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Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
Manage episode 245805325 series 1129695
This 2018 concept album is about reckoning, celebrating, and reclaiming what it means to be American. We discuss how Monáe uses her platform to advocate for queer and black women while working with big record labels to also produce commercial success.
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Additional Resources:
- Janelle Monáe Bends More Than Gender In Two New Videos From 'Dirty Computer'
- Why Janelle Monae’s ‘Dirty Computer’ Film Is a Timely New Sci-Fi Masterpiece
- Why Janelle Monáe Put Her Music on Hold to Take Hollywood by Storm
- Prince apparently wrote the synth line on Janelle Monáe’s new single
- How Janelle Monáe Found Her Voice
- Janelle Monáe On Her Dirty, World-Dominating Year
- Unpacking the meaning of ‘Dirty Computer,’ in which Janelle Monáe finally gets to be herself
- Janelle Monáe on the meaning of "Dirty Computer" and what she promised her grandmother
209 episodes
Manage episode 245805325 series 1129695
This 2018 concept album is about reckoning, celebrating, and reclaiming what it means to be American. We discuss how Monáe uses her platform to advocate for queer and black women while working with big record labels to also produce commercial success.
Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store:
Additional Resources:
- Janelle Monáe Bends More Than Gender In Two New Videos From 'Dirty Computer'
- Why Janelle Monae’s ‘Dirty Computer’ Film Is a Timely New Sci-Fi Masterpiece
- Why Janelle Monáe Put Her Music on Hold to Take Hollywood by Storm
- Prince apparently wrote the synth line on Janelle Monáe’s new single
- How Janelle Monáe Found Her Voice
- Janelle Monáe On Her Dirty, World-Dominating Year
- Unpacking the meaning of ‘Dirty Computer,’ in which Janelle Monáe finally gets to be herself
- Janelle Monáe on the meaning of "Dirty Computer" and what she promised her grandmother
209 episodes
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