“Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him so much.” These were the words then 11-year-old Paris Jackson uttered at the funeral of the person who meant the whole world to her, her father.

Losing a father at that age is heartbreaking. For Paris and her brothers, it meant that now all eyes were on them. All of a sudden, every magazine wanted to have a piece of Michael Jackson through them, and they received incredible media attention. Michael cared for their privacy a great deal, and now, they found themselves under the spotlight.

After his death, his children ended up in the legal care of his mother, the kids’ grandmother, Katherine Jackson. Paris lived with her until her 19th birthday, after which she moved to her father’s private studio at the family compound, which she transformed into a dorm-style bedroom.

Paris, who turned 23 on April 3, opened up about Michael Jackson in a YouTube interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell which aired recently. Among the rest, she spoke of her modeling career, her new album, and her upbringing.

The young model and musician released her first album Wilted, which is an indie-folk album. “It’s mainly just a story of heartbreak and love, in general, and the thoughts and feelings that come after it doesn’t work out,” Paris told Paper, and added how she is inspired by her late father’s music. She definitely inherited his talent.

“My dad was really good about making sure we were cultured, making sure we were educated, and not just showing us like the glitz and glam, like hotel hopping, five-star places,” Paris said.

“It was also like, we saw everything. We saw third world countries. We saw every part of the spectrum.”

Paris added that even though Michael Jackson was the King of Pop and was filthy rich, he still didn’t let his children have everything on a silver platter. Instead, they learned from very young age that they had to earn the things they wanted.

“Even growing up it was about earning stuff,” she said. “If we wanted five toys from FAO Schwarz or Toys ‘R’ Us, we had to read five books.

“It’s earning it, not just being entitled to certain things or thinking ‘oh I got this’. It’s like working for it, working hard for it, it’s something else entirely, it’s an accomplishment.”

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