"Tabloid Junkie" is a song by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995). Jackson wrote and produced it with songwriting and production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The song became available as the eleventh track on the album's second disc, HIStory Continues, on June 20, 1995, when it was released by Epic Records. It is a funk rock song with lyrics that address media bias and negative coverage of rumors about Jackson and his personal life, similar to previous songs recorded by Jackson. The seventh song on HIStory aimed at the media, "Tabloid Junkie" received generally positive reviews from music critics.