This interview was pre-recorded back in June when Janet was doing a promo run for Why Did I Get Married, Too? in London. The interview was just yesterday morning on GMTV, and it’s nothing but cute.

Blackglama has chosen Janet Jackson to be featured in the brand’s “What Becomes a Legend Most?” ad campaign, and ET’s got the details!

Janet’s “What Becomes a Legend Most?” campaign was crafted under the creative direction of Blackglama’s advertising agency Laspata DeCaro and was photographed by Rocco Laspata.

“For decades, Blackglama has represented the finest, most exclusive mink in the world,” says Joe Morelli, CEO of Blackglama. “Janet is an icon in the world of music and entertainment, a true legend. She represents everything that this storied campaign embodies. Janet is to entertainment what Blackglama is to luxury.”

Beginning in September, the ads will run in national print outlets including Vanity Fair, Vogue, W, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and Women’s Wear Daily; international print including Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, In Style and Harper’s Bazaar in Italy, France, Japan, Russia, China and Korea; outdoor including a billboard in Times Square in New York City; and online including Style.com and WWD.com.

As the newest star to be featured in the ads, Janet is in some fine company! Since the campaign’s inception four decades ago, Blackglama legends have included Sophia Loren, Diana Ross, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Lena Horne and Liza Minnelli.

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THINK MINK: Janet Jackson has wrapped up another gig. The singer will join the ranks of Diana Ross, Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and, more recently, Elle Macpherson and Elizabeth Hurley, as the newest face in the Blackglama advertising campaign, “What Becomes a Legend Most?”

Jackson was photographed by Rocco Laspata of Laspata DeCaro, at the Milk Studios in New York. The campaign, which begins in September, will span print, online and outdoor outlets. The ads will appear in Vanity Fair, W, Vogue, T Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar, as well as WWD and Style.com, in addition to the international editions of Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. Blackglama will also mount a Times Square billboard at Broadway and 45th Street in September. The company has increased its marketing spend 40 percent from a year ago, but wouldn’t disclose dollar figures. Blackglama has also expanded its product line, introducing leather bags, eyewear, fragrance and fur accessories, in an effort to make it a less seasonal, more year-round brand.

A behind-the-scenes video documenting the making of the campaign will appear on the Blackglama and Jackson Web sites. Jackson flew to New York for the shoot after performing on the finale of “American Idol,” where her performance shot up to number one on iTunes (which she pointed out via Twitter after the fashion shoot).

So did she get to keep the mink?

“Yes, Janet did get to keep the coat,” confirmed a Blackglama spokesman, a perk for the legends of the past, who all got to keep the coats they were photographed in.

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SETLIST:

The Pleasure Principle
Control
What Have You Done For Me Lately
Feedback
You Want This
Alright
Miss You Much
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Video Interlude: Clips from Good Times, Diff’rent Strokes, Fame, Poetic Justice, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Why Did I Get Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too?
Nothing
Come Back To Me
Let’s Wait Awhile
Again
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Doesn’t Really Matter
Escapade
Love Will Never Do (Without You)
When I Think Of You
All For You
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Video Interlude
Got ‘Til It’s Gone
Call On Me
That’s The Way Love Goes
I Get Lonely
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Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
Any Time, Any Place
Discipline
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Band Interlude
Black Cat
If
Nasty
Rhythm Nation
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Young Love
Say You Do
Make Me
Together Again

PICTURES:

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VIDEOS:
Doesn’t Really Matter, Escapade, When I Think Of You, All For You

Clips of Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun), Anytime Anyplace, Discipline

What Have You Done For Me Lately, Feedback, Let’s Wait Awhile, I Get Lonely

Janet SLAYED last night. I’ll update with more stuff as released! Hopefully I get HQ pictures for the gall really soon. Enjoy!

she looks GORGEOUS!