MUSIC VIDEO: JANET JACKSON – “MAKE ME”

Here’s the new video from Janet Jackson for “Make Me”, the bonus track from her second greatest hits compilation, Number Ones, released last week.

A bit reminiscent of Scream, the video is directed by Robert Hales.

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100 Responses to MUSIC VIDEO: JANET JACKSON – “MAKE ME”

  1. MINDFUL

    Some of you know nothing about Janet. She’s always been one of the best. I remember “Rhythm Nation” that was my SHIT back in the day. One of the biggest songs ever. I remember the Velvet Rope album I use to jam with everyday. Yes Janet may have lost a few steps because she’s getting older but no doubt she will always be one of the best. So if you haven’t been rockin with Janet since the beginning and I mean WAYYY BACK shut your non-knowing-anything-about-janet self up.

    Props to #51 damn right Janet paved the way for all these new bitches such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Ciara etc. Some of you are so stuck on this new shit that you forget about the artists that paved the road and made it possible.

  2. Ana

    ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS……DID YOU SEE THE 2009 VMA’S? JANET NEED TO QUIT!, SERIOUSLY. I’M A HUGE JANET FAN, BUT HER PERFORMNACE WAS HALF DONE . I WILL SAY FOR HER AGE, SHE LOOKS GOOD. SEE YOU HAVE THE FANS THAT JUST KISS-AS_, BUT ” REAL FANS” WILL TELL YOU NO, OR WHEN SOMETHING WASN’T HOT. LOVING SOMEONE DOES NOT, I REPEAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL LIKE ” EVERYTHING” THEY DO, AND LOVING SOMEONE DOESN’T NOT MEAN THEY DO ” EVERYTHING” RIGHT OR SATISFACTORY. YES, I KNOW SHE IS IN HER EARLY FORTIES AND CAN NOT MOVE HOW SHE USE TOO, THIS ISN’T THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS THAT SHE IS TRYING TO KEEP ALIVE SOMETHING THAT IS DEAD AND GONE . HER ERA IS MUSIC ISN’T IN ANYMORE. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE A LOVED BY MILLIONS, REMEMBERED, ICONIC AND ALL, BUT…..AHHHH NO. THIS IS A NEW ERA, A NEW STYLE OF MUSIC. ITS NOT THE PROMOTION, ITS NOT JERMAINE DUPRI, ITS NOT HATING, ITS JUST THAT ERA IS MUSIC OVER. NOBODY STAYE HIGHLY POPULAR FOREVER, HELL NOTHING IS FOREVER, EXCEPT THE LOVE OF GOD, AND EVEN HE HAS AN ENDING ON JUDGEMENT DAY. SHE REMINDS ME OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY HAVE BEEN GREAT FRIENDS WITH SOMEONE A LONG TIME AGO, THESE FRIENDS GROW UP, GET MARRIED, HAVE KIDS, AND BASICALLY CHANGE. AFTER 20 YEARS THE INDIVIDUAL(JANET) WANTS TO BE FRIENDS THE WAY IT USE TO BE, BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, AND THINGS HAVE CHANGE.

    THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT STILL CAN SELL OUT A STADIUM , SUCH AS TINA TURNER, PRINCE, BON JOVI, MADONNA, AND A FEW OTHERS, BUT THIS IS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE. USUALLY AROUND 35 A SINGER CAREER DECLINES . IT BEST TO HAVE OTHER PASSIONS, BECAUSE WHEN THE WATER RUNS DRY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE LEFT. JANET SHOULD START ACTING, I THINK SHE WOULD BE GOOD AT IT. LOVE YOU JANET!

  3. Q.B.

    @ #44 I will gladly LOL

    Haah anyway, Janet’s video is hot, like the song, & the dance moves. That’s all I need to say & of course Janet is fine as hell!

  4. i can transform ya

    she looks very comfortable and happy.

  5. sean2009

    ANA…

    PLZ STOP BEING FAKE. IM SO SICK OF PEOPLE CLAIMING TO LOVE OR LIKE OR BE A BIG FAN OF JANET YET YOU TYPE UP ALL THIS B.S ABOUT WTH SHE NEEDS TO DO N NOT DO.

    FIRST OFF SHE SLAYED AT THE VMAS AND SHE SLAYED AT THE AMA’S TONIGHT. JANET DOESNT NEED TO QUIT DOING A DAMN THING.

