I'm very excited for this record.

CarolineC said:

cindymay said:

Are you single or in a relationship?

“I’m in an open relationship with two androids and a cyborg.. :clap:what an elegant way to say don't mess with my private love life..she reminds me of jack white one day we'll discover she was or still is secretely married to someone

Yes, I also thought that was a funny and clever way to handle the question. Why do reporters think they can ask that? Cause you know if Janelle says "in a relationship", the next question would be "with who?" I don't blame her at all for wanting to keep that private.

Honestly, that answer she gave just sounds like she's been hanging around Prince too long! You know he's been coaching her on giving these kinds of answers to create mystique and seemmore bizarre. Personally I think she might be gay not that there's anything wrong with that.

dancerella said:

CarolineC said:

Yes, I also thought that was a funny and clever way to handle the question. Why do reporters think they can ask that? Cause you know if Janelle says "in a relationship", the next question would be "with who?" I don't blame her at all for wanting to keep that private.

Honestly, that answer she gave just sounds like she's been hanging around Prince too long! You know he's been coaching her on giving these kinds of answers to create mystique and seemmore bizarre. Personally I think she might be gay not that there's anything wrong with that.

dancerella said:

CarolineC said:

Yes, I also thought that was a funny and clever way to handle the question. Why do reporters think they can ask that? Cause you know if Janelle says "in a relationship", the next question would be "with who?" I don't blame her at all for wanting to keep that private.

Honestly, that answer she gave just sounds like she's been hanging around Prince too long! You know he's been coaching her on giving these kinds of answers to create mystique and seemmore bizarre. Personally I think she might be gay not that there's anything wrong with that.

but she isn't gay...why did you presume that? lol she dated for a long time one of the guys of the wondaland arts society ( her creative partners).. don't know who she is dating now...if she is still dating that guy or someone else..that's what people want to discover,. or maybe that answer is an elegant way to say I'm in an open relationship God knows what happens in wondaland behind closed doors.. also in her song wondaland she said take me back to wondaland she thinks she left her underpants( there)...

[Edited 8/22/13 13:41pm]

cindymay said:

dancerella said:

Honestly, that answer she gave just sounds like she's been hanging around Prince too long! You know he's been coaching her on giving these kinds of answers to create mystique and seemmore bizarre. Personally I think she might be gay not that there's anything wrong with that.

but she isn't gay...why did you presume that? lol she dated for a long time one of the guys of the wondaland arts society ( her creative partners).. don't know who she is dating now...if she is still dating that guy or someone else..that's what people want to discover,.

Because she doesnt show her ass

mjscarousal said:

cindymay said:

but she isn't gay...why did you presume that? lol she dated for a long time one of the guys of the wondaland arts society ( her creative partners).. don't know who she is dating now...if she is still dating that guy or someone else..that's what people want to discover,.

Because she doesnt show her ass

ohH I understand but no..she still can be bisexual but I don't think so...I know about men in her life don't know about women but all is possible..

cindymay said:

but she isn't gay...why did you presume that? lol she dated for a long time one of the guys of the wondaland arts society ( her creative partners).. don't know who she is dating now...if she is still dating that guy or someone else..that's what people want to discover,. or maybe that answer is an elegant way to say I'm in an open relationship God knows what happens in wondaland behind closed doors.. also in her song wondaland she said take me back to wondaland she thinks she left her underpants( there)...

[Edited 8/22/13 13:41pm]

I think you're right. I just read this quote from Janelle today (in the UK magazine DIVA):

“I think we are all… um… part of each other and when someone from the queer community is discriminated against, or not treated like a human being, it bothers me. As a woman, a black woman, there are parallels to that. I mean, my community, being an African-American, we’ve had to deal with slavery, Jim Crow laws – my ancestors dealt with that. So I connect all the dots, between the ex-communicated, the untouchables, the immigrants and the negroids. As different as we may look or feel, we are all connected. So I guess that we do feel connected to the queer community, and as an artist I should speak out against things that are evil. To me, treating someone as if they are less than you is an evil act. It’s my job to use my platform to speak out against it.”

Eloquent, as always. I interpret that to mean she supports LGBT rights, but does not identify as part of that community.

CarolineC said:

cindymay said:

but she isn't gay...why did you presume that? lol she dated for a long time one of the guys of the wondaland arts society ( her creative partners).. don't know who she is dating now...if she is still dating that guy or someone else..that's what people want to discover,. or maybe that answer is an elegant way to say I'm in an open relationship God knows what happens in wondaland behind closed doors.. also in her song wondaland she said take me back to wondaland she thinks she left her underpants( there)...

