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Janelle Monáe has been sharing her euphony and acting with fans for years — but it seems that the performer has been holding retired connected america erstwhile it comes to different improbable talent.
While chatting with Lucy Dacus for Rolling Stone‘s “Musicians connected Musicians” series, Monáe claimed to person traveled backmost successful clip (no, really). The taxable archetypal came up erstwhile the 2 artists wherever discussing their shared emotion of Halloween, with the Boygenius prima shouting retired her past Pete Davidson, Ariana Grande couple’s costume with partner/bandmate Julien Baker.
“I’ve ever loved transforming,” the Knives Out: Glass Onion star offered. “I deliberation erstwhile I saw David Bowie — I did. I traveled backmost into the 1970s, and I saw him bash Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. It was incredible.”
Looking bewildered, Dacus replied, “You … traveled back?”
“Yeah, I was backstage,” Monáe answered earnestly. “And I was like, ‘This is what I privation to do.’ And truthful I jetted backmost to the 2000s, and I was like, ‘I tin person the musical, marque the music, make the lyrics and make assemblage astir translation and being queer.'”
Feeling perplexed? You aren’t the lone one. Many of the comments connected the video centered astir the Hidden Figures actress’ cosmic confession, with 1 idiosyncratic writing, “can’t judge one was present for janelle’s coming retired arsenic a clip traveler.”
“lucy’s look arsenic janelle’s comes retired arsenic a clip traveler is priceless,” different spectator commented.
The “Musicians connected Musicians” convo comes a fewer months aft Dacus dropped her medium Forever Is a Feeling, which followed the occurrence of Boygenius’ Grammy-winning debut LP, The Record. Monáe past released a full-length successful 2023 with The Age of Pleasure.
The multi-hyphenate is present moving connected penning a screenplay, which they besides spoke astir with Dacus. “The extremity has ever been to write, prima in, bash the soundtrack, produce,” Monáe said of the project. “A batch of things, I know, but I person to afloat recognize an idea, and I cognize that I volition not halt until I get this. I privation I had immoderate benignant of tube that I tin propulsion successful my brain. Because the clip that it takes … You person the idea, and to recognize it, you gotta speech to each these people. I’m conscionable like, ‘I spot it!'”
Watch Monáe and Dacus’ afloat speech above.
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