Gen Z vs Millennials Relive Michael Jackson's Superbowl Performance

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We thought it'd be interesting to see gen z's reaction to this performance vs. Millennials. Michael Jackson's iconic superbowl performance left some of us speechless, and some asleep. Check out our react and reactions!
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[@LulyRockerBabe65]

You guys obviously weren't around at the time to make such STUPID SARCADTIC comments as you made. Show respect to the man for his showmanship and for Carl g about people. Grow up!!!

[@thebasementboys3178]

WE GOTTA GROW UP

[@kattt_777]

I agree

[@BasicTruth1109]

Exactly! What they don't understand is that Michael patience and never lipsinced. Although tracks were played behind he actually sang

[@BasicTruth1109]

@@thebasementboys3178 Just to enlightened you all, no disrespect intended, but check the records, Michael refused to lipsync. He was a perfectionist. His hair was transplanted because of the accident with the Pepsi commercial

[@thairaism]

Agree

[@ARationalHindu]

He was the man who started all these trends! 💯✔️

[@lamargames3940]

Yes 💯

[@larubia-se5800]

Y'all newbies need to remember Michael was severely burned on part of his head & hospitalized 4 months w/ painful skin grafts so he has a partial hair extention over the burn patch. He then opened multiple burn hospitals around the world. 🎶💞

[@joychuasihan12]

I feel like y'all shouldn't joke about the allegations if you haven't done your research on them. if you actually do ur research, he would find out he was innocent. a shame what people did to him

[@aleksandrayancheva1473]

MJ could just stay there for 10 min and people will continue screaming. This is the impact he had on people. He didn't even have to perform- people still went mad seeing him! He was dining with Princesses, Princes, Prime-ministers and Presidents. He was simply just something else.

[@batoullamouri3699]

The 1st song y'all didnt know is called Jam. He made a really fun music video of it with Michael Jordan.

[@kindsplash21]

I hope yall dont believe the allegations their were lies and it has been proven over and over again also this is the best halftime because he brought the halftime back to life this had over millions watching just for the halftime and not even the game itself I'm just telling yall his whole point was to help heal the world and also thriller is not something he plays unless it's at one if his concerts lol

[@lmmjm10377]

Exactly and don’t forget he was cleared innocent in a court of law on ALL 14 counts and after a 10 years investigation by the FBI and repeat a 10 YEARS INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI. They found NOTHING REALLY NOTHING to this day that he harmed anyone. They haunted him more then any criminal in America. So please don’t believe everything you read or hear btw I’m no saying "BELIEVE IN MJs INNOCENCE NOW!!!" I just want to say RESEARCH and EDUCATE yourself before you judge or believe anything. If you really don’t know anything about it watch "Square one" on KZbin or Amazon Prime it’s a wonderful doc with only fact and evidence about the first false allegations. Great reaction ❤️

[@kindsplash21]

@@lmmjm10377 of course the allegations is false I'm surprised people still believe that documentary he was and still is innocent

[@lmmjm10377]

@@kindsplash21 I know it’s fucking sad but the truth will always be on Mj side no matter what they try and also think many people opened the eyes and see what the media have done to Michael

[@kindsplash21]

@@lmmjm10377 yes that's true hopefully people stop believing what the media says

[@maryammure5151]

The best Superbowl halftime show of all time. Holy shit. Epic. MJ for life ♥️

[@SarahAli-oc8hy]

Agree, anything MJ touched turned gold.. sad how he was treated by the sick, jealous, greedy music industry and media

[@Milkers777]

Truly The Greatest Music Artist To Ever Live & The Greatest Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance Ever!🙌🏽👑❤️🔥✨💯

[@oemisc2880]

"There's so many amazing dancers in the world. They're so talented, great at dancing, but for some reason they'll never hit the same as what this guy puts up on stage" -- 100% Yes! It's immense talent plus that undefinable secret sauce. I think a big factor to his showmanship, ie the secret to his magic, was that he was also a visual artist, sketch artist, drummer (not many know this as he didn't do it much publicly, but that's him on drums for his song Morphine), and beatboxer (you can hear him beatboxing in some of his songs) hence he had the eye for what looked good, the ear for what sounded good and the impeccable timing to groove in precise beat. He was a choreographer himself, but his way of dancing was not by counting moves, but by feeling the music hence he was always loose on stage and could step in and out of choreography any time he felt like it. To think he had No formal dance lessons and he didn't read or write musical notes either. On top of all that, he had business/marketing acumen and was also like world leader level intelligent. In short, talent and genius.

