Michael Jackson: From Moonwalk to Sunshine

There is a second before the music starts when an arena holds its breath. Lights hover like stars that haven’t chosen their sky yet. A brim tilts, a shoe slides, a smile flickers—and suddenly thousands of strangers become one heartbeat waiting for the downbeat. Michael Jackson lived in that second. He shaped it, stretched it, and filled it with the promise that joy could be engineered and wonder could be shared.