1998 Janet Jackson: Vintage Pop Stardom (with Lina Morgan)

About this episode

The episode explores Janet Jackson's personal and intimate era in 1998, featuring insights from guest Lina Morgan.

We're four years into Janet Jackson Vintage Pop Stardom Week on the Greatest Pop Stars podcast! After visiting Janet in her 'Control,' 'Rhythm Nation' and 'janet.' eras of '86, '90 & '93, we now find the pop icon rejecting her ever-growing bigness for something more personal and intimate. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Lina Morgan of the Song vs. Song podcast as we head past the 'Velvet Rope' and deep into one of Janet's richest and most rewarding eras, based around an album that underwhelmed commercially and critically but is now rightly considered perhaps her finest overall work. Check it out here and come back for one final look at the pop icon's peak run — in 2001, at her legacy peak — right before her 60th birthday this Saturday. Check out a YouTube playlist of Janet's biggest 1998 moments, all of which are discussed in the episode, here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjyxjlx5MpVBqA9Ho--37APhqO2E7JFxP&si=5DvQBrDIKb3ZrotM And make sure to subscribe to Song vs. Song here: https://www.patreon.com/songvssong And follow Lina on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/alinaisyou.bsky.social/post/3mlniu4vsys2e And if you enjoy the pod, please consider donating to the…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Unterberger

Guest: Lina Morgan

Topics covered

• Janet Jackson
• pop music
• 1998 music era
• album analysis
• music podcast
• pop stardom

Keywords

• Janet Jackson
• The Velvet Rope
• pop music
• 1998
• music podcast
• Lina Morgan
• album analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Billboard

Books & works: Control, Rhythm Nation, janet., The Velvet Rope

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