Janet Jackson is continuing her Together Again tour, which is due to start its UK leg in September. But her son Eissa, seven years old, remains an important presence as she travels and performs.
The "Any Time, Any Place" singer's son was present for her New York show, standing proudly at the side of the stage while wearing ear defenders according to a profile by the BBC.
In fact, motherhood is incredibly important to Janet, as she made a rare comment about it in her interview: "Being a mom is the most beautiful thing," she said, adding: "I love every single minute of it."
The single mom confessed that she looks forward to a "mommy day" between shows, highlighting that she is still making time for her son as he joins her on the road for the tour.
Janet shares Eissa with ex-husband Wissam Al Mana, although as she joked in the interview, he wasn't her first husband.
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"How many times have I been married now?" she laughed. "Three, I think."
The 58-year-old was previously married to James DeBarge and René Elizondo as well.
While Janet rarely speaks of her son, she has given the odd insight into his life over the years. In a 2019 interview with The Sunday Times, she said: "I'm in a great space. I have a beautiful son," adding: "My friends call me Superwoman. God knows I'm not. But I think what they are seeing is the energy and that extra drive I'm getting from the inspiration of Eissa."
According to Janet, he's followed in the family footsteps and already has shown musical talent.
She revealed on The Tonight Show that Questlove, frontman of The Roots, previously gave her son a drum kit which he "loves" - and when Jimmy Fallon joked he'd give the boy a harmonica, Janet added: "He has that already. He's incredibly musical."
The boy also plays the cello, after originally learning to play the violin from the age of two years old.
"He loves classical music. First day of school, he took the violin to school. Third day of school, he says, 'Mama, I want to take a cello to school,'" she said. "I said, 'Baby, you don't have a cello.' He says, 'I'll take one but turn my violin into a cello, please Mama.'"
It was through her assistant Terry's ingenuity that they turned the violin into a makeshift cello using a straw. But since then Eissa has taken to the real deal: "So he has a cello ... He takes cello lessons. He loves his cello lessons."