Janelle Monáe - Electric Lady [Official Music Video]
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- Janelle Monáe - Electric Lady [Official Music Video] - Directed By ALAN FERGUSON
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In a perfect world, this would've been a chart topper.
It would've hit #1
It is.. and It IS.. ❤🧘🏿♀️🙏🏾👀
@@moniquecovermepretty1558❤️😭🙏🏿 REPRESENT!!!
❤️😭🙏🏿REPRESENT!!!👽
@@latto333 THIS IS CULTURE!!!❤️🙏🏿😂
This was my daughter's favorite song; Janelle Monae was her favorite female artist. I played this song at her memorial service. RIP Quintessence, gone but not forgotten.
I'm sorry for your loss, Ms
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢
❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing a little bit of her with us ❤
So sorry for your loss. Glad you got to celebrate your daughter.
Janelle is in a league of her own. And criminally underrated.
Yes she is!
And beautiful
@@KadariusGreensolange, janelle, kelis ,jungle babe , ari lennox and victoria monet share one fan me 😂😂😂 I've been called " weird" myself love them for staying true to who they are.
🤙🐝
Till this day I'm still mad I wasn't invited to this house party, looks like fun. Sighs in *quarantine*.
Lol
r they accepting pledges? I would love to be around women of color that are united, smart, beautiful, and uplifting each other. please make this real, our women need it.
sameee
Me three.
Then attend an interest meeting with Zeta Phi Beta
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I don't mean this to be disrespectful but why is it that many black people talk about needing to be around people of color? There are SO many other racial groups in the U.S. but you rarely hear them talking like that. We don't have any all-Asian or all-Hispanic universities. Everyone else just kind of melds together but black people seem to want to separate themselves and then call everyone else racist. And why do many call each other brothers and sisters? Imagine how it would sound if a white person talked of their "white brothers and sisters." They'd call them a white supremacist.
I love how on the album this comes in smoothly after "Q.U.E.E.N." Ugh. The groove gets me every time. I love it.
+Lanie It's one of those perfect album transitions.
Agreed. So epic right after that sick Q.U.E.E.N. rap. Also from former albums I really like Dance or Die into Faster, Cold War into Tightrope, Violet Stars Happy Hunting into Many Moons. All insanely good transitions. Her albums are just masterpieces of art on so many aspects omg.
Yeppppppppp
i honestly can't listen to Q.U.E.E.N without anticipating this song next.
OHMIGOD YES.
That smooth segue just heightens both songs. 😍
My favorite part of the entire song is at 2:41, the melody on the lines "Baby talking on the side/As the world spins around" is just so unbelievably excellent. I'm a huge sucker for using the leading tone in the melody of a minor key song. When she hits "as the world spins around" it gives me chills. Perfectly contours the bVI - V motion. Just unreal what a good songwriter she is.
This is truly one of the most underrated songs out there. This timeless classic will still be a mad jam in 20 years+
WYSSSSSSS ‼️
she's a humble, conscious, talented, beautiful individual
Agreed. Love her.
I agree. I love and admire that in her
And a REAL ally to ALL minorities.
And intelligent as hell too
She sure is!
I love Janelle she can give us that 90's and 80's and then the 2000's feel I love her so much
I agree...she's a timeless talent and can do literally anything musically...
That's my cousin
That's what happens whem you have your own style
Janelle also gives a 2300s feeling in my opinion :-)
@@gaelhamon9826 Well, Wiki does cite a couple of authors who call her a "Neo-Afrofuturist," following in the footsteps of the great George Clinton! She is truly unique.
And she just released a book of side-stories from "Dirty Computer." It dovetails nicely with her "emotion picture," skipping around its timeline.
I needed Solange in this video since that’s her vocals on the background 😩😩😩😩
so you telling me that Solange ain’t even in the damn video bro…. 😑😒
Janelle Monáe IS absolutely the QUEEN.
This is a masterpiece.
Janelle is one of the finest artists of our time.
I FULLY agree. This is my jam, but it astonishes me that Dance Apocalyptic isn't the biggest radio hit of the last decade.
Ambo Walupime My Queen ,Toby J.i.a.o.b.e.
