Lauri Pihlap

Singer/Songwriter/Performer

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

ᴍɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟ ᴊᴏꜱᴇᴘʜ ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ
(𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟾 – 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟸𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿)
👑 🐐 ♾️ 🩵

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@kingofboybands "It Makes Me Ill" should've been a single. IMO it could have been a HIT on the rnb charts. Kandi & She'kspere were huge songwriters/producers at that time and the track was and still is.🔥🔥🔥

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@HoodieShawnn Jesus Tapdancing Christ!What is going on?I'm watching from the other side of the world,as a fan of basketball and NBA and I'm lost for words.This is HORRIBLE.I know that the Knicks as a team have nothing to do with this.I was actually rooting for them.But... THIS? WTF IS THIS?

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@LakeShowYo Pathetic. Just SAD...

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

👂❗️❗️❗️

[Nikki Romero @NikkerCole]

She’s an Attorney. I’ve never heard anyone explain this from a legal standpoint this beautifully before. Brought me to tears because she so clearly removed any ability for anyone to say otherwise. Period

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@KiraJW Anyway...I don't understand people who don't get the fact that 'NSYNC had paid their dues and were already DOING it before the JT&Britney thing.Their debut album sold 15 mil globally.JT was HIM. What is so hard to understand? 🙂

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@KiraJW ...of Boyz II Men.Shawn does the more breathy runs and falsetto (like JT) and Wanya is a belting tenor (like JC).

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

Beautiful.

[Ram Gopal Varma @RGVzoomin]

I HATE MICHAEL

After watching MICHAEL film , my memory went back to that horrible day June 25 th , 2009 when I slept late with the television still murmuring like a ghost in the darkness of my room , and as I groggily woke up in the morning and my eyes went to the screen to see those terrible white letters against black: “Michael Jackson is Dead.”
For several long seconds,this must be a nightmare, I thought. Why the hell would I even dream something so horrible? But the banner on the tv stayed and the news ticker kept crawling.

I reached out to the remote and started switching channels and all anchors were speaking with the same solemn gravity , and I finally realised the impossible had happened.

Back in my engineering college days in Vijayawada, on January 2nd 1984 , a friend dragged me into a dingy video parlour, insisting I had to see something. The lights got switched off, and then THRILLER hit me like a punch in the gut
It was not just a song or a dance. It was an invasion.
My eyes, conditioned by a lifetime of mediocrity were violently pried open. The production, the choreography, the seamless ecstasy blended into one single divine entity .. it was spectacle on a level I had never imagined possible and at the centre of that storm was him.
MICHAEL JACKSON
He didn’t move like a human being. He glided, he exploded , he floated, he commanded the screen like a supernatural entity who just entered a human body for a few minutes of absolute dominance. I walked out of that parlour in a complete daze, my heart racing, my mind reeling. This cannot be a real person. He has to be GOD or the least a fantasy sculpted by the gods to bless us mortals on Earth.
Every subsequent music video of his only raised the bar higher. Beat It. Billie Jean. Smooth Criminal. Black or White. Remember the Time. Bad to name a few
Each one was a brand New Testament and
In every song picturisation discussion I’ve had in my career whether with my team or other directors we always circled back to his videos
His work became an unreachable benchmark, a constant source of both inspiration and humility.
And yes like I said , It was never just the dance. never just the voice. It was always the aura.
That man was like a gravitational force not subject to control

The scandals? The controversies? They never bothered me. They were background noise. What he gave my senses and my soul far outweighed anything a human court or a tabloid magazine could ever throw at him.
To me, he was either God or God’s special creation and that is exactly why I hate him.
I hate Michael Jackson for dying.
I hate him for proving that even he was human
I hate that he too needed oxygen and blood like the rest of us.
I hate that his heart could stop beating too.
I hate that I lived long enough to see those words on CNN: “Michael Jackson’s body sent to Mortuary.”
He back stabbed me.
He betrayed my fantasy.
He left heaven and became mortal.
I hate you, Michael, for turning my dream into a nightmare
And i love you.
I love you more than I can express in words
Wherever you are now, in whatever dimension, I am sure you are moonwalking across galaxies, creating space storms, with a brilliance which even the stars cannot contain.

And I will carry that daze you gave me in that Vijayawada video parlour till i die 🙏🙏🙏

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@BillBottrell @BrightenedGloom @RollingStone 😃 Yes! We see you mr. Bottrell! 🤝🙏

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

👑

[World Music Awards @WORLDMUSICAWARD]

‘Thriller’, the World's best-selling Album of All time by #MichaelJackson, the King of Pop, is back in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 at #7 with 45k units sold, up 425% after the huge success of 'MICHAEL' which scored the biggest Box Office Debut for a Biopic in history! 'Thriller' topped the Billboard 200 for 37 weeks in 1983-84, the most weeks at No. 1 ever for an album by a singular artist!🧟 🐺🌕✨🔝💰💿🐐7⃣🔙🇺🇸👑🐐🤍

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

👑♾️✌️

[chart data @chartdata]

Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' to re-enter the Billboard 200 at #7 with 43K units this week following 'Michael' movie (via @HITSDD).

Its highest rank since 2022.

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

Lauri Pihlap filmist "Michael": näitlejate valik filmi on õnnestunud sajaprotsendiliselt

Täna, R2 Hommikus.
Aitäh kutsumast, Bert Järvet ja Margus Kamlat !
"MICHAEL" on kinodes! Minge vaatama!
https://t.co/TEr0h86ooe #ERR

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

Justin Bieber's Coachella show was GREAT.Vocally absolutely on point,delivering emotional performances from the very beginning.The Youtube segment was BEAUTIFUL.Him singing with his 12 y.o.self got me teary eyed.I'm glad u're still here.People love u Biebs! RESPECT! #coachella

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

👏👏👏

[liz ﾒ𝘰 @liveftvault]

Rocky always been on the right side of history. “The media killed Michael Jackson (…) He couldn’t do anything. He was a man full of joy. He gave joy to the world but he couldn’t enjoy life because of the scrutiny.”

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@DonnyHokuto ...and Janet sang background vocals on "(And She Said) Take Me Now" off Justin's debut album "Justified" (2002).

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

TÄNA, KELL 20:00!

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@Jtsbae69 Indeed, FACTS. And... the fact that "Blindness" and "Electric Lady" were BONUS TRACKS on "2 of 2" , still makes me laugh. Any other rnb artist would've released those joints as singles. Don't get me started on "Don't Hold the Wall" and "Let the Groove Get In" from pt.1... 🤦‍♂️

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@DayOneNicole Same thing with "Everything I Thought It Was". Great album. But it seems to be cool to disrespect one of THE ELITE artists of the last 30 years. Pure insanity. I get mad just thinking about it.

[Lauri Pihlap @lauripihlap]

@DayOneNicole Underrated. Misunderstood. The album was and is 🔥. The JT hate, since like 2017 is absolutely insane, horrible, unfair, ridiculous...