    TELL SOME OF THESE NEWBIES IN THE GAME TO QUIT DOING IT WHO IS CLEARLY DOING IT ALL WRONG. IF NOT WHY DONT YOU GET UP ON STAGE IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN OUT DANCE JANET & DO BETTER THAN HER. SHE IS 43 YEARS OLD. SHE HAS NTH TO PROVE.

    ANYWAYS WE NOT ABOUT TO HAVE THIS SAME OL DEBATE ABOUT JANET EVERYTIME SHE COMES OUT. YOUR NOT A REAL FAN YOU DONT CARE FOR HER SO WHY ARE YOU IN HERE COMMENTING ON HER? VMA’S HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST RATINGS IN YEARS CAUSE OF JANET. PLZ. THE REAL REASON WHY PEOPLE TUNED IN AT THE AMAS 2NITE WAS TO SEE JANET.

    WHATEVA. JANET CLEARLY CANT WIN WITH YOU HOES.

    JANET IS THE QUEEN GET OVER IT.

    JANHOVA FOREVER.

  6. sean2009

    ummm JANET LAST TOUR HAD A COUPLE OF SOLD OUT DATES & ON TOP OF THAT ALL THE DATES AS A WHOLE WERE NEARLY SOLD OUT.

    JANET IS NOT MADONNA, TINA OR THE REST OF THEM. SHE IS JANET.

    STOP REPPIN FOR WHITE OLD DOING YOGA GAP MOUTH BITCHES LIKE MADONNA. YALL ALWAYS GO AGAINST THE BLACK QUEENS OF MUSIC.

  7. sean2009

    JANET ALSO SOLD OUT THE 02 ARENA FOR THE JINGLE BELL BALL FOR DEC 6TH. GOOGLE IT. SHE DID THAT LESS THAN AN HOUR.

  8. sean2009

    TRUEFULLYSPEAKING

    ARE YOU A GIRL OR A BOY? CAUSE YOU GIVE ME TRANSFORMER FOR SOME REASON. DO YOU HAVE SEX? DO YOU GO OUT? IS YOUR MOTHER ALIVE? WHY YOU ALWAYS SO BITTER.LOL YOUR ALWAYS PRESSED.

  9. SSA

    @ANA..
    WHAT MAKES YOU A “REAL FAN” OVER SOME ONE IF THEY LOVE THE PERFORMANCE AND YOU DIDN’T? GOOD FOR YOU IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE THE PERFORMANCE BUT DON’T CALL SOMEONE A KISS ASS BECAUSE THEY HAD A DIFFERENT OPION FROM YOU. A “REAL FAN” WOULDN’T TELL THEIR FAVORITE ARTIST TO GIVE UP MUSIC. JANET WILL STOP WHEN SHE WANTS TO STOP, IF YOU DON’T CARE FOR HER ANYMORE, MOVE THE FUCK ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.

  10. Terrell

    @TruthfullySpeaking, You’re just truthfully stupid. I’m sorry but you’re comments always come from a negative place. If you haven’t seen Janet’s ABC special which 6. 7 million people tuned to…you would know that Janet don’t feel the need to satisfy onlookers of her career. She does what she does for her fans. She continues to do projects for those who have been supporting her through the times when America turned their back on her…and now people want to be empathy for her. Janet is 43 years old and is very well keeping up with the 20 year old dancers. Janet looks amazingly beautiful in this video and in general…she’s a beautiful individual and not just on the outside….so truthfully you can dismiss all the Janet posts. #CertifiedHater. #OverIt

  11. SMH

    STOP REPPIN FOR WHITE OLD DOING YOGA GAP MOUTH BITCHES LIKE MADONNA. YALL ALWAYS GO AGAINST THE BLACK QUEENS OF MUSIC.

    LMAO.
    @ Ana, Janet Jackson’s music is TIMELESS, just like Michael’s. Young people today dont hear enough of that kind of music to know what it is. Janet will always draw a crowd because of that quality. And anybody who says Janet is trying to bite off Michael doesnt remember when Janet was the sh*t.

  12. ENGLAND

    @ JUDAH..

    Did the illuminati, set MJ up with the child pornography stuff and then kill him, because his contarct with them was up or because he was not willing to continue in the cult??