Ambo Walupime ** Yea. the entertainment world..... ""Hollywood" has removed the gospel of Jesus Christ...... from their entire circle of people... False-hood, Idol worship and lots of folks/Ceo's who have signed over in blood. the Bible lets you know this country will fall with out, morals and sound leadership. Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. proverbs - riches profit not in the day of wrath but righteousness will delivereth from death. Believers have to stay w the word of the Lord. amen the word gives a clear example of what the end x's would come to. ( Bible ) that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, -- Philippians 2:15 ,, $ cannot be worshiped as the Lord Jesus Christ. when that happens lawless-ness and corruption. "" run wild .. Christ will return . ( 1 Timothy 4: Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
""" the word says it will come a x, when folks will dis regard whats written in scripture. and attempt to gain wisdom apart from the word of God, through other"" false religious books. wanting to be their own..... God. just like Satan when he grew proud and vain. ,, psalms -
Do not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
10 In whose hands is a sinister scheme,
And whose right hand is full of bribes. pvb. 12 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Btw it's artiste smarty-pants
Ambo Walupime
If this was a real college party, I would've had to have been there. Looked lit. Especially when she started rapping 😂
Exactly doe
KolorlesssoulThis Video looks far from Lit. Do you not see the "Skull in Bones" at 1:13 where the Record is playing? She is clearly a illuminati puppet aka False Prophet representing the Dark Age aka Last Days. This Video is so Dark and Basic and has no LIFE in it and this song has no real SOUL to it. You can clearly see her throwing up the satanic "666" hand gesture in her Icon, this Generation is pathetic.......
Yung Jayy lol stfu dude
Adriana McCullum
Kolorlesssoul Yeah and not all the drunk shit that goes on now with all the WOOOOOOOs to try to convince themselves they are having fun
So I'm hearing this song today for the first time. Unbelievable.
This song brings such a huge smile to my face. I love Janelle’s positive energy!
Right?🎉😂😅❤❤❤❤❤❤
Awwwww I love it! Her momma is too cute w/ the cameo and they gave a s/o to all the frats :) Love Janelle with her hair out giving my Janelle of Letting Go days tease
Hey Jouelzy girl! lol
That's her real mom?!
@@juliawhite7152 yes that's her real mom.
@@kykyakalakya2348 ....Okay thanks lol. She just looks so young!
@@juliawhite7152 you're welcome and yes she does.
Makes me want to say "to heck with my social anxiety " and go out and dance the night away 😂😂🙌🏾😌 and go see hidden figures afterwards . Definitely one of my artist
Joy Mechell
It’s interesting I believe we’re all developing social anxiety in particular these last few years. Something in the air that is making us feel terrified of each other somehow.
2020 now and you did and still can✌🖤💋🎊
I watched literally a thousand times.lol. I love her in the movie'Harrier' also 🖤
Same, but sadly my social anxiety pops up out of nowhere
Took my sentiments and personal experiences straight out of my mind!
This song should have been huge the message was so positive and the song was catchy af...still listening in 2019
Same here!
This will forever be the song of my summer holidays (last year), cruising around the Greek islands, enjoying the sun and the sea together with my love. This year the pandemic hit and my life fell to pieces in all sorts of ways, but I still come here regularly to jam to this great song and awesome artist and remember the times when life used to be different, good (even though back then I didn't really understood how good it was)... Rock on, Janelle!
Black excellence, I'm so glad to see us showcased in such a manner & not how we are being portrayed in the media.
Scarlett Rose c'mon you can't really be that ignorant on purpose. And you believe OUR media? Lol race issue aside that let's me know part of why you are still so ignorant. The only way to know what's happening in the world is to branch out and examine your surroundings on your own without bias and without limiting your scope. The media lies to us with choreographed images and pre-written stories. You should at least know that much.
Scarlett Rose Your entire argument is poorly thought out. By your logic, we could say that all white people shoot up schools and movie theaters or are serial killers or are KKK members. Stereotypes are just that... stereotypes. They are not accurate portrayals of ever member of a certain race . I'm a black woman and I am beautiful, talented and educated and so are all of the people of color that I surround myself with and I'll be damned if I have to listen to ignorant people like you make generalizations about every person of my race.
