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 (six years ago) link
Sorry?
― Slippage (Ross), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:33 (six 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
now i'm intrigued
― maf you one two (maffew12), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:34 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
but tbh i'm very outside it when it comes to lesbian sexuality.
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:44 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
too true
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:51 (one year ago) link
i read the pokemon outfit as like, that's mom and dad behind her
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:52 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
This is an interesting swerve from the android aesthetic.
― treeship., Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
But... it's such a slight non-song? Even in terms of production, how can you make a reggae groove without a bassline? I get that the video is a statement, but when this song is alone in the audio world, it's not much...
― paulhw, Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
I get that the video is a statement, but when this song is alone in the audio world, it's not much...
A lot of that going around.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 13 May 2023 22:45 (one year ago) link
She is a strikingly beautiful individual though
― treeship., Saturday, 13 May 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
Watched the video, ordered the record, just realized I couldn’t tell you anything about the song.
Well played, Janelle.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 13 May 2023 23:10 (one year ago) link
Dirty Computer is probably my favourite Janelle album, but these two singles have done absolutely nothing for me. The songwriting just feels so weak this time round. Hopefully there's better to come.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 13 May 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
i think it's a good song. i mean it's not groundbreaking or anything but it's well-constructed w/ plenty of hooks & her singing is .. gorgeous i think? and the bassline is very much there and good? lol. has a little bit of a throwback feel, maybe not as cutting edge or as saturated as wizkid or koffee or sza.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 14 May 2023 00:03 (one year ago) link
I think the Float song isn’t too bad, and the other song isn’t too good…
― Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Wayne Manor (morrisp), Sunday, 14 May 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Not sold on the song, tbh. Have loved all her LPs so far but… this ain’t up to much. Video is great in so many ways but I’m hoping for better content musically. Dirty Computer took a while to grow on me but became my #1 jam of 2018, so maybe this will do the same.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 14 May 2023 02:56 (one year ago) link
Video was fun, almost a relief to see good old explicit sensuality and communal feelings rather than the usual "oh, is this what you want ? you think you can have it ? probably not, but let me put it in your face"Song is a bit non-descript reggae pop, but I like it when it's Lila Iké or Sevana, so if the rest of the album is 70s licks and jams, I'm down with a "modest" single.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 14 May 2023 13:10 (one year ago) link
found out she was an author earlier. blooming renaissance woman innit.
― Stevo, Sunday, 14 May 2023 14:55 (one year ago) link
video is great, songs are... ehh, OK.
― Nhex, Monday, 15 May 2023 04:29 (one year ago) link
i like the sound she's going for but this is pretty slight overall? feels like wasted potential
― ufo, Friday, 9 June 2023 22:41 (one year ago) link
Listened to it a couple of times at work and the whole thing passed me by.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 10 June 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link
janelle monae is a tremendously talented performer but isn't a particularly strong songwriter. i appreciate that she wants to write her own weird shit but the songs are almost never as good as her performances!
i find this record's vibe deeply cringe tbh
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 10 June 2023 03:00 (one year ago) link