so weird that people didn't like his look but it had so much influence in the culture by the end of the era

He looked fine in 87, fast forward 20 years later, they were all saying how good he looked in the bad era, funny.

no wonder why MJ made Leave me alone 😒

That must have been so exiting! Imagine coming home to listen to it- waiting for all his albums must have been exciting

The name "Jacko" never took hold in the U.S. thank God for that.

I believe Michael Jackson should had spoken about vitiligo long time ago in order to avoid comments about his skin. These people talk about his skin and I understand them because they didnt KNOW!

Its not JUST the image, its the voice that made this album amazing

THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON MANIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a crush on him during The Bad Era, it was his Rockstar Persona 😘

I remember listening to this when I was about 7, I am now 40 and I still love this album. Thank you MJ.

I know it must have been hard to talk about but I feel like he might have saved people some negative reactions if he just came out and said he had vitiligo earlier than he did.

omg are these people blind?! Michael's Beautiful!

Wtf is with these women!? Michael is sexy as hell, and they are saying he isn't hot?! How dare they!? Ugh oh well they aren't anything to look at, so how would they know what hot is? Smh I bet them girls changed their minds right quick after they saw him all sweaty on stage when he went on tour...

The greatest that ever existed, the most popular music of all time!! Long live King

I agree, that then Michael was gonna get backlash, and he would've came out about his vitiligo, at the time so people knew. Because many didn't at the time, and he agreed, the nose surgery didnt help in his case, but he did cime ot about it in Oprah's interview in 93, but people chose to believe he was bleaching his skin, people will always be ignorant assholes. But I love Michael, always will, and who's cares about this, let's focus on what really matters his music. And Michael was always a beautiful man, with a great smile and good heart. We love you MICHAEL ❤️.

If they ever saw come together by MJ They would have regretted saying he looks weird

"Long hair" do then know how long hair can grow over a time period of 4 years??? EDIT: also yes, I do know he wore wigs, but they don't

I’m a white guy born in 1985. By the time I had first seen Michael Jackson in a video on the TV, he was white (‘92). Loved the song, never heard it again, forgot… By the time I had watched another MJ video, he was again surely white (‘95). Became a fan, bought the HIStory album around the time it was released, then Dangerous and Bad shortly after… They were always playing his new short films on the TV and not the old stuff. HIStory era was all statues, super pale skin, and angry Michael… Digging deeper into his discography, boyyy, was I shocked to see the covers of Thriller and especially Off The Wall next! I thought he was always a white man too! But I’d never, ever thought anything much of it really… I had just thought “oh, well, so he was actually black” and still bought those albums as well, went home, and enjoyed them also from start to finish. But he’ll always be that HIStory-era Michael to me because that’s how I saw him first. My point is this: What the hell is all that fuss about MJ turning white before my time?! So what if he even “wanted to be white”? A lot of people basically just “wanna be black” by going to tan salons or laying under the Sun for hours. Even as a child, I had instantly thought of that, thinking of countless white people I’d see on the beaches in summer. Anybody may wanna be something else. Nobody has to conform to your personal standards! Final word: People are petty, judgmental, and obsessive… And all-around wack!

Lol these comments...most of yall probably didnt grow up during J5 Michael or OFF the Wall Michael, so you dont see the issue/fuss with MJ appearing white all of a sudden on a debut album that follows his/THE biggest selling album of all times, so thus; BIG expectations. Look, I love MJ and always will, and I personally think he still looked good in the Bad era, but the fact is this people; When you have been in the public eye since 6 years old looking straight up BLACK/browned skinned with afro and all during the 70s black power era, then 20+ years later, you appear looking like a Caucasian man...how the hell do you think people are gonna react?? Not EVERYBODY is gonna say "he's gorgeous" or "he's hot". Alot people are gonna be like "what the hell??" "Why is he white??" "What the hell happened to his skin??" Even if its just for a moment they think that, then go right to listening to the album. Some people r not gonna favor it (particularly his black audience, since that was his main audience for a time) Like the guy said and I ultimately think thats ONE of the reasons Bad did not do as well(sales wise) as Thriller despite having more number one hits from the album than any other album at the time. Another reason is most likely because he or his name atleast, started doing/being involved in some (what alot consider to be)"abnormal things/behavior"; (Elephant man bones, hyperbaric chamber, Bubbles, etc). I suppose buying the Beatles catalogue may have rubbed some people the wrong way, ? (I personally could care less about that though, as it was a good investment). But buying the beatles catalogue, and being bigger than Elvis?? White people of that time must have been losing their minds at the thought of a black man being THAT huge, lol so they set out to get MJ no doubt, with ironically things MJ himself already set in place. Back to topic though, Personally I absolutely adore Bad and the entirety of the Bad era of MJ, but I can definitely understand peoples discomfort with a black guy who they grew up with now all of a sudden looking like a white guy.

