This episode: Michael Jackson!

- (FBE) Today, we're actually going to be showing you

a medley of some of the greatest hits

from one of the biggest pop stars of all time.

- Okay.

- Oh god.

I don't like pop because it's not real music.

- ♪ She was more like a beauty queen ♪

- What is his name?

- Michael Jackson?

- Yes! Michael Jackson!

- Michael Jackson! Yes!

- I should have known it's Michael Jackson.

- Yeah, he is definitely one of the greatest people.

- ♪ People always told me ♪

- (singing along) ♪ Be careful what you do ♪

♪ And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts ♪

- I love Michael Jackson.

- ♪ Billie Jean is not my lover (ooh!) ♪

♪ She's just a girl who claims that I am the one ♪

- Ooh, the dance moves are so great.

- ♪ ...the kid is not my son ♪

- I miss Michael Jackson.

- ♪ Just beat it (beat it) ♪

- Ooh, "Beat It." This is good.

- ♪ No one wants to be defeated ♪

♪ Showin' how funky and strong is your fight ♪

♪ It doesn't matter who... ♪ - How does he do it?

- (singing along) - ♪ Just beat (beat it) ♪

♪ Beat it (beat it) ♪

♪ No one wants to be defeated (oh, no) ♪

♪ Showin' how funky... ♪ - What are they even talking about?

- Yes!

- ♪ It doesn't matter who's wrong... ♪ - This is great.

People need to make music like this now.

- More!

- ♪ So let me hold you tight... ♪

- Oh, this is one of his most popular one.

- I really like this song.

- "Thriller." - ♪ 'Cause this thriller ♪

- I used to be very scared of this.

- We did this song for my Halloween festival at school.

- (singing along) ♪ Thriller, thriller night ♪

- ♪ 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare ♪

- Mm-mm, yeah! Love it!

- ♪ So let me hold you tight ♪

♪ And share a killer thriller (ow!) ♪

- This is another one that I really, really like.

- I think that it's really cool that people are still listening to it

and still dancing to it.

- ♪ We are here to change the... ♪

- Oh, this is Captain EO. - ♪ Change the world ♪

- I saw that at Disneyland once.

- ♪ Change the world ♪ - I haven't heard this song yet.

- All right, I've actually never heard this one.

- What is happening?

- Yeah, I have no idea what this song is.

It looks like it's space.

♪ (funky synthpop) ♪

- Oh! Whew!

- (FBE) That was part of Captain EO, that used to be at Disneyland.

- Oh. (laughing)

Michael Jackson had something at Disneyland?

- ♪ They say the sky's the limit ♪

♪ And to me that's really true ♪

♪ But my friend... ♪ - He's jumping over the turnstiles.

I don't think that's allowed.

- ♪ Because I'm bad (I'm bad) ♪

- Yeah, I-- oh my god. This brings back so many memories.

- (singing along) ♪ I'm bad, I'm bad ♪

- ♪ And the whole world has to answer right now ♪

♪ Just to tell you once again ♪

♪ Who's bad ♪

- Who's bad?!

- I love his dance moves. It's great.

- ♪ Annie, are you okay ♪

♪ So, Annie, are you okay ♪

♪ Are you okay, Annie ♪

♪ You've been hit by... ♪

- Now it looks like he's part of the mafia.

- All his music videos are so interesting.

- ♪ You've been hit by ♪

♪ You've been hit by ♪ - Oh my gosh!

That was cool.

- ♪ You've been hit by ♪ - (singing along) ♪ A smooth criminal ♪

- ♪ Ow! ♪

- I was gonna go as him for Halloween once.

- There's so much going on.

- What is it with him and his big dance?

- Oh, the moonwalk. That was cool.

- That was actually pretty cool, how he spinned the hat and he's like...

- ♪ Don't tell me you agree with me ♪

♪ When I saw you kicking... ♪ - Ooh, his hair looks angelic.

- Oh, it's on the Statue of Liberty.

- ♪ But if you're thinkin' about my baby ♪

♪ It don't matter if you're black or white ♪

- Oh yeah, this was a good message.

I remember this.

- ♪ But if you're thinkin' about my baby ♪

♪ It don't matter... ♪

- I like this video especially because it's like all over the world.

- This is something that a really cheesy boy band would do,

like One Direction.

- They're all great, They're all catchy,

and they all have a really great meaning.

- ♪ Do you remember the time ♪ - Yeah!

- ♪ When we fell in love ♪

♪ Do you remember... ♪

- Love the Egyptian feel.

- ♪ Do you remember the time ♪

- I've heard this song before, I just didn't know who it was by.

