History for Trivia/JanelleMonae

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** ''The Electric Lady'' sees her performing alongside some of her influences, including Erykah Badu and Music/{{Prince}}. The Purple One was involved in the early development of ''Dirty Computer'', too, before his death--"Make Me Feel", for example, basically ''is'' a Prince song.
** In a way, she could be considered to qualify as one for Creator/PhilipKDick, too, appearing in Creator/AmazonStudios' ''Series/ElectricDreams'', an anthology series based on his work. References to Dick's works, especially ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'', appear throughout her music.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Janelle gave Music/DavidByrne her full approval for his live CoverVersion of "Hell You Talmbout".
-->'''Byrne:''' I got in touch with her to say, "I'd like to do your song. Does it seem weird for a slightly older white man to be doing this song?" And she said "No, no, no. This is great." She said something like, "This song should belong to everyone. Everyone should be able to do this song."

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* ViralMarketing: Videos have been released daily up to the release of the Electric Lady on Janelle Monae's Website/YouTube channel in order to hype the album. They evoke Cindi Mayweather's escape and growing support for her freedom movement. Along with the videos, the Electric Pirate Radio, which appears in the Electric Lady interludes, [[{{Defictionalization}} is set to air]] on [[http://electricpirateradio.com/ this website]].

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* ReferencedBy: Music/DavidByrne featured a CoverVersion of "Hell You Talmbout" on every show of the supporting tour for ''Music/AmericanUtopia'', with one such rendition forming the centerpiece of the eponymous Creator/SpikeLee ConcertFilm.
* ViralMarketing: Videos have been released daily up to the release of the Electric Lady on Janelle Monae's Website/YouTube channel in order to hype the album. They evoke Cindi Mayweather's escape and growing support for her freedom movement. Along with the videos, the Electric Pirate Radio, which appears in the Electric Lady interludes, [[{{Defictionalization}} is set to air]] on [[http://electricpirateradio.com/ this ~~website]].~~website]].
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* BigNameFan: Music/{{Prince}} was a massive fan and collaborated with her on multiple occasions.

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* ViralMarketing: Videos have been released daily up to the release of the Electric Lady on Janelle Monae's YouTube channel in order to hype the album. They evoke Cindi Mayweather's escape and growing support for her freedom movement. Along with the videos, the Electric Pirate Radio, which appears in the Electric Lady interludes, [[{{Defictionalization}} is set to air]] on [[http://electricpirateradio.com/ this website]].

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* ViralMarketing: Videos have been released daily up to the release of the Electric Lady on Janelle Monae's ~~YouTube~~ Website/YouTube channel in order to hype the album. They evoke Cindi Mayweather's escape and growing support for her freedom movement. Along with the videos, the Electric Pirate Radio, which appears in the Electric Lady interludes, [[{{Defictionalization}} is set to air]] on [[http://electricpirateradio.com/ this website]].

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* BigNameFan: Music/{{Prince}} was a massive fan and collaborated with her on multiple occasions.

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One Of Us is now Just For Fun per this TRS thread

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* OneOfUs: Obviously, Janelle is a Science Fiction fan, but she also enjoyed anime in her childhood, and has since taken to ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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* ChartDisplacement: Janelle ''does'' technically have a #1 single, through her feature on "We Are Young" by {{Music/Fun}}. However, it is far from the song she is best known for, and many people don't even realize she was featured in the song due to her [[AdvertisedExtra very small part]] in it.

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* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: Janelle has stated that she had the concept for ''Dirty Computer'' before ''The Arch Android" was released, meaning it's been in the works for nearly a decade. She worked on the album with {{Music/Prince}} before his death in 2016, meaning it's been in the recording process for over 2 years.

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* BlackSheepHit: "Yoga" has more of a mainstream hip-hop/R&B sound to it and is her highest-charting song.

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Although her albums have charted on the Billboard 200, none of her singles have charted.

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Although her albums have charted on the Billboard 200, none of her singles ~~have charted.~~charted until "Yoga" in 2015 (#79).

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* CreatorBacklash: She very much dislikes the fact that old photos of her are circulating. She finds the many colors she once wore too messy and confused, and doesn't want to be associated with them in order to maintain her aesthetic.
* DevelopmentHell: Apparently, a video for "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!" was shot but remains unreleased due to unstated technical problems. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQovhSPuO0 This appears to be a simple recording by someone on the set.]]

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* OneOfUs: Obviously, Janelle is a Science Fiction fan, but she also enjoyed anime in her childhood, and has since taken to ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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* OneOfUs: Obviously, Janelle is a Science Fiction fan, but she also enjoyed anime in her childhood, and has since taken to ~~''Series/GameOfThrones''.~~''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* ViralMarketing: Videos have been released daily up to the release of the Electric Lady on Janelle Monae's YouTube channel in order to hype the album. They evoke Cindi Mayweather's escape and growing support for her freedom movement. Along with the videos, the Electric Pirate Radio, which appears in the Electric Lady interludes, [[{{Defictionalization}} is set to air]] on [[http://electricpirateradio.com/ this website]].

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Although her albums have charted on the Billboard 200, none of her singles have charted.

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Although her albums have charted on the Billboard 200, none of her singles have ~~charted.~~charted.
* OneOfUs: Obviously, Janelle is a Science Fiction fan, but she also enjoyed anime in her childhood, and has since taken to ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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* HitlessHitAlbum: Although her albums have charted on the Billboard 200, none of her singles have charted.

History Trivia / JanelleMonae