They huddled up in Michael’s private room in the back of the studio in spring ‘91, but ultimately their ideas failed to combine into a song Jackson was comfortable writing. Madonna seemed the obvious choice for a duet-sexuality is right in her artistic wheelhouse. Jackson had recruited Madonna’s help for a skeleton of a song called “In The Closet,” the title suggestive of concealed sexual orientation. So that’s what we were doing: watching movies, having dinner, hanging out, going to the Oscars, being silly, seeing if we could work." When you write with somebody, it’s a weird experience, you feel vulnerable and shy… To write songs together is a very intimate experience, like getting tossed into a juggernaut: ‘On your mark, get set, create!’ You have to get past these hurdles which are, ‘I want to impress this person, but will they think my ideas are stupid?’ You end up talking and gabbing and socializing, and you have to do that in order to get to the next level, to be creative. He wanted to get to know me, and I wanted to do the same. In a 2009 interview, Madonna told Rolling Stone that it was MJ’s idea to join forces on a track: Many fans perceived the pairing as a publicity stunt, but the two megastars had intended to create music that would last much longer than their brief dalliance. Yet within two weeks the couple had dissipated. Jackson and Madonna went out a few times in March and April 1991, most notably showing up to the Academy Awards together (pictured above) and sending tabloids into a frenzy. The most interesting of the album’s guest features, however, is Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, who lent her sultry voice to “In The Closet.” Though the track ultimately featured a princess, MJ originally hoped to enlist a different kind of royalty-pop queen Madonna. The LP represents a stylistic shift for Jackson, who crafted his new sound alongside collaborators Slash, Heavy D, Aqil Davidson, and new jack swing architect Teddy Riley. Michael Jackson’s eighth solo studio album Dangerous celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this week. The saga of MJ’s 1991 hit “In The Closet.”
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