Afterglow || Michael Jackson
Bad era [1988]afterglow/ˈɑːftəɡləʊ/nounLight or radiance remaining in the sky after the sun has set.Michael Jackson's renowned Bad World Tour is underway, spanning the globe and mesmerising hundreds of thousands of fans.The crew occupy the 'before'. The warm-ups, the preparations, the rehearsals.The audience exist in the 'during'. The spectacle, the music, the energy.But when the electricity fizzles out and the stage lights fade, who holds him in the 'after'?Nobody ever cares for the comedown. For the excessive, palpable post-concert adrenaline he cannot contain. For his overthinking mind, overcome with insomnia.Nobody ever cares, until she does.She who stays when the spectacle becomes the ordinary. When the King of Pop dissolves into Michael.She who is there in the haze of the afterglow.Highest Rankings:#1 in icon#1 in 1988#2 in wembley#2 in afterglow…








