“This Is It” by Michael Jackson

An unheard Michael Jackson song is to be released as a single next month.

“This Is It”, which features backing vocals by Jackson’s brothers, will go on sale on 12 October.

Jackson’s record label Sony Music said the song would also appear on a new album, as will unheard versions of his classic hits.

It is not clear when Jackson wrote and recorded the new track. The pop star had been working with artists like Akon and Will.i.am before his death in June.

The song will be the first new material to see the light of day since he died.

It takes its name from the ill-fated series of comeback shows that were to have been held at London’s O2 arena.

“This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows – that Michael is one of God’s greatest gifts,” said John McClain, the music executive who is co-executor of his will and has co-produced the new two-disc album.

The first disc will feature his greatest hits, ending with the new song.

The second disc will include previously unreleased versions of his best-loved tunes. 

The new song will also feature in the closing credits of a film, called This Is It, which has been made using footage of rehearsals for his O2 concerts.

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Kamal Hassan a disturbance for Shruti

Tamil film actor Kamal Haasan says that his name is a “drawback” for his daughter Shruti Haasan but “she will have to live with it”.

“It is certainly a disadvantage for her, but she’ll have to work with it that she is my daughter. She can’t change it and she’ll have to live with it and has to carry that stuff. And I’ll always be there to support her,” said Kamal.

The 54-year-old praises his daughter who is making her Bollywood first appearance with Luck.

“She’s an amazing girl and I am not talking as her father. I observed her myself at an audition and I was really stunned. I hope there are many more who think like that. She’s found her own path and is going in the right direction,” he added.

Shruti, 23, is the eldest of two daughters born for Kamal and Sarika and has a professional degree in music from the Musicians Institute, California. She has also learnt “North Indian classical music,” said Kamal.

Not many know that she debuted as a playback singer at the age of six, in Thevar Magan (1992) and her first Bollywood playback came in Chachi 420 (1998).

Her second Hindi song came in Hey Ram (2000), in which she sung the bilingual versions of the title track Rama Rama with her father, in both Hindi and Tamil. She also made a brief appearance in Hey Ram.

Her last released film song was in Gautham Menon’s Vaaranam Aayiram.

Apart from singing, Shruti has also been a model and featured in magazines like Frappe and Verve!

Shruti, who also heads the rock band Extramentals, has teamed up with childhood friend and actor Imran Khan in Soham Shah’s Luck.

Apart from Bollywood, she is also making her debut as a music composer in Thalaivan Irukkiraan, her father’s home production Rajkamal Films International’s remake of A Wednesday in Tamil and Telugu respectively.

“She has already recorded a song for the film and it’s come out really well,” said Kamal.

On being asked if he guides his daughter on her career, Kamal said: “I don’t advise her nor do we discuss our films with each other. We do discuss films on the whole and the kind of music I want for my film – that’s it.” Besides films, Shruti is also going to cut her debut album this year.

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