🥤👑 THE DAY MICHAEL JACKSON MET HIS OWN “NEXT GENERATION” 1984. A street full of dancing kids… and then HISTORY walked around the corner. 👑🔥 The children are dancing to a Pepsi reworking of Michael's “Billie Jean.” One boy—young Alfonso Ribeiro—is dressed like Michael, complete with the red jacket and white glove, copying his idol's legendary moves. � eScholarship +1 Then comes the magical moment… The boy moonwalks straight into Michael Jackson himself. 😳 Michael and his brothers emerge, and suddenly the fantasy becomes reality: the Jacksons dance alongside the children who had been imitating them. � Scribd +1 The commercial was part of Pepsi's “Choice of a New Generation” campaign and was created around the Jacksons' enormous cultural impact during the Thriller era, ahead of their 1984 Victory Tour. � UPI +1 And there's something beautiful about the symbolism: A young generation copied Michael. Michael turned around and danced with them. Years later, that little boy became a famous entertainer himself. That's more than a Pepsi commercial. That's one generation meeting the next. 🌎❤️ #MichaelJackson #Jacksons #PepsiGeneration #KingOfPop #MJHistory