LOS ANGELES — A new Michael Jackson music video is hitting the Internet preceding the release of a posthumous Jackson album. The video, previewed by the Associated Press, debuts at midnight Thursday on worldwide Web sites, including MichaelJackson.com, said Jackson estate co-administrator John Branca.
It showcases Jackson’s duet with Akon, “Hold My Hand,” recorded before the superstar’s 2009 death. It’s the first single release from the 10-song CD “Michael,” releasing Dec. 14.
The hyperkinetic, 4 1/2-minute video shows Jackson in concert, Akon singing and dancing, and sentimental scenes of children, families and old people holding hands and a woman weeping.
The song opens with the prescient line, “This life don’t last forever…So tell me what we’re waiting for…Hold my hand.”
