“I don’t write my music just for myself,” Janelle Monáe says in Glamour‘s latest edition of “You Sang My Song.” “I write it for other folks, you know? In hopes that everybody can walk in their truth and embrace the things that make them unique. What feels so humbling is when those who support my…
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In 2018 it feels like the world is at last prepared for Janelle Monáe. Ten years ago her EP, Metropolis: The Chase Suite, arrived as if from another continent, even planet. The layered, literary R&B album referenced classic space operas like Star Trek and the works of David Bowie and Prince. It seemed to foretell…
Read moreAfter enduring many years of speculation about her sexuality, Janelle Monáe is coming out on her own terms. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Janelle confirmed that she identifies with tenets of both pansexuality and bisexuality. “Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women…
Read moreThe 2018 awards season has already delivered many powerful moments, particularly in light of movements such as #MeToo and Time’s Up. From fashion displays of solidarity to emotionally charged acceptance speeches, inspiration has abounded from the red carpets to the ceremony stages and beyond. The 2018 Grammy Awards continued this long-overdue tide of change, with…
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