Scarlett Rose Lol you're so ignorant that your reply really just proved my entire point
Scarlett Rose
Actually Caitlyn did respond to your inaccurate argument, looks like you just chose to ignore her first message since you had no rebuttal. The fact that you think SOME of the black people you know represent ALL black people is clear evidence that your capactiy for rational thought is severely limited. Especially when, like Caitlyn said, you're commenting on a video that actually is positive and is a more accurate reflection of the type of people I and many other black people surround themselves with which are educated, professional, conscience black men and women who can have a good time without being as you put it criminals and thugs. Either you're a troll trying to get a rise out of people or you really are just that ignorant as I've seen you make posts like this on other positive black music videos. Whatever the case may be, you can have a seat. Everyone reading your posts understands quite clearly that you are just foolish.
Caitlyn Green my sentiments exactly.
she's gorgeous! And I love how she's a positive female black singer and almost all the people in her videos are black. this is the sort of thing that kids can look up to.
I love how sapphic these lyrics are
Okay but can we talk about the absolute STYLE this video oozes.
That Afro. Monica? Estelle? Esperanza? Kimbra? T. Boz? I had to stop. I lost my shit for real. I can't handle this much greatness?
I'm watching it at work, going OFF!!! I about had to step away from the desk for a second.
Xenite Insane, isn't it?
Erkyah Badu, too. Everyone but Solange : (
kavelle fields i dont think that was Badu.....it was Fatima Robinson, the choreographer
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anyone else considering pledging? oh, and can we talk about that amazing loc updo 1:45? And then can we talk about how beautiful Janelle Monae is?
yes! so much yes!
Sign me up! I thought I'd be invited.
Yes ! the woman with the loc up do is joi she's a singer was in Lucy pearl Appeared in D' angelo lady remix video .
Awesome video! Love the updo also at 1:45.
Working on the step as we speak
I want SO bad to be angry she’s FINALLY getting the respect she’s deserved for so long… & half the folks mad about her showing her body. She is embracing & loving herself as she evolves and we were ALL blessed to be able to watch this incredible transformation from a power house to HBIC vibes and ❤ u JM ✨✨✨✨✨✨🙌
Showing her body / By that u mean women butts and t!ts then yes she showing her body to possibly some young people I don’t think u understand
@@Excursial Her music has always clearly been intended for adults; I don't understand what the problem is. Artists are not obligated to be family friendly. If parents don't want their kids seeing music videos like that, then they need to put parental controls on their kid's devices or something, but it's not the artist's problem. You can look up videos of people being decapitated on TH-cam, I really don't think some women in swimsuits is going to scar anyone lol.
@@marcusmiro7481 this was 1 month ago idgaf anymore
Tell em again!! ❤
Janelle Monáe truly has her own, individual style that's..wow..and when I listen to her it's like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill collabed in a studio one fateful night and Janelle was the final product. 🤩
Okay, call me a dichotomy slave, but seeing them take a pic with a watch and then listen to an 8-track made me giggle with insane levels of happiness.
Haha! Same!!
Same.
IKRRR
ME TOO!
Janelle Monae is the finest girl in the music industry today
Yes I totally agree.
Tru dat
+Michael Covington gass
Dare I say, she's the finest artist in the music industry today. PERIOD.
Michael Covington
cuckold white boy
I think this is still my fave of hers
Same.. tightrope is a close one
Wow! This song is aging so well. It's still a JAM!
Just saw in the movie hidden figures she did an awesome job...
Mocha Leeshus Moonlight too
Damn, this has a real late 90's feel to it.
i know its awesome !😊😊😊
yess aliyah zhane tlc
EleKtriKm4n absolutely!!! SWV also!
70s too
No matter how many times I listen to this I still get lifted by the energy, chills of wonder and appreciation running through me. What a gift to the world!
I dedicate this song in loving memory of my big sister Francine Teresa Wilson (Cookie) as her electric energy fueled her dancing that she shared with all who had the pleasure to watch and even more so to dance with. She will always be a “Electric Lady”
This song always makes me want to go shopping lol It has that clothing store music feel that has you grooving while going through racks lol
Lol it's been playing at lane bryant for months
they play this multiple times a day at Charlotte Russe
Listen LISTEN!!!! If y'all didn't know she is so EVERYTHING!!!!
Awesome young lady!
