Have new Michael Jackson songs been registered for release? An exploration.

Casey Rain
The Violet Reality
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4 min readMar 12, 2021

What’s next from the King of Pop’s Estate?

As reported by MJBEATS, a Brazilian fan-site, 14 unreleased Michael Jackson songs have apparently been registered with ASCAP, the American Society of Composers and Performers. Over the last six months, there have been rumours on social media of a new Michael Jackson album in the works too.

But let’s take a look into what this means and what it doesn’t.

Firstly, while a registration may indicate intent to release, it’s not a guarantee. Many songs get registered years ahead of a release, and often songs get registered just for the purpose of keeping records up to date, even if there’s no intent to release it.

But, perhaps the fact this has happened alongside rumours of a new project means there is intent to release? Well, we did a bit more digging and unfortunately there’s also evidence that that’s not the case.

We don’t have access to ASCAP, so can’t dig into the listings, but we do have access to PRS (the UK equivalent) so decided to double check the information there.

According to MJBeats, the songs recently registered with ASCAP are:

Kreeton Overture
Be Me 4 A Day
Man In Black
Descending Angels
Endt It
I Have This Dream…

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Written by Casey Rain

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