Amen Black man! God knew that we needed to fix our eyes on celebrating OUR fearless leader, MLK, Jr. in order to galvanize us into doing as our ancestors did. It’s been time for us to stop letting them distract us and gather and act for ourselves to reclaim our power! 🙏🏿✊🏿🙅🏿♀️✨
Listening to Thriller in 2026 is the equivalent of someone in 1982 listening to a song from 1939—the same 43-year time gap separates both eras.
When Thriller was released in November 1982, the musical landscape looked nothing like it does today. Looking 43 years into the past from 1982 takes you to 1939—a world of big bands, swing orchestras, jazz standards, and crooners, decades before modern pop production existed.
What makes Thriller remarkable is that it rarely feels as distant to modern listeners as music from 1939 felt to audiences in the 1980s. Produced by Quincy Jones, the album fused pop, rock, R&B, funk, and groundbreaking studio techniques into a sound that helped redefine popular music. Tracks such as Billie Jean, Beat It, and Thriller remain instantly recognizable across generations.
Its impact went far beyond the music itself. The album’s videos helped transform MTV and established the music video as a major artistic and commercial medium. The nearly 14-minute Thriller short film, directed by John Landis, blurred the line between music video and cinematic storytelling.
More than four decades later, Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, with estimated worldwide sales exceeding 70 million copies, a testament to its enduring influence on music and popular culture.
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Blue Ivy becomes the youngest person in history to ever walk the Met Gala red carpet at 14.
She was also the youngest person to win a Grammy in 2019 at age 7.
Get a sneak peek of “Costume Art!”
This exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the relationship between clothing and the body across time and cultures.
The Met Costume Institute's Spring exhibition opens in new Condé M. Nast galleries on May 10!