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      • "I wanted to really feel inspired and start things with Janelle Monáe," the singer recalled in an interview with The Quietus, adding, "I didn't want to get dictated to by anybody, except for just listening to and accomplishing my own heart, to get in contact with the things that made me unique." It was time for her to fly, for sure.
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  2. Feb 14, 2022 · The Stunning Transformation Of Janelle Monae. Some say that Janelle Monáe is an amalgam of two of her late heroes, science fiction writer Octavia Butler and gender-bending musician extraordinaire Prince, the latter of whom was a friend of hers. But to simplify Monáe as such, even as a combination of two extraordinary people, doesn't tell the ...

  3. May 18, 2023 · Musical Success with "Metropolis". Getty Images. Janelle Monáe performs at the Sugarhill Nightclub in Atlanta on August 25, 2007. After her work on Idlewild, Monáe set out to create her own ...

  4. Monáe, on her childhood musical inspiration Janelle Monáe Robinson was born on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Kansas, and was raised in Quindaro, a working-class community of Kansas City. Her mother, Janet, worked as a janitor and a hotel maid. Her father, Michael Robinson Summers, was a truck driver. Monáe's parents separated when Monáe was a toddler and her mother later married a ...

  5. Feb 20, 2017 · Janelle Monáe: No, I was also a person who did not know about these brilliant women – Mary, Katherine, Dorothy, or any of the “human computers”, as they were called during that time. Once I found out it was true and these women did in fact exist and really helped get the first American into space, it became a personal responsibility to ...

  6. Mar 6, 2021 · Janelle Monae on Why She Went ‘All In’ With ‘Turntables’ to Spotlight Doc’s Tales of Racial Injustice. In a Q&A, Monae talks about how "All In: The Fight for Democracy" motivated her to write...

  7. Dec 21, 2023 · When asked why the album is so short, Janelle Monáe explained she wanted to give her listeners just enough of a taste that they’d want to play it again and again. [17] That very well may be true, but the reality is that many songs have gotten shorter in duration to be usable on the social media platform, TikTok. [18]

  8. Sep 30, 2021 · Janelle Monáe: I think the lack of visibility of Black women has changed. In my opinion, these are our sisters. There’s a connection when I see another Black woman, when I see a Black little girl. Older, younger, generational — there’s a real unspoken connection and a sense that we need to take care of each other.