    I have a feeling that if an entertainer decides not to continue in the cult, satan either kills them or takes there career?? Take for example, Britney Spears..

  13. Terrell

    Oh and by the way to all the haters….was Janet struggling in her last video…”Rock WIth U”…before Michael died…when she was on Island/Def Jam…was she struggling then…LOL. Y’all are too funny….

  14. Tapiwe

    I love Janet so much, but I think she has one more album in her.

  15. circa-1984

    @ 43

    I was thinking the same thing! Janet needs a new choreographer. Her moves are so reminiscent of Rhythm Nation, lol. Chica is just not progressing. Love the song.

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  17. kid1

    Oh wow. Why all the HATE?

    Honestly what has Janet or any of these other celebs ever done to any of us to garner such hateful comments.

    The video was chill and the dancing was very funky. I do agree its probably time to change choreographers though.

  18. afrobella82

    Janet looks great, I love her and she tore it up at the AMA’s!! And congrats to MJ who won 4 out of the 5 he was nominated for!!

    On another note, why the hell must a “baphomet” be brought up on every single post CL makes?? I mean seriously, every time a celebrity is seen doing anything “that’s the baphomet”. Some of y’all try so hard to be deep and you are not!

  19. LadyA

    WHATEVER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    JANET…YES! YES! YES! THIS SONG MAKES ME WANNA MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    JANET IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE AN ICON. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED AND DOES ANYONE NOTICE SHE IS NOT WHISPERING??? STRONG VOICE!

    GO JANET! GO JANET! GO JANET!!!!

  20. KIDDO

    I DON’T GIVE A FUC* WHAT NO BODY SAY ABOUT JANET!

    SHE IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BADDEST CHICK IN THE JAME!

    THE JACKSON’S HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SHIT! SHE DON’T NEED MICHAELS DEATH TO RE-HASH HER CAREER, WHAT THE FUC* ARE THE REST OF THESE NO SINGING HEFAS ARE DOING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

    GO HEAD JANET OR MS. JANET IF YOUR NASTY!

  21. WillPwr

    I enjoyed the concept of the video. I too would like to see a new choreographer. There is so much raw talent out there just waiting for shot. Gil’s moves are becoming all the same to me.

  22. dayg715

    the whole “janet is using michael” excuse is old and it doesn’t hold water. janet has a 25-year career behind her, and she got it WITHOUT michael. so please come up with another line, haters. that lame ‘using michael’ excuse is 25 years old.

  23. bmike

    Janet KILLED it. Hot video. Didn’t catch me at first, but it did the second time. The song is so upbeat/happy. it seems like the younger girlies are too scared to give the world a song like this – they’re too busy trying to be “edgy” – playing russian roulette and bathing in blood. Fucking weirdos.

  24. g

    @ truthfully speaking phucking lames and judah.

    Wow! Why does it feel like you’ve been lied to all these years? I mean Janet has never been a powerhouse vocalist, from day one. Psst I’ll let you in on a secret. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT!!!! LOL I like the video, not so much the song. Janet has never been able to dance and keep up with all that extra weight, especially at 43. Yet and still she does an admirable job by not really trying to. Also please before you get online and start being all “internet gangsta” use spell-checker or have someone with a grade school education proofread for you. You’re not texting your friends on here.

  25. JUDAH

    @England

    No, the child molestation was real. It was an alter-ego of his MK-ULTRA programming. I believe that his song “Lil Susie” was about a child sacrifice that he, through one of his alters, was forced to make as an adolescent. Michael Jackson was a victim of “Peter Pan” or “Ptah” programming, and the main aspect of that form of mind control is an infatuation with children to the point of what is called “pederasty” or “man/boy love”. This is why he had no knowledge of what he was doing. When you look at the god “Pan”, he was the woodland goat god of lust, and he is often depicted with an erect phallus, using his musical abilities to lure boys in for molestation. He is the Greek version of the Egyptian god “Ptah”, who was also known as “Peteh”. This is where you get the character of “Peter (Peteh) PAN” from, and this is why Peter Pan led the “lost boys”. The name “Peter” or “Peteh” means “rock”, but actually alludes to the “rock-hard” phallus of Ptah, who’s seed was used to create all living things according to Egyptian mythology. Ptah was also known to carve up and alter his face for the entertainment of children. This is why Michael was infatuated with Peter Pan, called his property “Neverland Ranch”, and had an uncontrollable urge to destroy his features. MK-ULTRA subjects have sub-programming known as “self-destruct” programming in which they are programmed to destroy themselves if their root programming starts to malfunction. They return to facilities to correct the malfunction in what the media calls “rehab centers”. This is what has happened to people like Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, etc.