First of all he is not bad looking in any way. Created in the image of God, Michael is and these jealous souls based people can kindly keep their harsh criticism to themselves. Its not always about the outward appearance. Look at the heart. Michael has a great heart.

OMG I LOVE BAD ERA I THINK ITS HIS BEST LOOKING IN HERE

Ok how could they say the 'new look' wasn't 'too hot'? seriously, he looked amazing and the album is a masterpiece.. gosh, people huh? well, some people were like that towards his then new look (which I personally hold as my fave, ever) but at least they KNEW and acknowledged he made GREAT music, like the dj said.

Whatever they reported it had so much assumptions & negativity! And honestly despite his health issues Michael was handsome in every era!!!

Boi👏 Now they've learned what you say has effect

The orignal BAD album cover, Michael's complexion is Brown. I read in a article that Michael HATED the edited version (out of fear for the backlash he would receive from the media) and wanted to stick with the orignal cover. My guess his 'team' had better ideas and convinced Michael otherwise. It just makes me sad how the people in Michael's camp had more control that we thought. Don't get me wrong I love both album covers, and Michael looked sexy as hell during his Bad Era. I just wish that Michael would have stood his ground by stating that he wanted to keep the original album photo with no questions asked.

They ARE SO LUCKY

His hair was always long even around thriller time it just got longer... 4 years later for BAD

I never understood why people made such a big deal out of his appearance he was still beautiful like he always was

"HE'S BAD" !!

Saudades desse mito! 💔

This was aired on TV on September 1st, 1987.

Some of you are getting a lil bit too offended in the comments. I was an MJ fan. My Mom is a fan and that's how I became of fan. BUT you have to understand that MJ was changing drastically before our eyes during this time so this was a NATURAL reaction. On top of that he didn't tell the world he had a skin condition either so people didn't know what to think. Remember the off the wall era wasn't that long ago in 1987 so to see him go from looking like he did in 1979/1980 til how he looked in 1987 was a drastic change. Let's also keep in mind the people who grew up with Mike since he was in the jackson 5. MJ didn't tell the world about his skin disease until 1993 but imo he should've did it earlier because by the time 1993 came around, people still didn't believe him. Plus the cleft in his chin he put in and the multiple nose jobs. Y'all have to understand it was a CRAZY TIME

I love you my hero michael jackson wo

His all albums are great his look is fine, And you need to stop judge people by their skin. Michael is at the top he is the king! And whoever disagree need to stop trust media and first meet the person before you even judge him. #MJINNOCENT #BLACKORWHITE #LEAVEHIMALONE #KINGOFPOP

Rude he's sexy

People think about looks they often do so only in regards to society's standards. What looks are in regards to society's standards and what they are individually is different. There is no wrong look as long as it doesn't display hate or break laws. There are only relative "wrong" looks. People in this video are just rigid in their opinion about what they don't like and only value it on that basis. Is Asinine. Jennifer Batten said Michael was beautiful. That's an opinion I respect.

Very rare video 👍

Lol man, the "michael jackson we used to know" snippet, he's already half as dark as he had been and is using a lot of makeup. Pretty much the entire victory tour his skin was appearing lighter, sometimes darker depending on the stage lights and such. Somehow people didn't really notice all that much, but his skin was basically as light as bad era at that point. And the album cover for Bad makes him look a lot lighter than he generally did around then. Compare the thriller performance in Japan during the bad tour with some victory tour performances, and he actually looks even darker than most of the victory tour.

You Michael Jackson fans are so crazy ... I can tell most of you that are commenting are young as hell. During this time Michael wasn’t “White Michael” this was his follow up to Thriller some people had not even seen Captain EO and didn’t notice really that he was gradually getting lighter so when this album came out people were like WTF. That is a normal reaction to have to someone looking completely different. Not to mention he never said anything about his skin changing during that time so it was very odd

I the title of the album was a problem. Imagime if it was called Dangerous. This press was stupid

RIP I love mj

Michaels Look in the 1980s was Great and better than in the 90s. In Both Albums in Thriller and Bad he looked Great.

Bad is ( slang) being against drugs.

Big bruh moment right here🤷🏼‍♀️

On Aug 31st 1987 this album was "Bad" meaning good never pay attention to crappy critics Now who's bad

lol they seem so unimpressed.

If Time Traveler was invented, I'll go here, and shout, ''We'll buying your whole stack of MJ's ''Bad'' album, right now!''

Tbh, the new look and era disappointed a lot of people during that time. It shocked the world that the soft black artist with the magical Thriller album wearing 80s cloths now looked like a tough rock guy with rock pop music, where his skin looked mixed color. Anyways, the bad album is amazing, and his look looks fire

We know Michael, you were BAD.

