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Listen to Janelle Monáe, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
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Janelle Monáe

R&B/Soul

The next Janelle Monáe concert is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Tailgaters Parking in Jacksonville, FL, United States. See all 3 upcoming concerts
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Top Songs By Janelle Monáe

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We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)Fun.
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I Like ThatJanelle Monáe
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Make Me FeelJanelle Monáe
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PrimeTime (feat. Miguel)Janelle Monáe
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Float (feat. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80')Janelle Monáe
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YogaJanelle Monáe & Jidenna
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Gabby (feat. Janelle Monáe)The Internet
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You Thought (feat. Janelle Monáe)Teezo Touchdown
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Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu)Janelle Monáe

Upcoming Concerts for Janelle Monáe

  • May
    24
    May 24, 2025
    Tailgaters Parking
    Jacksonville
  • Jun
    05
    Jun 05, 2025
    The Anthem
    Washington
  • Jun
    09
    Jun 09, 2025
    Lena Horne Bandshell
    Brooklyn

More albums from Janelle Monáe

Listen to The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe
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Listen to Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe
ALBUMDirty ComputerJanelle Monáe
Listen to The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe
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Listen to The ArchAndroid (Deluxe) by Janelle Monáe
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Listen to Metropolis: The Chase Suite by Janelle Monáe
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Listen to Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Fantastic Edition) by Janelle Monáe
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Janelle Monáe's Popular Music Videos

Watch Make Me Feel music video by Janelle Monáe
Make Me Feel
Janelle Monáe
Watch Yoga music video by Janelle Monáe & Jidenna
Yoga
Janelle Monáe & Jidenna
Watch I Like That music video by Janelle Monáe
I Like That
Janelle Monáe
Watch Pynk (feat. Grimes) music video by Janelle Monáe
Pynk (feat. Grimes)
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Watch Tightrope (feat. Big Boi) music video by Janelle Monáe
Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)
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Watch Lipstick Lover music video by Janelle Monáe
Lipstick Lover
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Water Slide
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Django Jane
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Watch Venus Fly (feat. Janelle Monáe) music video by Grimes
Venus Fly (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Grimes
Watch Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu) music video by Janelle Monáe
Q.U.E.E.N. (feat. Erykah Badu)
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Artist Playlists

Janelle Monáe Essentials
Janelle Monáe Essentials
This idiosyncratic singer has created her own alternative R&B universe.
Janelle Monáe Essentials
Janelle Monáe's The Age of Pleasure Tour Set List
Janelle Monáe's The Age of Pleasure Tour Set List
“This tour is going to be a world that people can step into and live in,” Monáe says.
Janelle Monáe's The Age of Pleasure Tour Set List
Inspired by Janelle Monae
Inspired by Janelle Monae
Her R&B innovations are felt in Atlanta and around the world.
Inspired by Janelle Monae
Janelle Monáe: Influences
Janelle Monáe: Influences
The voyagers, superstars, and divas who led to an R&B original.
Janelle Monáe: Influences
At Home with Janelle Monáe: The Playlist
At Home with Janelle Monáe: The Playlist
“When the world is in turmoil, these are songs that I can listen to.”
At Home with Janelle Monáe: The Playlist

About Janelle Monáe

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Genre
R&B/Soul
From music to Hollywood, Janelle Monáe constantly brings innovative methods of self-expression into their ever-evolving artistry. Born in 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas, Monáe began singing in church, where their family members were musicians and performers. Inspired by forebears Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Lauryn Hill, and Prince, the Atlanta-based maverick developed an idiosyncratic style early on with their staple androgynous look and dynamic mix of funk, psychedelia, new wave, soul, pop, and hip-hop. A modern advocate of Afrofuturism and the concept album, Monáe’s 2007 debut EP, Metropolis: The Chase Suite, spawned a series of wide-scoped, cyborg-driven narratives examining identity, oppression, and liberation. This continued on their 2010 genre-hopping full-length debut, The ArchAndroid, and 2013’s R&B-rooted homage, The Electric Lady, with songs like the breakthrough, energetic groove “Tightrope,” featuring Outkast co-founder Big Boi, and the feminist funk anthem “Q.U.E.E.N.,” featuring neo-soul pioneer Erykah Badu. After establishing their star power, Monáe dipped into acting in 2016 with supporting roles in the movies Hidden Figures, about the unheralded Black women of NASA, and the Black LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama Moonlight, which raised their mainstream profile. The films gave them an expanded platform to embrace their authentic selves with 2018’s hyper-personal and political opus, Dirty Computer, and come out as queer. Monáe highlighted this revelation through the Prince-influenced “Make Me Feel,” about an insuppressible romantic desire. Monáe wrote “Turntables” for the 2020 documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy, encouraging the cultural tilt toward political engagement. “This song doesn’t mean that I’m the leader,” Monáe told Apple Music. “I am simply watching, examining, and wanting to highlight all of the people who are on the front lines fighting. This song is to keep us motivated.” In the wake of publicly coming out as nonbinary in 2022, Monáe shifted gears from sci-fi futurism and politics to Black joy with 2023’s summery song cycle The Age of Pleasure, championing queerness, post-COVID hedonism, and sexual freedom in its breezy Afrobeat and reggae-drenched grooves. “I definitely have had an opportunity to evolve and grow and to tap into the things that bring me pleasure, the things that perhaps I should rethink and rework,” Monáe told Apple Music. “Sometimes it’s saying, let’s get back to the basics and also let’s honor the present.”

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