Since its release in 1988, ‘Man in the Mirror’ has become one of Michael Jackson's biggest hits.
It calls for personal responsibility, urging listeners to look inward before criticizing the world and reminding us that change needs to begin from within.
In 2009, Josh Tyrangiel from TIME said it’s “one of Jackson’s most powerful vocals and accessible social statements, not to mention the best-ever use of a gospel choir in a pop song.”
Even now, almost four decades later, it continues to inspire.
On TikTok, users have taken the track as the soundtrack for their before-and-after glow-up pictures.
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That's great. I dated a girl with really bad acne in my 20s. I thought she was gorgeous, but she was super insecure about it. This kid was pretty before. Now she's glowing, and her confidence is showing.
You look great! Your hair in the second one reminds me (in a good way) of Yoko Ono in a piece of performance art I saw her in waaaay back when.
I kind of wish people would stop posting weight loss pictures this drastic in front of gym equipment. It doesn't happen at the gym. It happens with nutrition. Visible abs require an uncomfortable calorie deficit for the average person.
Well said. That always annoys me as well, particularly when the 'after' is showing some beefed-up muscleman, which I always find quite unattractive. There's at least one such here, where sure, at 112kg he was overweight even though the pic doesn't make him look it, much prefer the first pic. (Apart from the tattoo, that is).
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That thought kept coming to me, too. The point of the song was about being the good you want to see in the world.
Load More Replies...I kind of wish people would stop posting weight loss pictures this drastic in front of gym equipment. It doesn't happen at the gym. It happens with nutrition. Visible abs require an uncomfortable calorie deficit for the average person.
Well said. That always annoys me as well, particularly when the 'after' is showing some beefed-up muscleman, which I always find quite unattractive. There's at least one such here, where sure, at 112kg he was overweight even though the pic doesn't make him look it, much prefer the first pic. (Apart from the tattoo, that is).
Load More Replies...Quite a few of these I preferred the "before". But if the after person is actually happier, then good for them!
That thought kept coming to me, too. The point of the song was about being the good you want to see in the world.
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