I was 12 years old. I came home one day all pink with glee after buying Janet Jackson's newly released DVD, which featured all the music videos she'd recorded since her debut. It was a precious collection of some of the greatest dance videos in MTV history.
One of my childhood goals was to learn every dance move, every choreography in all of Janet's dance videos. I'd play the DVD in "slow motion mode" 1,236 times each day to study every step down to its last detail. That's how I learned to dance. And it was terribly fun.
Who would have guessed that 10 years later, I'd get to see the dancing queen perform live those same dance routines to stylish perfection in the Singapore Indoor Stadium?!
It was one of those dear diary moments - to watch this superstar sing all her number-one singles back-to-back in one high-energy, phenomenal concert. There was no space for unfamiliar songs; this was Janet Jackson's greatest hits tour and it featured all the melodies that her fans love her for. And, boy, did Ms Jackson kick ass.
The whole event brought about a great sense of nostalgia with songs that I fell in love with during my childhood days and dance routines that special memories are crafted of. We were on our feet throughout most of the electrifying 2-hour show, grooving and boogying to one timeless upbeat tune after another. Absolute fun.
Fans got to see the different sides of Ms Jackson through her songs. There was Party Janet in hits like Feedback, Pleasure Principle, Miss You Much, and Control. There was Playful Janet in numbers like Doesn't Really Matter, Escapade, Love Will Never Do and All For You. There was also Romantic Janet in mega ballads like Again, Let's Wait A While and That's The Way Love Goes, and Rocker Janet in hits like Scream, If and Rhythm Nation.
At 44 years of age, not only did Janet still look stunningly toned, she was also able to still pull off all those crazy dance routines in exactly the same standard as she did in her videos more than a decade ago. This is testament to just how awesome this music superstar is.
This was truly a dream come true. And I had a blast with every second of it.
