Janet Jackson, Strawberry Bounce | After Dark 🕛 🌃

On the 12^th edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risqué & utterly sexual vibes behind, “Strawberry Bounce” by Janet Jackson.   

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nnuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark 🕛 🌃, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.  Like Controversial Tunes 😈🎶, the records featured here raise eyebrows.  The difference between the songs of CONTROVERSY and DARK? These songs specifically focus on the universal topic of S-E-X. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.  On the 12^th edition of After Dark, we explore the naughty, risqué, scandalous & utterly sexual vibes behind, 🎵 “Strawberry Bounce” by 🎙 Janet Jackson. 

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Theme & Lyrics ✍

“Ooh baby / Let me be your playground / Push it out and catch it on the rebound / Turn it out, swinging from this pole.” Janet Jackson’s 2004 album, 💿 Damita Jo arrived at an inopportune time.  First, it followed the infamous Superbowl XXXVIII controversy – the nip slip.  Furthermore, it proved to be too sexually charged given those circumstances, unfair or not. 🎵 “Strawberry Bounce,” a highlight, certainly didn’t make Janet suddenly ‘family friendly.’ Those strawberries aren’t edible, after all!

“La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
I like to make it
You know I’ll make it
Now can you take it
Lose control!”

“Strawberry Bounce” ranks among the sexiest/most sexed-up moments from Damita Jo – carnal to the nth degree: “The way I work, it’s gonna keep you coming.”  Hmm, coming, huh? That’s one of many instances where Jackson totally titillates.  While there’s sexual innuendo, Jackson often provides enough details to show what she’s really going for.  Indeed, she makes us feel incredibly sleazy on the bridge. 

“I did a tease to bring you to yo’ knees baby
Broke you down made you feel sleezy
Then you said
‘You fine muthafucka, I like it, I like it’
(Lose control).”

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Final Thoughts 💭 

In 2021, “Strawberry Bounce” would be accepted without a hitch.  Women have become much more open regarding sexuality, period.  To reiterate, the main issue plaguing Janet Jackson in 2004 was nipple exposure, live on national television.  This hurt her career tremendously and unfairly.  Appreciate the striptease that is “Strawberry Bounce” post-Damita Jo. 

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧  10 Flavorful Strawberry 🍓 Songs!

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🎙 Janet Jackson • 💿 Damita Jo • 🏷 Virgin • 🗓 2004 

Janet Jackson, “Strawberry Bounce”: After Dark No. 12 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, Virgin]

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