[Edited 8/22/13 13:41pm]

I think you're right. I just read this quote from Janelle today (in the UK magazine DIVA):

“I think we are all… um… part of each other and when someone from the queer community is discriminated against, or not treated like a human being, it bothers me. As a woman, a black woman, there are parallels to that. I mean, my community, being an African-American, we’ve had to deal with slavery, Jim Crow laws – my ancestors dealt with that. So I connect all the dots, between the ex-communicated, the untouchables, the immigrants and the negroids. As different as we may look or feel, we are all connected. So I guess that we do feel connected to the queer community, and as an artist I should speak out against things that are evil. To me, treating someone as if they are less than you is an evil act. It’s my job to use my platform to speak out against it.”

Eloquent, as always. I interpret that to mean she supports LGBT rights, but does not identify as part of that community.

exactly..I remember an old interview when she was basically still unknown ( she was about to release the first suite the chase)when she said she supported gay rights because she had a lot of friends who are gays and she is against any kind of discriminations..plus there was a very old interview ( that I never found again) in which she said she used her boots to keep her boyfriends warm, something like that..

I smell "Grammy Award for Best R&B Song".

Either way, since The Electric Lady will be elligible for the Grammys.. I assume this time she will have many nods..

Friday flashback, found this nice review of the Janelle Monae/Bruno Mars tour back in 2011.

Mars and Monáe: These ‘hooligans’ are ‘wondaful’

1:27 am May 11, 2011, by Melissa Ruggieri

Though cutely dubbed the “Hooligans in Wondaland” tour, the joint outing by whiz kids Bruno Mars and Janelle Monáe could just as accurately be called the “Old Soul(s) Revue.”

For all of the grousing that so many of today’s young stars are more pre-occupied with image and flimsy, disposable radio fare than creating anything substantial, here are two examples (three, really, if you count opener Plan B) that defy those complaints.

For more than three hours last night, fans packing a sold out Fox Theatre received a lesson in authenticity.

It started with British singer/rapper Plan B (aka Ben Drew), who fronted a five-piece group of classy-looking, skinny-suit-clad musicians intent on overpowering his voice.

A huge star in his homeland, B is hardly another random Top 40 singer. With a voice coated with the gristle of a vintage soul man, he sauntered through the soulful pop of “The Recluse,” growled through the hip-hop dotted “Coming Up Easy” and seamlessly segued into the ‘60s-styled finger snapper, “She Said.”

Though his voice was strangely absent during chunks of a medley of “My Girl” and “Stand By Me” (a sound issue, it seemed), B recovered for a “dubstep remix” of the Ben E. King classic with his awesome sound-making buddy, Faith SFX.

This guy, sort of a Bobby McFerrin of rap, added vibrations and a slew of percussion sounds – all from his mouth and throat – to the song before it devolved into a mountain of noise, with Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose” as the victim.

No, it wasn’t always slick or pretty, and at times, B seemed to regard the audience with indifference, but it would be hard to argue that his rawness wasn’t real.

Plan B’s second album, “The Defamation of Strickland Banks,” was released in the U.S. last month.

Atlanta’s Monáe – technically a co-headliner with Mars – arrived in her usual dramatic fashion, surprising the audience as one in a trio of black-hooded figures on stage.

During her hour-long set, Monáe, 25, was ceaselessly riveting, tapping everything from the New Orleans chug of “Faster” to the blistering “Locked Inside” with a light touch.

You can see why Prince digs her (she’s opening one of his L.A. Forum shows this weekend): She’s a tiny whir of James Brown’s feet, Grace Jones’ hair and his own soul.

But as entertaining as her massive band, all wearing the Monáe uniform of black and white, was, at times, the view onstage was a bit overwhelming with a four-piece orchestra, a four-piece band, two brass players and two backup singers, many of them jitterbugging around the stage while playing.

Add to that Monáe’s rubbery steps (including a flawless Moonwalk), and it’s no wonder that a highlight was during the show’s quietest moment, when she displayed her chanteuse chops on Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile.” Accompanied only by a jazzy guitar, Monáe sang the ballad in a bold, clear voice, re-affirming that after more than half a century, it’s still one of the most beautifully simple songs in existence.

But soon it was back to showcasing her slightly wacky persona for the tight funk of “Wondaland” as a video (in black and white, of course) of her and the band frolicking in a playground rolled behind her.

Since many of Monáe’s songs include much wailing, it was refreshing to hear her spin through the word-heavy “Tightrope” before the band launched into an extended jam during “Come Alive,” which Monáe did when she bounded into the audience to scamper around.

Though she never addressed the crowd verbally, her perpetual smiles and blown kisses indicated the warmth directed at her (adopted) hometown fans.

Despite Monáe’s Atlanta connections, there was little doubt who the superstar of the show was when a black curtain rose to reveal Mars in his signature fedora.

Who knew that Mars, 25, would evoke such squealing from not only teens, but their mothers and grandmothers, too?

