and Warner declined to comment on the deal) — as well as a reasonably amicable separation from Silverstein, who, shortly after their parting, was seen speaking abusively to someone over speakerphone in a widely circulated video. Anitta and reps for Silverstein declined to comment on the video, but she says carefully, “[Brandon] did what he needed to do, and what I wanted to do at the time, but my focus changed. He was always very respectful and understanding with me.”

Then, just a month after leaving Warner, she announced a new deal — with Universal Music’s Republic label — and shortly after that, a new manager: Miami-born Rebeca León, who’d helped steer Rosalía, J Balvin and Juanes to superstardom.

From there, Anitta quickly released new music — a three-song bundle titled “ Funk Generation : a Favela Love Story,” which was expanded into a full album under the same title that dropped on April 26. But instead of leaning uncomfortably into popular Western styles, she went back to the youthful baile funk sound of the favelas — a vibrantly danceable combination of samba, Miami bass, hip-hop and syncopated African beats.

Experiment, Anitta does: “Funk Generation” has lyrics in Spanish, English and Portuguese over sweltering rhythms of favela funk. She’s the first to acknowledge that it will be a challenge for some of her more pop-leaning fans, not to mention new ones.

“For a long time, the numbers have decided whether I won or failed, and that will push you to do something unoriginal,” she says. “I want to be very clear: That doesn’t mean I don’t love my old songs. With ‘Versions of Me,’ I was trying a little bit of everything to try to solidify myself in the mainstream, but I don’t care what the fuck is gonna happen with this next album. I love the adrenaline of not knowing whether people are going to like it.”

“That is the true definition of fearlessness,” León says, “when you only want to do what you do because you fucking love it.”

When Anitta first reached out, León had recently transitioned out of managing Rosalía to focus on growing her production company, Lionfish Studios. After working as a co-producer on a 2022 remake of “Father of the Bride,” León and Lionfish Studios are developing several female-driven projects said to have heavy music components that showcase the nuances and intricacies of Latin culture.

“I was on my pseudo break, and [Anitta] asked me to essentially assess her career with her,” León recalls. From that meeting, she found the singer’s resilience inspiring and the opportunities for her career virtually limitless. But she, too, found that in the process of chasing that crossover dream, Anitta had not been making the music she wanted to make.

“She’s gotten here. Now she’s fighting to do what she’s always wanted to do: bring [baile] funk, a marginalized genre, to the big stage,” León says.

And although the genre is lyrically hyper-sexualized, Anitta says her take on it is “all about the sound.” “Brazilian funk is very, very sexual and very explicit, but those lyrics don’t reflect what I’m living personally now,” she says.

“It’s more an exploration of my love for the beats, the parties, and how it all makes me feel,” says Anitta. “A lot of the producers on this album are people who came from the ghetto, the slums, the favelas. They live and breathe Brazilian funk — the kind of funk that has crazy lyrics, that nasty shit.”

Where 2022’s “Versions of Me” leaned into American pop production, “Funk Generation” was a crate-digging process for Brazilian producers like Gabriel do Borel and the duo Tropkillaz, who reference contemporary sub-genres of funk, altering its brass sections with sped-up tempos and repetitive electronic patterns. 

Despite her distancing comments, “Funk Generation” is seriously X-rated, both lyrically and musically. On the song “Savage Funk,” Anitta repeats the word “fuck” 58 times, phrasing her vocals so that they sound like a bassline.

Not that any of this is out of character: Anitta’s sexuality has always been a focal point of her public image. She’s often described herself as two people: Larissa de Macedo Machado, the person she grew up as, and Anitta. All superstars struggle with where the self ends and the star begins, but for her, it seems to be about self-preservation. “I can see myself leaving the name ‘Anitta’ behind,” she muses about the persona that embraces her “most animalistic desires,” “but I’ll never just be Larissa. I am very protective of her. It helps people to understand that there is the artist, and then there is the human who just wants to go home and hide.

“I use my sexuality as a freedom message,” Anitta concludes. “It’s not like I’m telling everyone to flash their pussies. But we have a right to express ourselves without feeling ashamed.”

Despite all of the self-empowering words, on May 18, Anitta will embark on a project that, in the past, she didn’t really want to do: her first global tour, a 20-plus-date trek in intimate venues dubbed the “Baile Funk Experience” in North America, South America and Europe.

“Touring is tiring,” she says, “and I don’t like going for extended periods without seeing my family. But I’m so engaged with this project that I want to do it. And I want to still keep it small; I want to be able to look people in the eyes. It’s not going to be enough for you to just stand there and watch. The person who goes to this concert will feel an urgency to be a part of it.”

As for what comes next, Anitta is pursuing acting gigs following her role in the Netflix drama series “Elite.” She plans to work her way up, as she always has. Of course, the future holds little mystery for her. “I know what’s going to happen next,” she says, cracking a mischievous smile. “I’m going to keep making very surprising turns — you’ll be left like, ‘Who is this person?’”

Styling: Maleeka Moss/The Only Agency; Makeup: Allan Aponte; Hair: Florido/The Only Agency; Props: BG Porter/Owl and Elephant

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