[@gabrielvalerianomanalang]

We're simple humans. We see Michael Jackson, we clicked and subscribed. More Mj reactions pls

[@callmeagentm7340]

No one can 🔝 this superbowl performance.

[@zyoteesunuwar4825]

Michael Jackson not only saved MTV from fading away, he even saved the Superbowl halftime show from fading away too. The Superbowl before this was suffering from ratings and audiences once, they signed MJ, this Superbowl half time shows 1993 became one of the most-watched shows on American television history. And started the tradition of signing big acts that continues today. Also, the amounts raised or the amount Jackson was paid for the event went to charity. I swear MJ doesn't get enough credit for his contributions or changing games and my generation takes him for granted. 😒

[@bjornsantens9030]

So true

[@globalcitizenn]

I feel sad when MJ is reduced to his showmanship alone.. the last part of the show was the most important of all. MJ cared about children in a way the whole world should care about children. It is such a shame that false allegations by greedy & entitled narcissists have cast such a shadow over the most important part of who he was. You guys need to watch MJ Humanitarian- the documentary. It will blow you away.

[@242shai]

I agree 100%.

[@josecolon2490]

Definitely more Michael Jackson reactions! He’s the real GOAT! I highly recommend you react to the Bad short film. He set all trends and inspired generations of artists

[@elizabethsestina7828]

Only Michael can do this, the king of pop, the greatest entertainer of all time alived. The most watched super bowl performance. I miss you Michael.

[@supriakalirai103]

Now this is quality content

[@EleganceFox]

Michael Jackson fire in his prime

[@Milkers777]

He was always in his prime that’s why he’s The Greatest Music Artist To Ever Live The Full Package Truly The Ming Of Music!🙌🏽👑❤️🔥✨

[@batoullamouri3699]

This wasnt even his prime. Shows how incredible he was.

[@xorsey4411]

@@batoullamouri3699 yup such an entertainer

[@deondraemorris7603]

@@batoullamouri3699 facts he already did pass his prime and was still going

[@batoullamouri3699]

If y'all want to see MJ live in his prime, watch his bad tour, live in yokohama or even live in wembley. So good. Man in the Mirror live in Bucharest from the dangerous tour is incredible too

[@rabailkhan7845]

MJ IS A King FOREVER ❤❤

[@BenBen-qj7ui]

That second part was genius. The whole world is watching, switch up and send a real message.

[@joychuasihan12]

Justice for Michael Jackson.

[@kirpal15]

this is some elon musk lizard people on mars level video guys

[@RMLStyle]

I enjoyed the first part. The end was absolutely beautiful and had a real message for the world and then you guys just started rambling. It was as if all of you guys were refusing to take it in and actually feel it. I wonder how your reaction would be if you didn’t. I think it would be very different🤍

[@environmentalvid1]

You guys have to react to MJ's 1995 MTV music awards performance. It is at the peak of his dancing abilities. It's absolutely insane.

[@immawatching2608]

I laughed so hard at the part where the second guy was like so impressed he just started talking nonsense about breathing on animals or something! LOL! Great reactions guys. Do more MJ reactions please. He was such an amazing performer.

[@thebasementboys3178]

Thank you SO MUCH. We'll def make more, come check out our stream on Fridays sometime :)

[@aleksandrayancheva1473]

What you have to understand is may be Gen Z will not be impressed by the show having all of these technologies and effects nowadays BUT Gen Z if you go back in time you will see that before Michael Jackson singers/artists were having videos like "singing in front of microphone with a color wallpaper as a background". Michael Jackson introduced the video making that we have nowadays (or as he called them "short movies". Each music video tells a story if you pay attention. He invented this) . He was the innovator, the pioneer, the "this has never been done before", added the choreographies in shows with dancers and so much more. Also he was a humanitarian - he had donated more than 500 million throughout his career/life to charity. He cared about the children, the planet, war's impact, global warming even before it was a trending topic. What he has done to the music industry and to the world is absolutely impressive. Music wouldn't be in the same place without his innovations. If you see "Smooth Criminal live performance in Berlin" you will understand more. He was literally giving the audience a copy of the music video. No one did that before him. New generation of artists cannot do this - sing live, dance like him and just put on an amazing show. 99.9% of today's singers will be death and out of breath after the 2nd song. You have to appreciate the energy of this man.He was out-worldly and one of a kind. Today's music sucks and many many people go back and listed to the 80s , 90s or 2000s music just to remember what good music is about. And people miss quality music.

