Brevity and directness are not Janelle Monáe’s things. Her albums, when they arrive, are vast and sprawling and messily ambitious. In the past, she’s collided R&B with new wave and Broadway and ...

In “Pynk,” a single from Janelle Monae’s third full-length, “Dirty Computer,” she sings, “Pink beyond forest and thighs/ Pink like the secrets you hide, maybe.” Its video a bold celebration of lady ...

“My name is Jane57821. I’m a dirty a computer.” Those are the first words spoken in Janelle Monae’s emotion picture Dirty Computer. Jane’s a sexually liberated, carefree Black girl in the not too ...

Janelle Monáe rarely goes more than a few minutes on her new album, “Dirty Computer,” without evoking the hardship and injustice that color the American experience for so many. Police violence, pay ...

After coming out to Rolling Stone and giving a very open and insightful interview to The Breakfast Club, Janelle Monae caps off her week with the release of her highly anticipated third studio LP, ...

Put some champagne in your chalice and find a comfortable seat on the couch because on Thursday, April 26 Janelle Monáe is premiering her Dirty Computer short film. The 44-minute "emotion pic," as she ...

Janelle Monáe recruited stars from the worlds of indie (Grimes) and hip-hop (Pharrell) to contribute to her new album Dirty Computer. But the very first collaborator that appears on the LP is none ...

On the eve of her new album’s release, and hours after she came out in a blockbuster Rolling Stone cover story, Janelle Monáe took her victory lap at a listening party for friends, fans, and fawning ...

Janelle Monae dropped a video today for “I Like That,” the fourth song to be released from her forthcoming third full-length album and “emotion picture,” “Dirty Computer,” which drops on Friday. She ...

Janelle Monáe's collaborative short fiction collection, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories from Dirty Computer, will be published by Harper Voyager Books on April 19, 2022 Sam Gillette is a Staff ...

Singer Janelle Monáe is releasing an anthology of “Afro-futuristic” short stories inspired by her most recent album, 2018’s Dirty Computer. The “Tightrope” singer shared the book’s official cover on ...

Janelle Monáe took the 2019 Grammy Awards stage to perform the Dirty Computer single “Make Me Feel.” The performer is up for Album of the Year at tonight’s ...