Janelle Monae

Still can't decide what I think of "Yoga"

Likewise. I hate it more in theory than in practice.

that means you like it

fyi
Three days into the whirlwind “Eephus” tour, featuring eight concerts in such cities as Philadelphia, D.C. and Los Angeles, it’s become pretty clear that Monáe and her labelmates are turning the Toyota-sponsored tour into a political roadshow. So far, they’re three for three, leading public protests before each night’s show. The tour stops — and subsequent marches — began in Philadelphia on Wednesday and continued the next day in New York, where the group led a rally against police brutality in Times Square. The group moves on to Chicago on Monday, then Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., before wrapping up in Atlanta at the end of the month

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style-blog/wp/2015/08/16/janelle-monae-leads-protest-before-secret-concert-in-washington-d-c/

righteous

not righteous: http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/08/janelle-monaes-speaks-out-against-police-brutality-immediatly-cut-off-by-today-show/

http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/08/18/385202798/janelle-mon-e-releases-visceral-protest-song-hell-you-talmbout

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

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.

daaaamn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dUfv6_Qs24

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).

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.

for such a spare track, the drums sound really cold/thin.

wish she would re-appear with something new

Have we lost her to Hollywood?

hope not

we lost her to the GAP

yeah, feels that way

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.

i just saw her in moonlight and thought she was great

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

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

These new songs are fucking great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRzz0oqgUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjQq5rMlEY

The first one's great, the second one's just okay (though there's some terrific bass playing buried in there).

Yeah, don't know that I need a ton of hip hop-style Janelle, but her saucy Prince-mode is A+.

Django Jane sounds good to me.

It's not just a pure "Kiss" knockoff, either; I hear some Janet Jackson in "Make Me Feel," too.

Ahem.. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer album/film

The search function does not conflate accents. :-D

the collective realisation that JM wld make a perfect willy wonka has ruined JM for me

Sorry?

OMG this how you announce new material

💄❤️‍🔥💋 tomm. pic.twitter.com/lBlgYuEBvl

— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) May 10, 2023

bout to do some cartoon wolf shit

subtle!!

https://store.jmonae.com/en/janelle-mon%C3%A1e/the-age-of-pleasure-sea-blue-vinyl/075678626876.html

released on: 06/9

Nice.

subtle!!

https://store.jmonae.com/en/janelle-mon%C3%A1e/the-age-of-pleasure-sea-blue-vinyl/075678626876.html

― frogbs

Wait till you see the lipstick kiss video

Indeed (NSFW and will probably only play on YouTube anyway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7S6wLP_vsY

Goodnight! That video just about gave me a heart attack. Gonna go take a nap now.

*fans self*

oh my god this is so fucking good

absolutely incredible video

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.

It makes sex look fun!

absolutely.

i think it was a cake shoe.

now i'm intrigued

It's pretty unusual for a famous performer to put out something so aggressively subby

oh man i'm getting dom vibes from her in this video tbh! or at the very least switch. it's the cigar.

but tbh i'm very outside it when it comes to lesbian sexuality.

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.

too true

i read the pokemon outfit as like, that's mom and dad behind her