[@theoppositionconsumer8916]

Michael had inflamed lungs so that’s why he really couldn’t sing live

[@goldencherry9033]

Also, the stadium is too open to be able to hear the vocals properly and would’ve caused loads of reverb so he’d have been singing and the sound echo back at him making it hard to do live. If it was his concert then the staging, speakers etc would have been able to be set up, but obviously had to be temporary fixtures to allow the match to happen. Others have performed live since, but it depends where in the stadium the stage is, how enclosed it is, and also just the fact that it all became a bigger deal since Michael did it and made it an international musical event, so people have upped the importance of it. Plus Michael never shied away from lip-syncing if it was to the benefit of the overall performance which I’ve always been fine with. It’s not like he’s ever had anything to prove vocally since we’ve heard him sing live thousands of time over the years and know he’s a saaaaanger!

[@JKG_tv]

He used the performance to speak about the world problems such as racism, this is why he didnt really perform big hits after billie jean...

[@mherequiron6373]

The legendary now and then the one and only king of pop🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏💕mjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@justice7450]

The biggest person in history

[@Gremory2459]

He didn't lip sync pure talent

[@Marshall_Lee_Morningstar]

Michael Jackson is the king of music. now bend the knee.

[@lukaszmerdzik9046]

I have been entertained

[@lilianahramirez863]

Grandiosoooo Michael es talento arte belleza armonía jamás habrá alguien como el y tan sensible el mundo no lo merecía sin dudas 👑👑💔😭

[@danimalwonderpants2123]

This was fun y’all! React to the Grammys 1988 or the VMAs 1995 next! Both are great performances

[@mjfreaklove]

Michael - Connecting ALL generations!!!

[@andreadeamon6419]

My late father only listened to country and bluegrass. He would once in a while come ask me about videos on mtv since at that time there was only 1 tv in the home. He loved dreams from van Halen (because of the planes - he would haul butt if he heard the music) but once he seen this performance and prince - he said they were his favorites. If i wasn't sitting down - i would've passed out!! (He was in the air force and worked on the planes)

[@patriciacloix71]

King of Music performance top du top génie bête de scène le meilleur artiste complet interplanétaire love mj merci à vous reaction

[@dsharm5]

legend!!

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo]

JAM!!!!!! ONE BEST SONGS THAT WAS NOT A SINGLE!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@natashakus4418]

The head of superbowl said he had to lipsync he didn’t want to lipsync he was still singing even though he had to lipsync

[@jay_kay_kas4470]

The best reactions

[@Graceaugust10]

MJ literally raised the frequency of the world that day...🥰🥰🥰🥰💥

[@elizabethgomes5562]

O maior artista de todos os tempos ❤️ King of Pop forever 👑👑👑

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo]

Michael voice was deep AF!!! THE FAKE MIC vs REAL Mic was FUNNY AF!!! That is amazing the crowd did that card flip .I was little when this came out so don't remember the entire performance.

[@zenam986]

can you guys react to michael jackson pettiest moments pleass

[@thebasementboys3178]

Yes we can! Come by next Friday on twitch 👍

[@zenam986]

@@thebasementboys3178 are yall gonne post it on yt

[@thebasementboys3178]

will do! make sure you hit the subscribe :)

[@Asr203.]

I wouldn’t subscribe to you making fun of such talent! And your stupidity! You act like children. Grow up!

[@Asr203.]

You guys can stay in the basement. That’s all you can afford. If that!

