Five years after his death, Michael Jackson was brought back to life via hologram last night at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards.
Donning a gold jacket and red trousers, the King of Pop performed his Timbaland produced new song “Slave To The Rhythm” off his posthumous “Xscape” album.
It took nearly six months to plan and develop the performance, according to Billboard. “We’ve been talking about it for the last five months and while we were talking about it they were still inventing the process,” says BBMA director and producer Larry Klein. “It was really strange talking about something that did not exist.”
Watch Michael Jackon’s hologram performance below.
Jackson’s hologram performance drew in a mixed reaction from fans and critics on Twitter. Check out some of the feedback below.
That new Michael Jackson sing is creepy. The man is dead, let him rest in peace.
— Ondo Lady (@ondolady) May 19, 2014
This Michael Jackson thing is cool but I think it’s disrespectful. The man’s dead, let him rest in peace. Why have CGI MJs “perform”? #BBMAs
— PHΔRΔOH (@NikolaiJericho) May 19, 2014
So they never gonna let Michael Jackson rest in peace huh? Just gonna keep capitalizing off him. A hologram for what??
— Alaias Lani (@MariGetBillions) May 19, 2014
that michael jackson hologram performance was so cool last night & i enjoyed it being an mj fan myself
— #RachelForUGirlAug16 (@madamemahone) May 19, 2014
I enjoyed Michael Jackson performance doe it just gave me an eery feeling
— IG @ darealjaz (@MyLifeAsJaz) May 19, 2014
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