Austin Brown Carries on the Jackson Family Legacy [VIDEO]

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Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, but his family seems to be a bottomless well of musical talent. The latest evidence of this? His nephew, Austin Brown, who recently premiered a music video and trailer for his upcoming debut album, 85.

The video and Brown's performance definitely echo the oeuvre of the King of Pop. "Austin plays himself in the video," says director Tom Desanto (creator and producer of Transformers and the X-Men films). "The key was trying to put the audience in Austin’s shoes and to try to feel the pressure and potential of his family’s legacy. The Jacksons are entertainment royalty and the tremendous pressure of his family’s name would take down most people."

But the video makes use of pressures from the industry. "Tom not only listened to my music, but understood my path, where I came from, the struggles I had, the battles I fought –- getting swallowed up and spit out by a business that I loved so much," Brown says. "He put that all into [the visuals]."

The result is a cinematic video that melds a variety of genres, taking Brown from an amorphous dream world into a throwback dance scene and an animated realm.