Human Nature

Posted to TikTok on May 5, 2026, Maeta turns to one of the most beloved ballads from Michael Jackson's Thriller — Steve Porcaro's 'Human Nature.' The TikTok format strips away the production: a phone, a single take, voice forward. Exactly the kind of test the song demands, with its delicate melody that has tripped up plenty of singers over the years.

Where Jackson floats through the chorus with that signature airy phrasing, Maeta leans into the warmth of her lower register before letting the upper notes bloom. The cover lives in the lineage of her favorite move — taking a song everyone knows and finding a new entry point through interpretation rather than reinvention.