True
YAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
I teared up!!! I love the HBCU pride!! All the beautiful brown folks having fun together! And it's taken so long to get this video out!! She looks so happy and I love it so much. She is truly an icon!
Janelle Monae is the definition of black girl magic. I just love her so much!
Janelle is a true "renaissance woman" the absolute best talent out there.
Even if it was only a couple seconds, I'm glad my favorite song got some screen time at the beginning.
#ItsCode
Man!! I love that song too!! The bad is too sick on that song!
I'm mad I wasn't invited to this beautiful party!😂
Right I'm feeling really tough rn
I'm wondering if the wine I drank is making me feel this video on another level. 😂😂
Janelle is literally timeless I’m still amazed
Janelle Monáe is such a queen and in my opinion an extremely underrated artist
Janelle Monae IS Black excellence! So is the entire Wondaland Art Society
When she was talking to her "momma" she sounded a lot like rasheeda from love and hip hop atl. I love this video! ♥
YES SHE DID!!! 😂😂😂
lol. No need for quotations. That was her actual momma!
Analog B wow I didn't know that! Cool! 😊
I thought so too. And she kinda looks like her too!
I just said the same thing. She kinda favors her in that scene, too!
This song is so infectious and fantastically funky. I LOOOVE it. She is so underatted.
That is how you party when you just secured a good business deal, got a promotion, got engaged, passed your final year exams or just simply feeling good about life and loving yourself.
Janelle Monae is like the female Pharrell Williams, she's absolutely underrated yet creative, stylish, and fun
Pharrel is not underrated and does not come close to Janelle's creativity. But yea he's stylish and fun for sure.
Or she's just herself
N miguel
@@Sjimbwow sometimes it really seems like Pharrell Williams is underrated though. The community and the industry don't give him as much flowers as he deserves. We jump to praise the people hoping on every trend but he is part of the ones that set the trends and stays behind the curtain. To an extent I think that's why he's managed to stay relevant and creative.
Plus he's killer handsome and ages like fine wine 👌🏾 ( no homo though but damn he looks good for any age, my whole family and my girlfriend have a crush on him 😂😂)
Pharrell is underrated?
I say he is overrated.
Don't get me wrong, Iike several of his tracks, but he is hardly a substance over style "artist."
And, his misogynistic and creepy Harvey Weinstein love letter called Blurred Lines...... yeah...... anyone that willingly, casually makes a dance hall track for date rapists is a litttttttttttle questionable as a human being to me.
It would be like me making a KKK love letter and then acting like I had no idea what I had done.
Pharrell is a performer, not an artist - and he has some Bill Cosby criminality towards women in him.
No means no.
I'm in love with the hair!!!😍😍😍 so beautiful so natural
Right? :)
Everything about this song and video is absolute perfection. Those 9.1m views (as of Sept. 2023) should be 91m at least. I'll never get over what a good video this is. The aesthetic, the energy, the choreography, the cameos, and the fact that it seems like everyone there is actually having fun and not just acting. And her main look in this video (the black and white letterman jacket) is iconic. And everyone did such a fantastic job really selling the whole thing - the dancers, the extras, everything. Just perfect.
This video just makes you feel good! Everybody partying, having a great time, and just show love with great music and dancing. Janelle brought F-I-R-E with song. Love it! Good workout song too!
Loves me some JanelleMonae jones Style game on point!
Lolz
You got to posting before I did :-) she is so electriflyyed
I love janelle monae I especially love her song Q.U.E.E.N.
Max iz best
and still in 2018 representin"... have you heard her new joint "make me feel" and "django jane"
Janelle QUEENIN SO HARD OUT HERE.
Electric ladies, lets get in formation.
+PRC NH #blackgirlmagic
i feel so empowered watching this ugh.
SO grateful for Janelle, her creativity, persistence, energy, strength, & authenticity.
its been 8yrs and this song is still amazing .
She tore it up at AfroPunk this year!!!
Incredible!
Draggline 77 Janko Nilovic is Afro Punk. this lady is a fraud
What? Where is afro punk held? I need to go
So classy and fun ughh janelle you done the music business so good ! . And that's all her hair!!!
Her hair is amazing!
Her hair is my spirit animal
Janelle Monae is a phenomenal talent!
My everyday crush. Whew lord😻😻😻😻😻😻
Beautiful, talented and ridiculously underrated. I hope there's a new album soon.
