I wanted to be at this listening party.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BictA8-nl8W/?hl=it&taken-by=monaedroid

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Interesting mention of Janelle in this article about funkateer Betty Davis in the New Yorker, contrasting the way they have each incorporated sexuality into their image:

Monáe has recently come out as pansexual, and she declared that, with “Dirty Computer,” she is stripping away her android armor to reveal her true self. While that framing severely undercuts the adventurous music she has been creating for more than a decade, she clearly takes her role as a pioneer seriously, even literally. In the gorgeous video for her new song “PYNK,” black women drive a pink Cadillac hovercraft into the masculine, ruggedly individual desert space of the West, feminizing, collectivizing, and moisturizing it by seducing each other. Still, Monáe’s new image as a “free-ass motherfucker” feels no less calculated than her robotic avatar. If Davis’s commitment to her own vision seemed to render her audience’s reactions beside the point, Monáe keeps her eyes trained on the camera. While daring us to be shocked by her skin-baring outfits, raised middle fingers, and multiple F-bombs, she seldom appears to be having much fun.

Makes my day after Cardicide.

Janelle makeup free. She's a natural beauty.

My thing with her is that she doesnt have the strongest vocal chops to hold up to many of her former mass array of musical stylings..the songwriting didnt pull me in. However this last album fixed that all right up for me.

The album debuted at n°6 on the billboard charts and n°1 on the R&B charts.

She was at the Met Gala yesterday givin'me 80's vibes with this outfit. The theme was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination". I see the halo with the hat being also a nod the the album cover.

I SAW UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.



BUH BYE!

paisleypark4 said:

My thing with her is that she doesnt have the strongest vocal chops to hold up to many of her former mass array of musical stylings..the songwriting didnt pull me in. However this last album fixed that all right up for me.

I think she does:

funky

rock

jazz

rap

R&B

"opera"

Cinny said:

I SAW UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.



BUH BYE!

I can see this too, I was like where's Christopher Tracy Janelle?

I loved this podcast. She talks about P at 23.21

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cindymay said:

Cinny said:

I SAW UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.



BUH BYE!

I can see this too, I was like where's Christopher Tracy Janelle?

I should probably ease up on the gal. There are worse things than being Prince inspired!

Quincy Jones has tweeted to her:

Honored to have been referenced in ur liner notes for #DirtyComputer, @JanelleMonae! U are an absolutely lovely individual & I'm so proud of you. I always think back to the OG hang-thang at the Miles Davis Music Hall @MontreuxJazz Fest! Keep on keepin' on GURL! Just the beginning

I remember it was Prince that took him there.

cindymay said:

I can see this too, I was like where's Christopher Tracy Janelle?

Thankfully, Prince's style was refreshing and pioneering. He never borrowed ideas.

Identity said:

cindymay said:

paisleypark4 said:

My thing with her is that she doesnt have the strongest vocal chops to hold up to many of her former mass array of musical stylings..the songwriting didnt pull me in. However this last album fixed that all right up for me.

I think she does:

funky

rock

jazz

rap

R&B

"opera"

Tru dat I relistened to Electric Lady (still like DC more) and it was not until she hit the slower numbers where she started to show her chops but it is infrequent as a whole I mean, she doesnt show it a lot.

paisleypark4 said:

cindymay said:

I think she does:

funky

rock

jazz

rap

R&B

"opera"

Tru dat I relistened to Electric Lady (still like DC more) and it was not until she hit the slower numbers where she started to show her chops but it is infrequent as a whole I mean, she doesnt show it a lot.

Uhm I don't know I think she's always very versatile in her records and so also with her voice. I like Dirty Computer more than Electric lady too.

Amusing misheard lyric from Take A Byte:

"So dress me up; I'll like it better if we both pretend / Yeah, make love to a nun."

I thought, "That's pretty kinky role-play....."

Turns out it's "make love 'til we're numb."

Cinny said:

I SAW UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.



BUH BYE!

And perhaps a dash of Sign O' The Times.....

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8454878/janelle-monae-interview-dirty-computer-pharrell-williams

Rehearsing for the tour! I'm sure it will be so good and I feel very different from the previous one.

I wonder where is the vinyl and why it's taking so long.

I'd like this for every video in the emotion picture.