righteous
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 17 August 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
not righteous: http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/janelle-monaes-speaks-out-against-police-brutality-immediatly-cut-off-by-today-show/
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Monday, 17 August 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/08/18/385202798/janelle-mon-e-releases-visceral-protest-song-hell-you-talmbout
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
eh, I'm not a big fan of the implications of that article. not saying it wasn't on purpose but she wasn't "immediately" cut off nor was this something out of the ordinary, performers who stay on to say a few words about whatever routinely get cut off
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 15:15 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i get why people look at that clip and feel mad or disheartened, but a show like that is timed within an inch of its life, they were gonna cut to the next segment when they were gonna cut no matter what. if she's said that stuff over the bridge of the song during their scheduled time, i doubt they would've cut away.
― some dude, Wednesday, 19 August 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
daaaamn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dUfv6_Qs24
― sleeve, Thursday, 20 August 2015 05:50 (eight years ago) link
not a great song exactly, but something i can imagine being really great at shows/rallies. and actually its better than some over earnestly political attempt to Say Something about what's happening. could do with a little more colour in the music but its maybe the first time ive heard JM break a sweat vocally too (though i think i prefer her sounding cooler).
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 20 August 2015 09:59 (eight years ago) link
I appreciate "Hell You Talmbout," but I don't think I want to listen to it again. Prince's "Baltimore" is perhaps less angry, but a lot more tuneful.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Thursday, 20 August 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
for such a spare track, the drums sound really cold/thin.
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:50 (eight years ago) link
wish she would re-appear with something new
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 18 December 2017 05:34 (six years ago) link
Have we lost her to Hollywood?
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 December 2017 05:50 (six years ago) link
hope not
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Monday, 18 December 2017 06:03 (six years ago) link
we lost her to the GAP
― frogbs, Monday, 18 December 2017 14:30 (six years ago) link
yeah, feels that way
― Nhex, Monday, 18 December 2017 17:59 (six years ago) link
that's too bad because I don't think she's actually that great an actress (she was good in moonlight but everything she did in hidden figures was so self-serious and actor-ly....whole movie was kind of like that though). more music please! obv she is very beautiful so I'm not surprised she has a million makeup endorsement deals.
― akm, Monday, 18 December 2017 18:02 (six years ago) link
i just saw her in moonlight and thought she was great
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 December 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
i can't blame her for Hidden Figures, that was clearly the direction/tone of the film. i mean, you know Kevin Costner signed up just for that ridiculous scene with the bathroom sign. Moonlight is great proof that Monae can act well in the right role
― Nhex, Monday, 18 December 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
Well this is an interview and a half
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/22/you-dont-own-or-control-me-janelle-monae-on-her-music-politics-and-undefinable-sexuality
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
These new songs are fucking great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRzz0oqgUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjQq5rMlEY
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
The first one's great, the second one's just okay (though there's some terrific bass playing buried in there).
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
Yeah, don't know that I need a ton of hip hop-style Janelle, but her saucy Prince-mode is A+.
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
Django Jane sounds good to me.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
It's not just a pure "Kiss" knockoff, either; I hear some Janet Jackson in "Make Me Feel," too.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
Ahem.. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer album/film
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 22 February 2018 21:59 (six years ago) link
The search function does not conflate accents. :-D
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 22:49 (six years ago) link
the collective realisation that JM wld make a perfect willy wonka has ruined JM for me
― ogmor, Thursday, 7 June 2018 11:48 (five years ago) link
Sorry?
― Slippage (Ross), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
OMG this how you announce new material
💄❤️🔥💋 tomm. pic.twitter.com/lBlgYuEBvl— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) May 10, 2023
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 10 May 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
bout to do some cartoon wolf shit
― frogbs, Thursday, 11 May 2023 03:25 (eleven months ago) link
subtle!!
https://store.jmonae.com/en/janelle-mon%C3%A1e/the-age-of-pleasure-sea-blue-vinyl/075678626876.html
― frogbs, Thursday, 11 May 2023 19:48 (eleven months ago) link
released on: 06/9
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 May 2023 19:50 (eleven months ago) link
Nice.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 11 May 2023 20:09 (eleven months ago) link
― frogbs
Wait till you see the lipstick kiss video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 12 May 2023 05:08 (eleven months ago) link
Indeed (NSFW and will probably only play on YouTube anyway)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7S6wLP_vsY
― groovypanda, Friday, 12 May 2023 07:49 (eleven months ago) link
Goodnight! That video just about gave me a heart attack. Gonna go take a nap now.
*fans self*
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 13 May 2023 15:55 (eleven months ago) link
oh my god this is so fucking good
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 17:41 (eleven months ago) link
absolutely incredible video
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 18:56 (eleven months ago) link
It’s really great. It makes sex look fun! A lot of “sexy” media totally fails to do that. And so inclusive, I was very impressed with Topless Elder.
What was going on with the show that she was licking/eating? I can’t watch it again because my kids are around; was it a cake shoe? The colors were changing or something.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:06 (eleven months ago) link
It makes sex look fun!
absolutely.
i think it was a cake shoe.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:13 (eleven months ago) link
now i'm intrigued
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:34 (eleven months ago) link
It's pretty unusual for a famous performer to put out something so aggressively subby
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:40 (eleven months ago) link
oh man i'm getting dom vibes from her in this video tbh! or at the very least switch. it's the cigar.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:42 (eleven months ago) link
but tbh i'm very outside it when it comes to lesbian sexuality.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:44 (eleven months ago) link
There's maybe a little of that but for the most part she's getting dragged around, kissing shoes and otherwise worshipping bigger unknown people, wearing someone's undies on her face, having to swim out to her waiting lover in her Pokémon jammies.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:48 (eleven months ago) link
too true
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:51 (eleven months ago) link
i read the pokemon outfit as like, that's mom and dad behind her
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:52 (eleven months ago) link
ok i'm seeing the subbiness now for sure. it's such a fun video!
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:53 (eleven months ago) link
Song is earworm-y too, wasn’t sold on the first single - perhaps got too hyped with the idea of an afrobeat Janelle song and it wasn’t quite that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 13 May 2023 20:35 (eleven months ago) link
She's become a songwriter in the last five years to match the persona.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 13 May 2023 20:36 (eleven months ago) link
This is an interesting swerve from the android aesthetic.
― treeship., Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:01 (eleven months ago) link