What do you think of the new album?
Briana Kelley the worst kind of cliff hanger
@@michaelnestell6936 thank goodness I'm not the only one that was left unsatisfied. I NEED MORE JANELLE MONAE MUSIC!!!
The album's damn good though. Best pop album this year for sure
Zac S I saw her at ACL (Austin city limits) and her performance was fantastic! If you can you should try to see her next time she goes on tour.
this was awesome loved the positive reference to Black culture of 80s and 90s within the instrumentals just beautifully down !😂😊😊😊
This song always helps me vibrate HIGHER!!! 🎉✨️🎵💃🏽
Love this intelligent, talented Lady, love the video, love the vibe! Keep it coming Janelle 💕
Why is this woman not a bigger star????>?>?>
+Name much agreed, her and Elle Varner are so talented but don't get the respect they deserve because they don't have all their body out.
+MrMountain123 She didn't sell out. She stayed true to herself and her music style.
I know 🕴
hey
she is big. Just ain't Huge
Cant figure out what I like most about this girl - the face, the hair, the body, skin tone, singing... help me out here (LOL).
She deserves more attention though.
MrFreshography All of the above? :-)
Janelle made her own sorority four years before Beyonce, jussssss sayinnn
this is one of my favourite songs EVER!! so underrated, deserves way more!!!
I've always admired Janelle. I love the way she moves, she has mad skills, now she's hitting the big screen She is a very talented young lady. 👍👍
She so damn beautiful all around its crazy!
All her songs are my favorite. I was just listening to this album earlier. She is such an icon! 💕
I honestly don't understand how anyone could unlike this song. Plus the video is just as amazing
I'm proud to be a natural, intelligent and beautiful African American female. I absolutely love my culture.
Janelle Monae's spirit is in alignment with the Universe, her voice is like the birds singing to God in the morning. She is grateful, humble and compassionate, her music is a testament, naturally gifted, she loves her creator. She is definitely a motivator and a shining STAR. Enjoy and buy her music.
This woman is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The transition from Q.U.E.E.N. to this song on the album caught me off guard. It’s so good
YES!!!!
Will you be electric sheep?
electric ladies, will you sleep?
OR WILL YOU PREACH?
chillzchillzchillz...genius
If you are bothered that there aren't a lot of white people in this music video... well, tough luck! Now you know how WE feel, never being represented well in YOUR media. Janelle Monáe is INCREDIBLE and makes us feel proud and represented in the light that we deserve, and if you self-centered attention-hungry racists have a problem with that, get over it real quick. Go watch someone else's video with what you're looking for (it's easy to find one) instead of spewing your hatred here, on a fun, energetic, and classy video of a beautiful black woman embracing our culture proudly and gorgeously, unlike MOST mainstream artists.
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Keith Japp She's making a music video to show the pride and beauty in our race. Why don't you complain when people like Iggy Azalea and Taylor Swift do the same thing? Why do people only call it a problem when Janelle does it? She's not even excluding white people on purpose (even though the white media excludes black people on purpose); it's a music video showcasing a fictional black sorority with pride and beauty.
Plus, don't blame ME for the problem; I only made this comment because people were pissed off that Janelle only has a few white people in the video. I wasn't the one to bring it up; a few WHITE people were the first to bring it up. I didn't even notice it until they angrily brought it up and called Janelle racist for it. LOL, you're mad at the wrong kind of person. Don't complain on MY comment if it's a problem to you; complain on the comments of people calling Janelle racist for not having white people in her video.
Keith Japp The problem with your comment is that youre victimizing yourself.. why do all white people do that? Make it about themselves.. I dont get it.
There will never be true equality between white and black people.
oh and heads up. Black people cant be racist....
MrFBluntz No. Black sociologist chiming in here: when we're talking about racism it gets really technical. We have break it into two prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice is basically an attitude, and black people and other races can be most definitely prejudiced. One thing black people and other races cannot be is discriminatory because that refers to having the power and access to deny a people resources and avenues for advancements in life which is what you SHOULD be referring to about whites and this concept of racism because that's where the privilege and shaping of stereotypes and media imagery toward other ethnicities come into play here--it comes from the group in power which are white people.
