Cathy Jean Jones is a 19 year old ballet dancer with lots of potential. The only problem is she doesn't believe in herself and she's depressed beyond belief. Her mother claims she's never seen her smile after her dad was taken away. By chance, Cathy Jean meets Michael Jackson, a 20 going on 21 year old who has just released a new album titled "Off the Wall". He has his own fair share of insecurities. The two gravitate toward each other. But will their issues cause their attachment to dissolve?

Los Angeles, 1978. Sylvia is 21 years old, sharp as a razor, and the youngest sound engineer in any room she walks into, nevermind a woman. She got the job through an old man's grace and her own two ears, and she intends to keep it by being invisible. Then the Jacksons walk into Cherokee Studios to record Destiny and one of them notices her anyway. By the time the Off the Wall sessions begin, invisible isn't an option anymore. A slow burn. A world on the edge of something enormous. And two people who keep ending up in the same room.

Los Angeles, 1978. By twenty years old, April Bellamy already understands how the entertainment industry works. She knows how quickly talent becomes a commodity. How easily ambition can be mistaken for worth. How often people are rewarded for performing versions of themselves that have little to do with who they actually are. When her career brings her into the orbit of Michael Jackson, she expects another industry friendship-pleasant, temporary, and ultimately transactional. Instead, she finds someone who understands. Their friendship grows in recording studios, family kitchens, Hollywood parties, darkrooms, late-night phone calls, and long drives through Los Angeles. Beneath the glamour, success, and spectacle, both are struggling with the same question: what remains of a person when their image belongs to everyone else? While the world watches a star being manufactured in real time, April witnesses the private cost of perfection, the labor hidden behind performance, and the loneliness that can exist inside extraordinary success. At the same time, she finds herself confronting her own history, her family, and the role she's been playing for so long she no longer knows where the performance ends. When the Lights Go Out is a coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, exploitation, and survival in an industry built on consumption. It is a portrait of two young people trying to remain human while the world turns them into something else.

The world saw the spotlight. They never saw the shield. As the Jackson family rises from Gary, Indiana, to international fame, an older brother quietly stands between his siblings and the burdens of a childhood shaped by fear and expectation. Through love, sacrifice, heartbreak, and hope, Shield imagines the unseen story of the brother who was always there, even if history never remembered his name.

The Wind Down is a captivating collection that invites listeners to unwind and immerse themselves in the tranquil melodies of Michael Jackson's songs. Each track serves as a gateway to a world of introspection and relaxation, accompanied by vivid short stories that amplify the emotional depth of the music. From soulful ballads to rhythmic grooves, "The Wind Down" offers a diverse yet cohesive experience designed to soothe the mind and uplift the spirit.

A series of one shots based on the Off The Wall album.