yeah I don't understand this, outside of like "Mushrooms and Roses" I don't think she's really 'weird' at all
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
they're mostly all stylistic exercises
yeah if anything they're too straight imo. which qualifies as bad songwriting
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
"Yoga" is growing on me, the lyrical content maybe not so much but the melody in the verse is great as is Monae's delivery!
find this youtube comment p hilarious
and for the people who say don't put her in a box, my response is SHE WAS IN FUCKING BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE UNIQUE BOX!!!!!!
― niels, Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
"yoga" becomes her first ever hot 100 entry
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 July 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
other than the time she was featured on a #1 obv
― some dude, Thursday, 2 July 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
sigh
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 July 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
― some dude, Thursday, July 2, 2015 1:12 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
right, yes
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 2 July 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
Still can't decide what I think of "Yoga"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 July 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
Likewise. I hate it more in theory than in practice.
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Monday, 6 July 2015 14:50 (eight years ago) link
that means you like it
― J0rdan S., Monday, 6 July 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
fyiThree 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/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 August 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
released on: 06/9
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Thursday, 11 May 2023 19:50 (one year ago) link
Nice.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 11 May 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
― frogbs
Wait till you see the lipstick kiss video
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 12 May 2023 05:08 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
oh my god this is so fucking good
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 17:41 (one year ago) link
absolutely incredible video
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 18:56 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
It makes sex look fun!
absolutely.
i think it was a cake shoe.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link