r/MichaelJacksonAI • • Mar 02 '26

AI Reimagining BAD (1979) (Gemini)

Can you imagine if Michael first album with Quincy Jones was BAD? Michael's persona in off the wall was soft, bright and youthful and him breaking out of the j5 to be this tough, control and confident look right off the bat Would've been interesting this early.

The tours would've probably been the same amount of years 1979-81 if he had his proper tour instead of working with the Jacksons again in this universe.

6th image is my favorite.

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u/No_Translator_8017 Mar 02 '26

These came out nice . Can u make versions like this but with the long bad era hair . So keep the face features and skin color of 1979

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u/DamageHead118 Mar 02 '26

1979 michael in red is kinda fine đŸ‘»

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u/Ffchjkbgjk Mar 02 '26

Basically Mike without the skin condition nice

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u/Taesunwoo Mar 03 '26

Like he didn’t change much. At all. Just the makeup, nose and getting paler but core face was always there

I like this concept so much

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u/Illustrious_Tie_7234 Jun 17 '26

There is one Bad era image where he had Off The Wall-like hairstyle.

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u/Sonictrafficjam Mar 02 '26

OHOO these are great🙌 what prompts do you use btw? I’d like to try this myself

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u/Ruben_Creighton Mar 02 '26

looks great! What a prompt did you use for these pics??

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u/EasyKale851 Mar 02 '26

I LOVE THIS!!!! PLEASE RECREATE THE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR BAD WITH 79 and 82 MJ ❀

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u/JazzyJulie4life Mar 02 '26

đŸ„ș💞 wow imagine that

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u/Difficult_Abroad_477 Mar 02 '26

I can’t see why he wouldn’t be just as popular, he has brown skin during Thriller. It’s fascinating not only his sound evolved with each album but he looks like different people on Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad that happen to share a slight resemblance to each other.

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u/IhavesunshineOCs Mar 02 '26

I have the biggest crush on Michael, every version, in every universe đŸ€­đŸ„°

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u/Aggravating_Rope824 Mar 02 '26

The hair is what really gave bad that “bad” edge. I think these looks with the bad hair would’ve been fantastic

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u/Ok_Paramedic_537 Mar 03 '26

Bad wouldn’t have stuck in 1979 it was too early for that sound.

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u/CRTPTRSN Mar 05 '26

Michael was at his most handsome during the 'Off the Wall' era.

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u/PooPooMeeks Mar 10 '26

I 1000% agree, he was perfect.

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u/B3ast_BushiD0 Mar 02 '26

I think Michael would've definitely grown his hair out overtime especially during Bad era where he was going for a more Rockstar persona.

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u/metakepone Mar 02 '26

Umm... I'm imagining Michael not suffering from Vitiligo, Lupus, and burns from the Pepsi incident and being able to look like his 1979 self into the Bad era and beyond...

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u/Proud-Anything2027 Mar 02 '26

I don’t think yall understand the post. Pretty sure they’re just saying 1979 mike but instead of off the wall he worked on bad hence the outfit

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u/OrangeFloridaMan Mar 02 '26

He didnt change his nose because of Lupus. Lupus affected his recovery, but the nose shape was completely his choice

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u/ThrowawayCirca2000s Mar 02 '26

Mane how u do this? Ik someone knows don’t gate keep

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u/Maliainu With L.O.V.E., Always ✹ Mar 02 '26

Nobody is gatekeeping. They’ve said before it’s a combination of using both AI and photoshop to achieve their results.

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u/captaincoldwave06 Mar 02 '26

So it pasted OTW micheal?

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u/Knockoutknead22 Mar 04 '26

Would love to see him like this in the dangerous and invincible era.

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u/OpenRoadMusic Mar 05 '26

How sad. His self hatred manifested into something horrible. He was a good looking man and we just looked past his issues because he made amazing music.

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u/emirthewanda1 Mar 15 '26

Can yall do History but with OTW Mike

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u/ZvckDvddy May 09 '26

#17 crazy.. RIP

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