Tag: Janelle Monae

What The Fuck Is Going On With Janelle Monae’s Music?

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I love Janelle Monae’s early stuff. It’s great. But her latest stuff. Yuck. It makes me wonder if maybe the fact that Big Boi and Prince were mentoring her caused her to be as unique and interesting as she was when she first burst onto the scene.

These days….oh boy. She just seems like she’s trying the fuck hard. She wants to be really, really mainstream. I’m all for mainstream pop — Dua Lipa does a great job of it — but I think Monae would be best served by picking a lane. She should either pivot back into really weird rap R&B or she should go really hard into pop rock.

This drivel she’s doing these days breaks my heart.

Huh. Janelle Monae

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

I’ve long been a big fan of Janelle Monae. I really liked the beginning of her career. She was really creative and had a very unique, clear creative vision. She was tight with Big Boi and Prince and she seemed like follow in Prince’s footsteps.

And I’ve been pleased with some of her crazy antics of late. She’s got a Baracking body and I’m always game for some T&A.

But.

And this is a huge but — I’m growing to hate her music.

Gone are all the kooky, weird shit that made her great. Her actual music these days seems to very mainstream and, like, trying too hard. It’s very strange. I don’t get it. I don’t understand what is going on.

Could have been that Prince was something of a mentor to her and when he died, she lost her way? I dunno. It’s all very curious.