Michael jackson is Bad By Wayne

People seem to forget, you can do whatever you damn like.

Michael Jackson in Bad Era is actually the most hottest and gorgeous thing I seen

Good lord the media used to murder this man

Where is that record shop?

Now tha' Baad."

Media are obsessed with his image , jeez grow up.

Mike really did bring some unnecessary negative attention his way due to some of his actions. And we as fans need to be realistic about that. Had Mike just been straight up about his vitiligo it might’ve saved much more controversy in the future. I think Mike stayed quiet intentionally thinking it would be an additional allure to his mysterious persona. It’s crazy to think how all of this snowballed against him later down the line. I feel bad for him because at the end of the day he still never deserved to treated so horribly.

“How foolish he looks” lol, butch what.

In the 80s he's sexy af and i came from the early 90's ❤

Jackson looked the absolute best here not too much surgery he should have stopped here

1:12 that guy is a fricken ghost?

Hahah the new look is more than hot

W O R L D P E A C E

A "gentler" look? What the fuck does that mean?

The last LP, Thriller. excuse me what

I know people are defending mj from the comments made about his appearance during, but tbf they're that hes ugly they're most shocked of how he has changed it happens to alot of celebs and michael didn't make his vitiligo public until 93 so the public should atelast be forgiven to assume that he was bleaching his skin

I think dah glove one thought about hs make over for a long time, l think he new most young fanz would appeal to his new look and expanded his out look for global attention and to widen dah view finder and dah rest was hx...now wood dah average person do it ____

Personas comprando el álbum Bad y los de la tienda ponen Dirty Diana, vaya spoiler

To me he was at his most GORGEOUS at this time xx

0:52 does anyone noticed that this girl is look like Michael's daughter Paris Jackson a little bit?

Black or White..he is still the best entertainer of all time

Some of you MJ fans are annoyingly delusional. It’s aggravating. Clearly people aren’t talking about his looks in general. It’s the drastic changes they weren’t comfortable with. And rightfully so, imagine if your favorite artist today came out looking nothing like they used too. New skin new face and new album with no explanation? You’re just gonna pretend like nothing happened?

His look is not too hot. Yea sis we all know exactly what you meant by that.

The main trouble Is that in the original photo for the bad cover Michael looked More like thriller era but Sony just modify the picture all the way I mean Michael only ask for brushed eyes but Sony Man What else can say Sony

I became a fan in 87, so I remember all of this talk about his skin, and if he's 'wacko' etc. To me it was shocking when I saw the OFF THE WALL cover as a child. That's him?? And I thought plastic surgery involved the use of plastic, lol. The transformation that I started to see after the release of Bad was the feminisation of his appearance, and the transition from a tanned skintone to bleach white. I thought 'why couldn't he stick with the bad look?' But he almost felt like his transformation was nature taking course, that's what he said.

Damn he look so pale on the album cover and video

That face change from thriller to bad is pretty obvious. It sucks that his father abused him so much tht he felt he had to change it.

“Not hot” wtf he’s Beautiful hot gorgeous stunning… he has been his whole life

0:56 cringe in 3..2..1..

He looked like Anakin Skywalker during the Bad Era.

Okay, this is absolutely ridiculous of what that British reporter said about Michael's image. He doesn't have to say that Michael isn't like the Michael we used to know, Michael is still the guy that we still know. He hasn't been changed drastically! That's still the Michael we love no matter what. I love his image in the bad era. His black audience needs to chill.

Nelson man prat

Michael’s face would have still been an open topic. Even without the skin condition Michael still would have looked drastically different from his thriller days. He was a plastic surgery junkie, and we need to come to terms with it. My pops said when Billie Jean video first dropped on MTV everyone noticed his nose change but it wasn’t a big deal because he still looked like the old Mike. Now fast forward to 87, you don’t think people are going to criticize his appearance?

Leave Michael Jackson alone

We can all look back today and love the Bad album cover look, but back in the day it was kinda ridiculous, all the zippers and buckles were just a gimmick, a continuation from the Beat It look. He looked like the dancers from the movie Breakin' from 1984, but fashion in 1987 was heading in another direction and Michael was simply looking very clueless. So yes, great album, but bad look. No pun intended.

The fact they speak about his looks (Nelson George... how he began to sing another song after hos death...) is the very definition of MASS BULLYING. Somehow adults think it's just fine, if they do it -and the next moment they expect of kids not be a bully... Practice what you preach?

Obsessed with whiteness this was his downfall

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John3:16For God so love the world he sent his only begotten son for whoever believes in him shall not perish but live an everlasting life

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The new look is not too hot girl he was still dark here wtf were they talking about it.

If people thought he looked odd in '87, just wait a few years 😂

I think he looks the best like this wow didn't know people really thought he made himself white

What's up with his image? Uggghhh people...bloody focus on his songs rather than his looks. 😒