[@carolinabajardo1364]

Mj please please react man in the mirror live Bucharest please more more more mj

[@CosmicTraveler1901]

My only complaint about this performance... The camera work is horrible! It’s zoomed out when it should be a close up shot, zoomed in when it should be an up close

[@lilianahramirez863]

Michael en todo su esplendor único maravilloso irrepetible ICÓNICO 👑👋👋🌍🇦🇷2021Rey del Pop forever

[@TennesseeYaya]

LEGEND

[@bigd8452]

MJ the ONLY GOAT in music history, RIP KING

[@nenabunena]

The gen zs look older than the millennials

[@k2d10tode11]

First song : Jam second: Bellie Jean Third: Balck or White Fourth: We are the world Fifth: Heal the World

[@mrunknown164]

Why that old dude reacts like a kid and the gen z dude had a proper reaction lol

[@itsjustnaima]

I first liked this reaction. When heal the world started,I disliked. These "jokes" aren't jokes,sorry.

[@paulavankrevelen702]

Fabulous ❤️

[@jejd9092]

11:29 u really said the weekends better 🤦🏽‍♂️ u need to see michael jackson in his prime but anyway the weekends performance is far below this mj is the king of pop

[@nabeelwilliams877]

Fr The Weeknd is a microscopic crumb compared to MJ 👑

[@deondraemorris7603]

Someone should know not to ever ever ever ever ever compare no one to Michael his Career started when he was 5 years old ain’t nobody today started their career that young when kids his age was in school, playing with toys, and going out while he made hit after hit his whole career weekend or nobody got sh*t on him

[@chelsea9641]

Lol the weekend took his inspiration from MJ it’s clear that these guys don’t know anything and just be saying stuff.

[@patinho5589]

I’m sure if you had listened to the music at the end you’d have enjoyed it. It was very emotional.. if being immersed in it rather than all the banter jokes. I honestly don’t know that was so funny.

[@emilyleask5849]

Do more mj pls

[@hakimdiffelah3310]

you shoud react to MICHAEL JACKSON 1995 mtv music awards performance

[@gto0188]

I still wondered how he appears on top of the thinhs and then on stage

[@Azza.10]

They're body doubles

[@Sudhirjairam130687]

4:40 sec 😂😂😂😂😂 a official mj error

[@AngelicTroubleMaker-LaVooDoo]

Actually it was a white blouse, white t-shirt, and picked up the black hat🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He moves effortless HIS Dancing is like breathing to us.

[@Azza.10]

More MJ, please. But I think it was sad to see some guy trying to poke fun about MJ being in the centre of kids. It's just clear he/they don't know about the case but will still say something anyway. If someone accused you of something, you wouldn't want me or anyone saying like, “oh, this is not right, you being around kids.” It's proven the accusers are liars and extortionists. MJ was the victim, not the criminal, as proven. Found not guilty on all 14 counts. Accusers cases made no sense, and stories where changing and basically laughed off by the court

[@chelsea9641]

These people won’t do the research that’s what’s sad. Truly brainwashed

[@aaronatkinson3050]

I didn't know Michael performed at super bowls

[@Noel-cz3sl]

He changed the way Super Bowl halftime shows are, before his performance, halftimes were so much different, after his performance we got concert like shows

[@zyoteesunuwar4825]

He is the reason why the Superbowl halftime show even became a thing. They were fading away just like MTV in the 80s but Michael Jackson saved them from fading away.

[@skellzzed8255]

That's how it started

[@emilyleask5849]

And the thing is although this was a good performance it doesn’t even match up to some of his other stuff. React to billie Jean at Wembley 1988

[@mysticamoreli9627]

Watch and learn , children of the corn 🌽

[@andreadeamon6419]

Have to render he does a lot of - noises with his microphone - he's done it since off the wall. A bigger microphone won't give him what he needs and the freedom to move around. A friend of mine is a professional singer and we talked about all of this

[@zino618]

Wbu do the gen z look like the millennials and the millennials look like gen z

[@mrironlunglungzielungzietv6697]

Jam was first tune

[@emmanuele.3885]

you were all short for words 12:56

[@revushriram]

Where is the clown (Chris), he's not there?