- ♪ Girl, remember the time ♪

♪ Remember, my baby ♪

♪ Remember the time (woo!) ♪

- Why does he look like a doll, kind of?

His skin, it's weird, like he put so much stuff over it.

- His face just gets weirder and weirder,

like the nose just gets... errrr.

- ♪ You are not alone ♪

♪ You are not alone ♪

♪ I am here with you ♪

- He looks like a doll.

- ♪ I am here with you ♪

- Ah! No, please.

- Is that him?

How is that him?

- ♪ Though you're far apart ♪ - He's so pale.

- ♪ I am here to stay ♪

- This is like one of these songs

where you take your flashlight out and you're like...

- ♪ In my heart ♪

- (laughing) He's just like...

- ♪ Though we're far apart ♪ - That's so angelic.

- ♪ You're always in my heart ♪

- He can hold his breath for such a long time.

- I have to say, that's better than Beyoncé,

and that's-- I can't believe I'm saying that.

- I like his music a lot.

You can just dance along.

- When he died, at the time, I didn't know who he was,

but then my mom told me to start listening to him

and I did and I was like, wow.

- I loved all of it! It was so good.

I wish he was still alive today, but that's really--

that sucks that he died, but... at least we still have music of him.

- (children) Question time!

- (FBE) All of these were hits from the pop star Michael Jackson.

- Yeah!

- He's pretty famous.

- Everybody should know who he is.

He's like the king of pop!

- King. Of. Pop.

- He's one of the greatest pop stars of all time.

- If you do not know who Michael Jackson is,

you live under a rock, literally.

- (FBE) So what do you think of Michael Jackson

from all of the videos we showed you?

- He always changes. It's weird.

- Kind of creepy.

- Every one of his songs has a good message.

- His dance moves are great, his songs are great.

- He is an amazing singer. He is awesome!

- His dancing is so good, like top one.

I love him so much.

I wish I could just see him again!

- (FBE) So Michael Jackson started performing

when he was just six years old,

in a group with his brothers, which later became known as--

- Jackson 5! Jackson 5.

I LOVE the Jack-- Jackson 5.

- (FBE) He eventually went solo and became one of the most famous stars

of the '80s and '90s, and some say

he is the most successful entertainer in history.

- I believe it.

- That's true. Right there, that's true.

- (FBE) So what do you think it is about Michael Jackson

that made him so popular for such a long time?

- Well, he wrote good music.

- He's a good singer, he's a good dancer,

he's likeable.

- He was so good that, like, parents know him,

so the parents tell their kids, or kids can find out on their own.

- He doesn't care what anyone else says,

and he just does his own thing.

He's just different. He just pops!

- He just has great, happy, good music that makes you want to dance

and sing along with him.

It's catchy, I mean, it's already in my head.

You can't get it out.

- (FBE) So besides him being famous, and singing and dancing,

there's also been a lot of controversy around him.

Do you know anything about that?

- What does "controversy" mean?

- Mm, no.

- No.

- Mm, no.

- No.

- No.

- No, because I'm, like, ten.

- Uh-uh. I have no idea.

- I think I heard something about, like, he was like

with kids' sleepovers or something.

I heard that, but I'm not sure if that's true or not.

- (FBE) So, unfortunately, Michael died in 2009

when he was just 50 years old. - Oh, only 50.

- 50's not old and it's not young.

- I think he should have lived longer.

- When he died, it pretty much changed the entire world.

- It was really sad because my grandma was crying

and I was looking at them, like, I don't know what's happening,

but it must be really sad.

- (FBE) When he died, it was massive news,

all around the world.

So why do you think his death impacted so many people?

- Because everyone loved him.

- He was really famous, and when famous people die,

everyone always gets sad.

- He's such a good singer that everybody knows him.

I don't even remember when I found out about him.

I just feel like I always just knew him somehow.

- Everybody was moved by his music, by the messages in the songs that he wrote.

His music, like, changed people and they want to give back to him.

- (FBE) So before we end the episode,

we want you to do one of his most famous dance moves,

and that's the moonwalk. - Yay!

- Oh, I know that.

- I tried to learn it when I was, like, ten

and I completely failed.

- I'm gonna take off my shoes because, as you can see...

I should have weared better shoes today!

- Get ready to be astonished. Just kidding.

I don't know...

♪ Hee hee ♪

♪ (Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean") ♪

- (giggling)

- Oh, gosh, there's the wall.

- ♪ Hee hee ♪

♪ Hee hee ♪

- Thanks for watching this episode of Kids React.

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♪ Hee hee ♪

- Bye, guys, now it's time for me to "beat it."

- Thank you guys so, so much for supporting me

after all these years on Kids React,

and I am super, super excited to be going onto Teens React now.

♪ (Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean") ♪