< ! -- Deleted image removed : The music video for " Black Cat " was directed by Wayne Isham . It was filmed on April 5 , 1990 , using live concert footage from Jackson 's Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990 at the Met Center in Bloomington , Minnesota . In addition to the audience for the sold-out show , the filming reportedly drew an additional 3,000 fans . The video premiered during the tour 's first date at the Tacoma Dome , projected on three screens prior to Jackson appearing on stage . It was later debuted on MTV and other music channels in August . The video uses an " in concert " theme , in a similar concept to other hard rock and heavy metal music videos of the era , being a departure from her heavily choreographed videos with various settings . Spliced footage of a black panther is shown throughout the video . Jackson explained , " Black panthers fascinate me . They 've become an obsession . During filming , we used a black panther who actually attacked his trainer . Do n't ask me why , but I was never fearful . I feel a strange rapport with panthers . They 've become an inner symbol . Maybe it 's their beauty , maybe their danger , maybe the poetry of their movement . It 's as though their strength protects me . " It was later included on the '' Rhythm Nation Compilation '' and '' Design of a Decade '' video release . The video was choreographed by Jackson and Anthony Thomas
Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990
Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990
Black Cat (song)