  26. Deann Dmere

    Always will have mad love for Janet!

    Good to see you back hun..:)

  27. Justdestined

    MK-ULTRA stuff is real. I mean, I’m not certain about the specific people, but the programming is for real….started with the CIA right?

  28. SHUGGA

    JANET WILL ALWAYS COME WITH IT CUZ THE CHICK IS BAAAAAD!

  29. Diamond Latrelle

    Nice Video and Song.

  30. Blayzin125

    Why do people like to hate on Janet so Bad! She is one of the sweetest arist in the biz and she prove what she could do 2 decades ago ……now its about pleasing herself as a artist and her fans not to out do todays ADD fans who dont stick with a artist on to the next big thing! After watching the AMA I see that there is not many who can ROCK iT like she did in her prime! I Just wished Brandy would have performed at the AMA Last night! Cause her Runs would have shut it down!

  31. jonte

    JUDAH: your hour is UP get OFF the library computer and go back to work at MCDONALDS

    no one is amazed by your ASININE comments dribbling on about nonsense so transparent it so DEPERATELY clings- to mean something,

    YOU…

    are seen for what you are.

    as you clamor to find comments connected to your lame engine, cease it.

  32. Kellz

    “Old Ms. Jackson ain’t what she used to be… ain’t what she used to be… ain’t what she used to be.” LOL no but seriously, you can tell her body is getting old because she’s dancing like Beyakki…. flat and stiff.

  33. jsmuv

    Janet looks absolutely stunning in this video. The song if people will actually take a listen is about dancing and making that person wanna move and groove. The song is an upbeat feel good song and the video is so elegant and simple with intricate dance steps. I’m not trying to be mean but some of the younger generation really don’t understand the work it takes for choreography of this magnitude…poppin and droppin it doesnt really take much. This song just represents for her number ones album so thats why it has a 90s feel to it. I do want Janet to get with a fresh choreographer next year when her new material comes out because there are new fresh faces waiting for her. Janet is one of the greatest….lets celebrate them while they’re here

  34. Melody

    The video was boring. >_<

    (yawn)

    Damn… What happened Miss Jackson?

  35. Aspiring Publicist and A&R

    As a loving and loyal fan of Janet over the years I must say that this is her BEST song and video since the Velvet Era (congrats new Janet team)

    I would appreciate if someone that knows anyone in her camp to forward my email address to them ( RRONALDJR@yahoo.com)

    I feel as though Janet needs so new young, fresh, creative and 100% REAL critisim with her new project. I feel that as a 23yo fan and “regular” person I am what she needs/

    For the haters who said that the song is bad ummm clear your ears out cause the song if fire as well as catchy. She can’t keep up? What are you looking at stop hating please (LOL) she give a lil more umph of engery but Janet still has it. The concept i get it remeniscent of scream could have been but A- overall. I like it. Good luck and love up Janet !!!

  36. DarwinDevron

    I Love Video!!! the video was to dancey!!! if that can be a word=)=0

  37. truth seeker

    janet is and will always be classic i lover her

  38. Mims

    iHave to say that when iFirst saw this video iWas NOT impressed. she’s another one iLike, but iFeel like Janet was slipping w/ this vid… to me it seemed like she was struggling to keep up w/ the coreography or something. but it just wasnt doin it for me… the song is alright tho.

  39. Mims

    to me, it just wasnt a STRONG comeback. its more like 3rd/4th single after the albums come out…

    she looked nice tho. and in certain parts, you can see how much of her brother’s sister she is….

  40. Vinny West

    First everyone is like “call on me” is to whimsical, “feedback” is to furturistic and over the top….”Janet should try being more basic with her videos” is what you blog typing haters say. Then when the video is basic you say its low buget…but wait didnt Beyonce do a basic video…No she did 5!!!. No im not hatin’ on B…I loved all her videos too. Its just funny how when Janet does it, its low buget, but when anyone else does it , its amazing…IF YOUR GONNA HATE, BE CONSISTENT…. AND AS FOR TRUTHFULLYSPEAKING…go play in traffic!

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