Janelle Monáe on new album artwork: “I’m much happier when my titties are out”

Janelle Monáe has discussed the advice they picked up from Prince, and how it informs their creative decisions.The singer released new album ‘The Age Of Pleasure’ yesterday (June 9) and spoke to Zane Lowe for Apple Music about its creation.Discussing Prince, who has previously collaborated with the singer, Monáe revealed some words of wisdom from The Purple One about how to overcome nerves and anxiety in music and life.“Cut it down in half. That’s what Prince would say to his band,” they revealed.

Janelle Monae is opening up about business and pleasure.

Janelle Monáe would love to do another “Knives Out” movie.

‘The Age of Pleasure.’Triple threat Janelle Monáe — she sings, raps and has acted in films like “Glass Onion,” “Moonlight” and “Hidden Figures” — just announced her upcoming 26-concert ‘The Age of Pleasure Tour’ that will send her to venues all over North America.That includes two huge New York gigs.First up, Monáe will perform at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 26.Then, on Sept.

Janelle Monae is hitting the road!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Singer-actor Janelle Monáe will be bringing her “Age of Pleasure” principle to North American theaters and amphitheaters this late summer and fall, with a nearly two-month tour that begins Aug. 30 in Seattle and wraps Oct. 18 at the L.A. area’s YouTube Theater. The Live Nation-backed 26-city tour will follow a couple of months on the heels of Monáe’s first album in five years, “The Age of Pleasure,” which comes out June 9. It’s been preceded by a new single and music video, “Lipstick Lover.” A Verizon presale begins Thursday at 10 a.m. local time, with other targeted presales happening throughout the next week before a general ticket sale one week from today, June 7, also at 10 a.m. local time.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Ryan Gosling is telling off his “Barbie” critics who claim he’s too old to play Ken. Some younger “Barbie” fans have stormed social media after each photo and trailer drop for the movie to decry the casting of 42-year-old Gosling as Ken. A social media debate over Gosling’s age has even broken out among different generations of Barbie fans, as summarized earlier this year by the New York Post (in a story aptly titled “Gen Z ‘Barbie’ Fans Slammed for Calling Ryan Gosling Too ‘Old’ to Play Ken”). What does Gosling think of the age criticism being lobbied against him? “I would say, you know, if people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are many other Kens to play with,” he recently told GQ magazine for a cover story.

Taylor Swift's first tour since 2018 kicked off with a Tickemaster meltdown, and as the concerts continue, ticket prices have only continued to rise. Swift is about halfway through the North American leg of "The Eras Tour" and is set to perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night over Memorial Day weekend. However, fans of the pop star are having a hard time finding affordable tickets.

Ethan Shanfeld Buck Meek, the Texas-born singer-songwriter and guitarist of Big Thief, has signed to 4AD and announced his third solo album, “Haunted Mountain,” slated for an Aug. 25 release. Meek teased the upcoming release with a music video for the lead single, also titled “Haunted Mountain,” which is co-written by Jolie Holland. The album, according to the announcement, is about love and “something bigger than love, something that doesn’t challenge love exactly but stands in contrast to it. A soulfulness, or a soul-seeking fullness.” In Meek’s own words, “Not break-up songs, but an actual love song written in earnest? That is taboo now. Sometimes it can feel like all the great love songs have already been written.”

Asake has announced details of a new album and shared the first single. Work of Art will be released on June 16 and is preceded by "Amapiano," a collaboration with fellow Nigerian artist Olamide.

Lupita Nyong’o is not worried about people linking her to her good friend Janelle Monáe. The actresses, who love and admire each other, believe their close connection is extraordinary, but there’s nothing else to share about it.“She has a magnetism that they were obviously picking up on,” Nyong’o, 40, told Rolling Stone about Monáe.

Lupita Nyong’o is addressing those longstanding rumours that she and Janelle Monáe once dated.

Just friends? Lupita Nyong’o understands why fans continue to ship her and BFF Janelle Monáe amid their years-long relationship.

Lupita Nyong’o is addressing those Janelle Monae dating rumors.

Lupita Nyong'o is setting the record straight about her relationship with Janelle Monáe. The 40–year-old Oscar winner and the 37-year-old singer-actress became close after meeting at the 2014 Met Gala, sparking rumors the two were dating. Lupita – who currently dates Selema Masekela – understands why people thought the two were together. «She has magnetism that they were obviously picking up on,» Lupita tells Rolling Stonein its new cover story about Janelle, who came out as pansexual in 2018. «She is that enigmatic.

Janelle Monáe has been making their rounds going viral on social media ahead of their upcoming album, The Age of Pleasure. In a video posted on Twitter, the artist was seen flashing the crowd while she performed, lifting her top to expose her bare breasts. Now, in the newest Rolling Stone cover story, she explains why.

Janelle Monáe, the non-binary, pansexual, futuristic superstar, is opening up about the softer, more sensual and indulgent shift she's taken in life that fans are getting a taste of with her new album, .In an intimate interview for 's Pride issue, the musician and  star delves into her new era of liberation, and how the COVID-19 pandemic kicked off her new way to celebrate her autonomy and massive success.The 37-year-old explains to the outlet that she has «reoriented her world around pleasure» from a desire to quiet her mind and remain present. «I want things to feel so true to my life,» she explains. «I used to consider myself a futurist. I know what that means, to obsess about the next thing.

non-binary, pansexual and says her pronouns are she/her, they/them and “free-a-s motherf–ker” — landed on the cover of Rolling Stones’ Pride issue, and she’s continued her pattern of showing skin.The 37-year-old’s cover shots leave very little to the imagination, showing off her nude body ahead of the release of her upcoming album.“I’m much happier when my titties are out, and I can run around free,” Monáe told the magazine.The actor and singer’s naked skin has been a big theme in her life recently.On the red carpet for the Met Gala, she stripped down into a bikini, with a hoop skirt around her head that could transform into a dress draped over her body — and she even gave fans a closer look into every angle of the pearl-embellished bikini on her Instagram.Earlier this month, Monáe posted a video of her coming out of a pool wearing a wet, white T-shirt that read “PLEASURE” across the chest — which allowed her to free the nipple.The Grammy-nominated singer appears topless underwater in the cover artwork for her latest album, “The Age of Pleasure,” with her nipples pixelated.“The Age of Pleasure,” which comes out June 9, is Monáe’s “most sensual and indulgent album yet,” and has helped the singer shift her way of life.“Most people don’t understand what’s going on in my brain. Community has been so helpful to me; it’s beautiful that I have a title called ‘The Age of Pleasure’ because it actually re-centers me,” she shared. “It’s not about an album anymore. I’ve changed my whole f–king lifestyle.”Her new album has helped the “Hidden Figures” actress understand the importance of having a community and combatting has helped her combat anxiety.“I want things to feel so true to my life…I used to consider myself a futurist.

Janelle Monae is embracing the present moment.

Three huge gigs from acclaimed American artist Janelle Monae at the Manchester International Festival have been cancelled - just six weeks before she was due to headline the 2023 event.