Back to the victimization, that's actually a pretty complex answer. Most white people today don't want to acknowledge that they hold the privilege in this society because it villianizes them and we--I'm talking about all of us--all need something to villianize to make us validate our existence. It's not right to villainize a person that hasn't done anything wrong, we accept this idea. So when we get into their history (white people) of taking a race, dehumanizing them and building this entire system where they will be treated as a second class or less opposed to the people who started this, that's about one of the worst things you ever do in life. That's why the Jews regarded Hitler as The Devil incarnate and this is why Germans, who mostly blindly followed him because they were so financially desperate would rather not talk about him.
Coming back to America, here, in present day, white people want to think that ok since slavery is gone all that other stuff like systemic domination via stereotyping and granting them privilege is too but that is clearly not the case. Not the case at all.
I have been studying this, in addition to history and people of history and societies for over 5 years now and I'll probably spend the rest of my life trying to get down to this but the bottom line is, what seems like a simple mystery to you really isn't so when you start to investigate it. I could write a series set of books about this and the answer wouldn't satisfy most. All you can do is know and understand the basics. TH-cam isn't the place to type all that out.
maddywoo13
Lol you may not of seen his reply but he was most definitely victimizing himself...
Im glad you agree with me that Black people cant be racist...
Oh my god is that t-boz? Janelle went in on this video.
I know right!!
this song and video have not aged. I still feel the same excitement I felt when it came out. Love u Janelle and family. Proud to be a black woman!!
Her afro is everything! 🌺
💕🤍
she should be big as beyonce
lirlyswirl111 she doesn't want to...she'll lose creative control
Kitta Scott Beyoncé is in charge of literally every artistic move she makes. She manages herself and has been years. Don't start
Private Account You think Beyoncé's death will be quickly forgotten? LMFAOOOOOO. I love Janelle, but let's cut the delusion please. Beyoncé is quite literally one of the greatest performers/vocalists of all time and she has CONSISTENTLY shown artistic growth with each album. Critics do not lie
The fact that Beyoncé is brought up in every single music video with a female artist only proves that she IS the standard. Why even bring her up or make the comparison?
Dogs don't bark at parked cars.
lirlyswirl111 BIGGER
This video looks like it was so much fun and Janelle is gorgeous!!! But I'm not sure why anyone has a problem with the people in the video. It's representing an HBCU which is majority Black students. So why are people bothered? Damn...everyone hates us but get mad when they not included in our fun..BYE!! 😔
Yesss chile this is the one I love this song so much especially with solange vocals in the back 😌
My favorite Janelle Monae song
This woman is so underrated it's nearly painful. Catchy songs with a great voice. I enjoyed her album more than Beyonce's. Don't get me wrong it was a really good album but Janelle just did more for me.
She is indeed a bit underrated.. Although 900K views in just 5 days is not bad, Katy Perry gets 10x the views on her new video released the same day.. That's not because Kety Perry makes better music, that's just the power of the musicindustry and mainstream media.. Janelle Monáe does not have such a huge marketingmachine behind her, she is not played everywhere and as a result not as known.. But she is a whole different "product" anyway, probably a bit to complicated to become real big in the mainstream..
inflatable2 I don't think it's complicated at all. You're right Katy Perry does get WAY more views, So does, Niki Minaj, Lady Gaga, etc.Why is that though? I PERSONALLY think it's because of the large amount of sex appeal that those other artist put in their videos. Don't get me wrong Janelle is a VERY sexy/ attractive woman but while other people put sex appeal at the forefront of their vids JM lets her talent speak for itself and that's why I also feel she is underrated as well.
Writer B Besides that, to go into maybe a bit more touchy thing about her.. She still seems to mainly appeal to a black crowd, and then in particular females, especially in the USA.. I mean, just look at who is mainly responding to this video again.. That offcourse is not really a surprise looking at her background, the group she is in and the (political) messages she puts out.. To me as a white male from Europe it's not really an issue, I'm still a big fan of her because of who she is and what she does no matter if she is black, white, yellow or whatever and talks a lot about female empowerment.. Although sometimes it does make me feel a bit like I do not really belong as a fan, the exact same sentiment I think is also holding back the mainstream media from promoting her in a bigger way aswell.. Although she already has appeared in plenty of mainstream media it still seems like the black (female) community is claiming her in a big way.. But like I said, I do not really care, I bought all her albums and I promote and adore her..
