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| Janelle Monáe is coming back to snatch afro wigs and lace fronts. |
The ArchAndroid Electric Lady, our beloved Cindi Mayweather is finally emerging back to retake seat on her throne of psychedelic R&B pop funkiness.
And boy has she been missed!
Although it has been extremely wonderful that Monáe entered the acting foray, stealing our breaking hearts in
Moonlight and enticing our innermost ferocity in
Hidden Figures, we cannot forget where she has originated, where she has originally tantalized and seduced us-- through powerful, soul-stirring music, through thoughtful artful videos like miniature movies.
Cold War,
Many Moons, and
Queen are definitely highlights in her rather impressive, atrociously underrated oeuvre.
Sudden teaser release of
Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe's upcoming follow up to spectacular albums,
The Metropolis: The Chase Suite,
The ArchAndroid, and
The Electric Lady, shares a thirty-second rush of blinking rapid images that feature grouped beautiful black women in sophisticated costumes and gorgeous hairstyles whilst belonging and existing in dystopian science fiction spaces lit up by fantastic red and purple lights that bring out the marvelous glows of rich, diverse hues. Every moment is important and interesting, arresting the ravenous eye with such intense, gratifying portrayals of intimacy and longing. Surprisingly guest cameo-ing in Monáe's last video,
Yoga, it is quite refreshing to see Tessa Thompson again, perhaps playing a tender girlfriend, a loving best friend. The delivered hints are fascinating, a mix between Afrofuturist fundamentals and present realities. There's the inclusive marginalized body experiencing sweet love and rebel carefreeness and contagious excitement.
Like Janet Jackson, Monáe has an authoritative control that makes music more than head bopping dance beats. She shoves negative stigmas and outdated stereotypes to the wind in order to bring forth a new daunting era, to inspire and influence new generations to awaken from the "sleep."
Here are some of my favorite snaps of
Dirty Computer:
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| Thompson touching Monáe's face and hair, leaning in..... |
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| Stepping in the club with fierce attitude. |
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| Is this the infamous Anthony Greendown? |
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| An affectionate hold. |
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| Upside down with the popping necklace that charges around the braided wearer with radiant super charged energy. |
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