Whether it was the DDU-DU DDU-DU of K-Pop’s Blackpink or the aa-ee-aa-eee-aaaah of A Star is Born’s “Shallow,” 2018’s music scene was bubbling over with poppy, catchy, irresistible sound.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé came together as The Carters to c…
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2018 album covers that stopped us in our tracks
You’d think album art would have died with the rise of music streaming platforms.
Holding an album in your hands today doesn’t feel as huge a moment as it once was, the front cover calling to you and your hard earned pocket money across a then-…
Tessa Thompson says she’s attracted to men and women. Happy pride!
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It’s not officially Pride month until a well-loved celebrity comes out as some kind of queer.
In a new interview with Porter, actress Tessa Thompson says that she is attracted to both men and women. When asked about her alleged romantic relationship with Janelle Monáe, Thompson chose to be more circumspect.
“I can take things for granted because of my family – it’s so free and you can be anything that you want to be. I’m attracted to men and also to women,” Thompson told the publication.
Of her relationship with Monáe, Thompson then added: “If I bring a woman home, [or] a man, we don’t even have to have the discussion … That was something I was conscientious of in terms of this declaration around Janelle and myself. I want everyone else to have that freedom and support that I have from my loved ones. But so many people don’t. So, do I have a responsibility to talk about that? Do I have a responsibility to say in a public space that this is my person?” Read more…
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Janelle Monáe has been coy about her sexuality throughout her career, but before releasing her latest album Dirty Computer later this week, she has some rumors to clear up.
The singer and auteur sat down with Rolling Stone for an expansive interview about her life, her record label, and the music making process — and confirmed that all those hints about her sexuality in songs like “Mushrooms & Roses” and “Q.U.E.E.N.” were intentional.
“Being a queer black woman in America…someone who has been in relationships with both men and women – I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker,” she told RS writer Brittany Spanos. Read more…
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Janelle Monáe’s new album will come with a 50-minute Afrofuturist film. Breathe.
If this were 1998 and Janelle Monáe just released her music video, “Pynk,” she’d be sitting at the top of MTV’s Total Request Live every day for months.
Alas, it’s 2018 and we no longer have Carson Daly to guide our spiritual music journey. Whic…
Janelle Monae’s new ‘pussypants’ video is the stuff of queer feminist dreams
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It’s been months since Janelle Monae released her subtly queer masterpiece, “Make Me Feel,” and I’m still just at the beginning stages of my recovery period.
Unfortunately — or maybe fortunately — there’s no time to heal. On Tuesday, the artist released her latest music video, “Pynk.” It’s thick with queer innuendo and feminist iconography. Evidence A: The giant “pussypants” she and her fellow dancers wears throughout. Evidence B: The guest appearance of Tessa Thompson, rumored to be Monae’s partner, who actually busts out of her enormous pink vagina pants.
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From Drag Race to Olympic figure skaters, queer people are owning culture, while the rest of you are regurgitating it at an alarming rate.
However, it’s no secret that many queer artists are still finding their footing in mainstream pop music. As aud…
Janelle Monae and Kesha deliver the Grammys’ most powerful moment
Janelle Monae and Kesha took to the stage at the Grammys and brought the Time’s Up movement to the front of everyone’s minds with an impassioned speech and an unforgettable, emotional performance.
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