Monáe is so self-assured and potent on this record that it's somewhat reassuring to hear her doubts. "I'm afraid of it all, afraid of loving you" - So Afraid Monáe's vision for America sounds far better, to be honest. The song is interweaved with a speech that details the current state of America with the line, "this is not my America". If Janelle Monáe was president, this would be her national anthem for a country where people aren't judged or disadvantaged based on their appearance. "Sometimes I wonder if you were blind / Would it help you make a better decision?" - Americans "But even back then with the tears in my eyes / I always knew I was the shit" - I Like ThatĮven when she was being bullied for not being able to afford the latest clothes she knew she was the shit. On the album's most groovy track, she references Trump's leaked comments where he said he can, "Grab by the pussy," because he's a "star". While Dirty Computer is political, it never explicitly aims at a political figure apart from right here. "If you try to grab my pussy cat, this pussy grab you back" - I Got The Juice It's the most liberated declaration she has ever made. Make Me Feel comes from intimate origins but this is Monáe wanting to scream her relationship to the world. "It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender" - Make Me Feel
While Dirty Computer is a proud declaration of femininity, one of Pynk's most potent lines suggest that despite everything, we're all just human beings inside. It's difficult to explain this line any better than Monáe did herself. "Hit the mute button, let the vagina have a monologue" - Django Janeĭjango Jane has some of the most quotable lines of the year but this one defines the entire song. No song does it better than Screwed, talking about a seemingly crumbling world juxtaposed with metaphors of sexual liberation. "You fucked the world up now, we'll fuck it all back down" - Screwedĭirty Computer does an unexpectedly incredible job at pairing together the world's political state and sexuality. Monáe manages to reference a famous Malcolm X speech about the illusion of the American dream in an anthem of positivity. "I'm not America's nightmare, I'm the American dream" - Crazy Classic Life It's being released on vinyl now so we thought it was a good time to take a look back at the album and the lyrics that catch our attention every time. It was a political and personal masterpiece that saw Monáe at her most ambitious but also her most intimate.
I’m so so thankful for these incredible writers for helping bring these stories to light,” Monae wrote, before saying to her followers, “I humbly thank you for taking a byte with me as we dig deeper into the world and stories of Dirty Computer.Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer may have been released earlier in the year but it's still right up there with the best albums of the year. “It’s been a complete honor to swim in creative waters with other dirty computers in our community. Ewing’s Timebox, Yohanca Delgado’s Save Changes, Sheree Renée Thomas’ Timebox Altar(ed) and Danny Lore’s Nevermind. The collection will include Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Memory Librarian, Eve L. Sci-fi and Afro-Futurism have always been vehicles I use to drive my art & storytelling (no matter the medium) so it’s a dream to be publishing my first short story collection in these genres! Thank you to everyone at for the support and opportunity.” “Who holds your memories?,” Monae asked her followers on Instagram.Īfter sharing details about the book’s release, the eight-time Grammy-nominated singer said, “D*mn, I can’t believe I’m typing that. RELATED CONTENT: “Janelle Monáe Admits Members Of Her Family Haven’t Been Too Fond Of Her Identifying As Pansexual” It’ll explore how “different threads of liberation” - queerness, race, gender plurality, and love - “become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in such a totalitarian landscape, and what the costs might be when trying to unravel and weave them into freedoms.” Janelle Monáe Successfully Makes The Case For Dainty Face TattoosĪ description of the book details that The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer brings “the written page” to Monae’s Afro-futuristic Dirty Computer world. Janelle Monáe Drops ‘Say Her Name’ A Protest Song To Honor 61 Black Women And Girls Slain By Police Violence
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