Michael Jackson is currently working on a new studio album. The new album has been in production since May of 2006 with Jackson having written songs since 2003. The as yet untitled album has been recorded in Dublin, Ireland and Las Vegas by Jackson and co-producers William "will.i.am" Adams[1] of The Black Eyed Peas, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins[2], Teddy Riley[3], Ron "Neff-U" Feemster[3], and many others.

will.i.am has described the upcoming album as an Off the Wall for today's generation.[4] Some of the work in progress includes up-tempo, dance-floor ready tunes and 'great melodies'.[3] Insiders on the project are describing the tracks as 'perfect pop songs'.[5]

The new album was expected to be released in late 2007[6], however a 2008 release is now anticipated as Jackson is currently recording tracks for the album and no singles have been released to date. On the 22nd of September 2007, Jackson checked in to the Clinton Recording Studio in New York City to work on more tracks for the upcoming album with will.i.am.[7]

Michael Jackson started recording the album in May of 2006 in Bahrain. In late 2006 he moved to the Grouse Lodge recording studio in Ireland where he met up with will.i.am.[8]

When first starting this project Jackson said in April of 2006: "I am very excited about my new venture and I am enjoying being back in the studio making music".[9]

will.i.am told journalists at the Cannes MidemNet conference in January of 2007: "Michael Jackson is working day and night on this great, great record. I heard and see him in the studio and he is creating a masterpiece. A lot of people in the industry are involved or want to be involved. From producers to marketing people. Before the year is over Michael Jackson is back on top of the charts".[10]

In October of 2006 Access Hollywood travelled to Grouse Lodge, which was described as a classic old Irish estate ouside Dublin; a stone manor built with a state of the art recording studio to conduct an informal interview with Jackson and will.i.am. When presenter Billy Bush questioned Jackson if this was him deciding to get back in to making music, he insisted that he had never stopped. When they discussed the music, Jackson explained that he likes to take sounds and put them under the microscope to manipulate the character of them. Jackson indicated that this music was something completely new and something no one has ever done before. They also discussed the possibility of making this new album a sequel to his 1982 album Thriller.[10]

In January of 2007, Jackson relocated to "The Studio" at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas so that meeting up with producers and musicians for the album would be less strenuous.[11] Since then, despite taking many trips to Japan and London, it is believed that Jackson has recorded over 100 songs for the album. During the recording of Invincible Jackson recorded more than 100 songs and short listed 20-30 songs for the album.[12] will.i.am recently stated in an interview with Times Online, "Having 12 songs on a record? That day is done" and he expressed an interest in having over a hundred songs on his next studio album, Songs About Girls.[13] It is unknown how many songs will appear on Jackson's new album or if he will adopt the same album philosophy as will.i.am

"He hasn't made up his mind about whether a Vegas show is in the cards for him," his rep, Raymone Bain, told us. "He's been in the studio since November [2006] working on his music. He's been presented with various proposals. A Vegas show isn't a priority". "He's in Las Vegas now. He's pretty grounded in Vegas. It's very convenient for producers and songwriters to get to him. He's worked there before. He's been recording with producers Rodney Jerkins, will.i.am and Neff-U".[2]

However, Jackson doesn't have a record deal. Says Bain: "He's finalizing distribution arrangements".[2]

It has been confimed that Jackson will appear on the cover of the Italian magazine Vogue, wit

Its close to midnight and something evils lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
Youre paralyzed
Chorus
cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no ones gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know its thriller, thriller night
Youre fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

2nd verse
You hear the door slam and realize theres nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if youll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin up behind
Youre out of time

Chorus
cause this is thriller, thriller night
There aint no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know its thriller, thriller night
Youre fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight

Bridge
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
Theres no escapin the jaws of the alien this time
(theyre open wide)
This is the end of your life

3rd verse
Theyre out to get you, theres demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night Ill save you from the terror on the screen,
Ill make you see
Chorus
That this is thriller, thriller night
cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight

(rap performed by vincent price)
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize yawls neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpses shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller

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