Janet Jackson, Warmth | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 18^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Warmth” by Janet Jackson. 

“There’s no place warmer than my mouth” Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. Yeah, we are talking about that after dark, bedroom boom $hi†, ya dig? These unapologetic records often raises both eyebrows and temperature alike. Woo! In the 18^th edition of Midnight Heat (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, 🎵 “Warmth” by 🎙 Janet Jackson.  

Timing was not 🎙 Janet Jackson’s friend in 2004. The Superbowl nipple incident essentially stalled the R&B star’s career. Sure, Jackson would still have success, but not to the same degree as in the past.  💿 Damita Jo, a risqué, highly sexual album, suffered in sales relative to her previous album (💿 All For You, 2001), though managed to secure platinum certification.  That said, the sexual imagery of Damita Jo did Jackson no favors. To speak to how explicit the album was, two songs, 🎵 “Warmth” and 🎵 “Moist” were excluded from the amended version.  Now, approaching 20 years later, we revisit that warmth.

So, how do you sum up “Warmth” respectably? It’s a lush R&B ballad about… fellatio… oral sex… It is clearly NSFW.  The risqué nature occurs long before Jackson utters the statement about the warmth of her mouth 😏. “My hands wrapped around / Strokin’, up and down / (Is this all for me?) / But nothing can compare to the warmth of my mouth.” Holy shee-it, Janet! So, Basically, it begins with stimulation via the hands.  The size satisfies Jackson (she goes on to say, “it’s so big”), but she moves on from the touch to… well… sucking. The chorus is not the only hotness on “Warmth.” In the verse, Janet wastes no time arousing him: “Kissin’ on your neck, rubbin’ on your leg / Slide a little further up, I feel you get erect…” Gah-day-um, girl! “Breathin’ on your chest, so anxious to touch it / Ooh, my mouth is getting wet.” More could be said, but honestly, Jackson reveals her cards early on.  The good news is, well, 🎵 “Warmth” in this context is, um, fun… satisfying… a means of passionate release… We’ll leave it there.

🎙 Janet Jackson • 💿 Damita Jo • 🏷 Black Doll Inc / Virgin • 🗓 2004

 Janet Jackson, “Warmth”: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 18 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Black Doll Inc / Virgin; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Dorothe, Stefan Schweihofer via Pixabay]