Please excuse my bad English (if so), not a native speaker..
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Hmmmm. Not something I thought about, but you raise a valid point. And it's cool your English is better than some Americans. LOL!
maybe if people actually bought the damn album lol
Why do people feel the need to compare Janelle with Nicki. Why do people always make it a competition or comparison between two women. They're both amazing women, why can't we just love them both.
+34RiverStone thats what im saying its annoying because nicki is a rapper and janelle is a singer so you can't really compare the too but people love tearing down another artist to lift up their favorite
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+34RiverStone It's not that we can't love both of them, but when someone who speaks about things that really don't matter/relate to normal people is lifted higher so they can be known/heard, compared to someone who actually speaks the truth and speaks about matters that need to be discussed, It raises a new topic on how the society these days are really....stupid.
+Alexia Colette Exactly. Not to mention male singers are in constant competition as well. Our society picks and chooses its battles. She just like many black singers with real messages are pushed to the side. And it's not only because of the media agenda but because people just don't want to hear a truth that doesn't pertain to them. Why would you pay more to see Nicki when you can not only get a show but a message from Monea? People are ridiculous these days. I wonder if they know popular musicians have dumbed down music to get more sells and it's actually worker. It's been shown that music with meaningless lyrics sell more.
Living For Tony & Kerry Olitz Scandal yes
Love the beginning, homage to Janet Jackson's Control, when she leaves home and meets Jimmy, Terry and the band in the drop top
This is giving me nostalgic School Daze, Living Single, Drumline vibes yet done for us for today. Love, love, love. 🙏🏾😌💙🖤✨
she probably not known because she has a different message than other artist
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Lots of people know who she is now
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I don't know what you are talking about, Janelle is known world wide, I live in France and I know about her since her first album back in 2009-2010.
Ja'Keya Jackson what you said is facts.
OMG, KIMBRA, MONICA, ESPERENZA!!!!!! YASSSS!!!! This MV Slays LOL.
timeless bop
Janelle Monae is abundantly talented. Her gift has and will always reach the masses. There is no worry her songs cannot resolve. Her catalog is always appreciated globally.😎
How come all these artist like Nicki Minaj, Beyonce and Iggy have more views that Janelle ? Her music is pure class and she should be a better influence in our Generation today. I'm not trying to offend people who like these artists. I just want to know why isn't Janelle getting more popular ?
Yeah why does that terrible anaconda video by nicki have way more views. weird ass generation this is.
Ikr. Janelle is the embodiment of real music. Not Nicki Garbagio
I can't agree more. Maybe nowadays ppl care less about quality than in the past. But in the past there were not actually so many shitty artists and songs to choose from, while nowadays commercial music dominates the market. Apart from that, quality music has been always less popular bcs commercial artists make hits acceptable for every ear and especially targeted for the youth, while some genres like jazz for example, require your full attention and understanding of the music :)
.I totally agree, she's a breath of fresh air!
Because she's not getting naked, the industry is only concerned in selling sex, and she's not buying. I love this artist!
Lawd, all that melanin
💗💗💗Jamin on this... Love this song
The Electric Lady was the most fun of Janelle Monae's offerings. Till this day, never getd old💜
I LOVE that they're steppin. Work it out Janelle!
MS. ILBB lol as if stepping is exclusive to fraternities and soroties. Bye Felicia.
MS. ILBB it's kinda too late for that. check out Rick Owens' spring fashion show during last year's Paris fashion week.
MS. ILBB Stepping has been mainstream, there was a 2007 hollywood movie, "Stomp The Yard", about stepping competitions at a fictional HBU. It starred Chris Brown and Columbus Short. Is that mainstream enough?
Janelle Monae is the prettiest black woman, embracing her natural hair. If more younger kids, no matter what race, saw her, they'd feel more confident. Asians wouldn't feel that they needed to bleach their skin to be pretty, frizzy-curly haired kids wouldn't feel like they needed to straighten their hair to be beautiful, and Latinos would be comfortable with having indigenous brown roots, instead of Spaniard/Portuguese.
Her afro is everything 🙌🏾
She is seriously the cutest thing ever. With a revolutionary mind ❤️