Janet Jackson Unbreakable World Tour Launches With New Missy Elliott Song

Monday night (Aug. 31) in Vancouver, Janet Jackson returned to the touring circuit for the first time in four years with her latest world live show, boasting a 32-song set list and an opening performance of a fresh Unbreakable track featuring celebrated female rapper Missy Elliott.

A clip of the star-studded opening sequence was posted to the Internet, including a Hitchcock-inspired intro chock-full of birds in flight and a Janet Jackson spoken ode over an ever-increasing beat. When the track finally began, Elliott busted a move atop two giant screens, which framed the singer's silhouette. Jackson stormed center stage in the midst of the unnamed track, which boats poppy elements along with smooth, fierce and alluring vocals.

According to People, the track is being reffered to as "Burn It Up."

The "Work It" rapper returned to the stage as the 49-year-old singer led her posse of dancers, which brought the end of the song overlapped with a sample of the rappers "Lose Control"-an appropriate way to launch into Jackson's own track, "Control."

As Elliott noted on Twitter, the untitled song was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, longtime Jackson collaborators who assisted her with her comeback song "No Sleeep." A remix featuring J. Cole quickly followed with a quick snippet from another album cut, "The Great Forever."

Jackson has yet to reveal a release date for her latest album Unbreakable, although its anticipated to hit stores in the fall. The impending album marks the signer's first venture since 2008's Discipline, which also saw a Missy Elliott collaboration on "The 1." Furthermore, the two put their heads together for a rendition of 2001's "Sun Of A Gun" alongside Carly Simon.

Jackson will continue on her North American tour throughout early November. A second tour leg is already in the works, launching on January 12, 2016, at Portland's Moda Center.

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