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Apr 26, 2022 · Like Butler before her, Monáe works in a genre called Afrofuturism. Loosely defined, it imagines the future of Black liberation from a hostile world—ours.
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Sep 2, 2010 · Janelle Monáe: A New Pioneer Of Afrofuturism. Read later. Against a pop climate beset by fraudulent marketing plans on two shiny legs, John Calvert argues that Janelle Monáe brandishes the acetylene torch for radical Afrofuturism. John Calvert Published 11:02am 2 September 2010. Janelle Monáe is the new Bowie – or so The Guardian would have it.
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- Cold War (from ‘The ArchAndroid’, 2010) Topping our list of the best Janelle Monáe songs, Cold War finds Monáe speaking from the heart about a hostile environment all around her.
- Dance Apocalyptic (from ‘The Electric Lady’, 2013) A track road-tested in the strip clubs of Atlanta, Georgia, Dance Apocalyptic is about the liberating power of rhythm, whether that’s by being a street B-girl in hip-hop, a choreographed fingersnapper in a girl group, or an uninhibited solo mover in front of your own mirror.
- Tightrope (featuring Big Boi) (from ‘The ArchAndroid’, 2010) Never was a song so aptly named. Taut, elevated, controlled: every step Janelle Monáe takes on Tightrope is precise and balanced (balance being a theme threaded through many of the best Janelle Monáe songs).
- Make Me Feel (from ‘Dirty Computer’, 2018) Janelle Monáe had not released anything for three years when she gyrated back into our lives with Make Me Feel.
Apr 4, 2022 · Abstract. Janelle Monáe has been a driving force in Afrofuturism and a practical theorist of Black embodiment for the past fifteen years, and with her 2018 album and (e)motion picture, Dirty Computer, she has cemented herself as a pop sensation.
Apr 26, 2022 · Catie Dull/NPR. Janelle Monáe's Afrofuturistic pop album 'Dirty Computer' was nominated for a Grammy in 2019. Now, Monáe brings the sci-fi world into literature through her latest...
Apr 28, 2015 · One of the ways that Monáe intentionally contributes to the field of Black feminist theory is through her conscious engagement with afrofuturism as a medium through which she not only escapes...
Sep 25, 2018 · September 25, 2018. Ériver Hijano, Red Bull Music Academy. Last week, Janelle Monae sat down for a special interview and lecture at the Red Bull Music Festival in Berlin. The 90-minute...