It was appropriate that his second song of the set, an unreleased pop-rocker filled with hooks, is called “Top of the World,” since that’s exactly where Mars is lately.

And who wouldn’t want to be Bruno these days?

Judging from his playful demeanor – draping his arm around wingman Phillip Lawrence, engaging in some humorously inoffensive pelvis thrusts and flashing a billion-dollar smile – Mars is pretty content with life.

And he should be. The guy is a spicy young talent who sounds as natural tossing out Chuck Berry licks and covering the Berry Gordy-era “Money (That’s What I Want”) as he is playing pop’s loverboy.

His honeyed voice swooned during “Our First Time,” a bedroom ballad spiked with a reggae rhythm and he led his seven-piece band through the horn-infused staccato pop-funk of “Runaway Baby” with a naturalness that belied his age.

Mars’ childhood immersion in music was even more obvious live, when fans could watch his innate sense of rhythm steer “Nothin’ On You” and hear him recall classic influences.

A lovely doo-wop segment segued into “Marry You,” a song spring-loaded with caffeinated energy, and the multi-instrumentalist even pulled out a ukulele for “Count on Me,” a sweet, mellifluous ode to friendship.

Mars has tapped into something very real with songs such as “Nothin’” and his now-signature smash, “Just the Way You Are.” He knows that most women are suckers for a few compliments and tender thoughts and he packs his songs with such affirmations, careful to avoid any overcooked begging.

Why does it work so well? Because Mars, like Monáe, is a genuine talent. And even the most smitten fan can smell a fraud.

http://blogs.ajc.com/atla...-wondaful/


Photos from the show

cindymay said:

mjscarousal said:

Because she doesnt show her ass

ohH I understand but no..she still can be bisexual but I don't think so...I know about men in her life don't know about women but all is possible..

I just get a bit of a "butch" vibe from her. Maybe it's all the suits she wears? I don't know. I think she has a pretty face of course but she seems a little masculine to me.

dancerella said:

cindymay said:

ohH I understand but no..she still can be bisexual but I don't think so...I know about men in her life don't know about women but all is possible..

I just get a bit of a "butch" vibe from her. Maybe it's all the suits she wears? I don't know. I think she has a pretty face of course but she seems a little masculine to me.

It's not that important anyway, she is clearly a gay rights supporter. Being a bit ''masculine'' or wearing suits as a woman does not mean that you are gay. Woman that are more ''masculine'' can be straight, gay, bisexual, everything. same goes for woman that are very ''feminine''. or whatever, i'm myself gay but i'm not very ''masculine'' but also not very ''feminine''. i don't categorize myself actually. i understand what you mean. but everything could be possible really, of course people are curious, and they want to know. but i respect Janelle for not saying anything, like i said, it's not that interesting anyway, what she has to say as artist says enough about who she is and what's she stands for as a person.

Can't wait to the hear the album btw!

dancerella said:

cindymay said:

ohH I understand but no..she still can be bisexual but I don't think so...I know about men in her life don't know about women but all is possible..

I just get a bit of a "butch" vibe from her. Maybe it's all the suits she wears? I don't know. I think she has a pretty face of course but she seems a little masculine to me.

the archandroid era was the most masculine she ever looked with the tuxedos,saddle shoes and all...she was really feminine in her audition days with the fro and the mini skirts and all..and style wise I' m really loving this electric lady era (the queen video, dance apocalyptic, and we have to see what she will rock for primetime but if it's the look of the picture above I love it:))..this era is sexier in a traditional way for a woman probably( even though a lot of persons consider suites on women really sexy)this era anyway seems like sonically and visually a mix between the janelle from the audition and the one from the archandroid....imo because the janelle of the audition was the real janelle without any filter (she wasn't her android alter ego there)..now she is a mix because yes this album is part of the saga but she said there is way more of herself in this album and less of cindi..anyway she is always beautiful in my book

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xLiberiangirl said:

dancerella said:

I just get a bit of a "butch" vibe from her. Maybe it's all the suits she wears? I don't know. I think she has a pretty face of course but she seems a little masculine to me.

It's not that important anyway, she is clearly a gay rights supporter. Being a bit ''masculine'' or wearing suits as a woman does not mean that you are gay. Woman that are more ''masculine'' can be straight, gay, bisexual, everything. same goes for woman that are very ''feminine''. or whatever, i'm myself gay but i'm not very ''masculine'' but also not very ''feminine''. i don't categorize myself actually. i understand what you mean. but everything could be possible really, of course people are curious, and they want to know. but i respect Janelle for not saying anything, like i said, it's not that interesting anyway, what she has to say as artist says enough about who she is and what's she stands for as a person.

Can't wait to the hear the album btw!

she is and you really can understand a lot about her just listening and paying attention to her lyrics..