[@thairaism]

Sorry had to dislike cause of the constant silly comments especially towards the end. Don't disrespect the King without knowing the shitt he went through. You guys obviously don't know how much shitt he went through with the false allegations and the war with the media/ music industry for speaking out against them (and over him owning half of the Sony catalogue/ATV and refusing to sell, he even wanted to give back full rights to black artists of their catalogues). His illnesses (no he never turned white and he had vitiligo and lupus) he was always a proud black man, he burnt his head in early 80s and had to wear wigs, yes he had his first nose job like every other celeb but because of lupus dead tissue would build up and he would have to keep going back to remove it, not because he wanted to. On top of all that the mental and physical abuse from his father calling him ugly, and the tabloids photshopping his images to fit their narrative even though he was one of the most handsome men etc. He was the most successful and famous man ever after Jesus which came with the price of being the most targeted by greedy and jealous elites (hence the allegations and bullying to try bring him down yet they failed), any other celeb in his place wouldn't have lasted but he fought them till the end like a warrior. He was a pioneer, song writer, musical genius, greatest entertainer, innovator, humanitarian, so global even tribes knew/ know him, first black man played on MTV and paved the way for other.. I can keep going about his acheivements/ records. If you watch him in 80s Bad tour and early 90s Dangerous tour, all were sung live whilst dancing, he only started using play back in History tour when he was late 30s, and obviously he had to because of aging, illness and dancing full on. He had inflamed lungs here so had to use playback. No need for your sarcastic comments. He had been singing live and dancing since the age of 5. Also if it weren't for him and the shitt he went through non of your faves (who all look up to him and know/ say he is the greatest like Bruno, Weeknd, Beyonce, Usher, Chris Brown, Neyo, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, many others.. even the thuggish hip hop artists) today would be here. Celebs today are babied by the industry and if the music industry was to turn on them they turn to drugs and wouldn's survive. Respect the King and do your research on him before you open your judgemental immature mouths! If you do more reactions to him respectfully I will watch and subscribe! Cheers!

[@Winnib7479]

This is why the wo

[@albertross6592]

You tube should ban you guys PERIOD!!!

[@jojojojojo9806]

Please react to Wembley 88 Human nature 🤗

[@roziko5311]

Can you please react to Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - Dangerous Tour 1992 - Remastered 4K Bro, trust me you won't forget it! Check... ☮️

[@almighty0.]

no some body edit it you have to watch oringinal

[@Carmelmen1]

I was 2 y.o.

[@injailoutsoon1998]

Four clowns!!

[@adamachmad2106]

The guy with glasses was not a fan 😅

[@SarahAli-oc8hy]

You guys need to do some research on MJ before you make some comments.. dislike!!

[@chelsea9641]

The ignorance in this video…… That’s why I can’t take y’all seriously you said the weekends better But I guarantee this is the only MJ video you have watched 🤨 Oh and by the way if you don’t know anything about the allegations you shouldn’t talk.

[@jasminachebrenski8490]

Please don't react on MJ videos again 😒 your comments are very rude ... MJ has billions fans out there and they are watching this , and this is not good for you guys. And about "allegations" ... well , i am sure that you have time to do a little research before you say something , we all saw everything , all lies and fabricated stories ... this is very tragic !

[@renearroyo7530]

For this, You have only 220 subs🤷‍♂️

[@didigreen473]

The GenZ guy is so annoying boy if youre bored dont come to watch in the first place if youre gonna disrespect by not participating in the commentary or look down on your phone like- go home bish 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@MNohrLarsen]

At pause nr 45 even an MJ fan as I stopped watching.

[@globalcitizenn]

Coz you only care about superficial things

[@onealwashington684]

Too much talking and stopping.

[@Winnib7479]

You guy's joke about serious issues in this world, you obviously don't have kids . I hope the rest of your generation is more mature and socially conscience than you are.

[@vminajj1267]

I think Michael is the greatest entertainer of all time without a doubt but this isn’t the best Super Bowl performance of all time. Beyoncé and Bruno 2016 or prince was the the best Rest In Peace King of pop

[@thebasementboys3178]

Diana Ross had a crazy one!!

[@theoppositionconsumer8916]

It’s ONE of the best

[@Milkers777]

This is definitely The Best Super Bowl Performance Of All Time! You’re Tripping🙌🏽👑🔥❤️💯

[@vminajj1267]

@@Milkers777 mj is my favorite artist ever but this isn’t the best. The begging was spectacular it became overwhelming at the end. Too much was going on. Michael is still the number one best pop star ever and the blue print and the most talented but his Super Bowl was not the best. Prince & Beyoncé and Bruno (2016) was better

[@Milkers777]

@@vminajj1267 WRONG!!! It’s 1)Michael Jackson 2)Katy Perry🎯💯