Janelle Monáe wants to represent minorities and underdogs —in art and music. From her celebration of being a black, queer artist to what she's doing under lockdown, here's [NPR Music]'s interview with the woman who will 'always rebel and rebuke.'
, she stars as a military veteran who wakes up in a rowboat — unable to remember who she is or how she got there.] is getting an opportunity to play this vet and have a deeper conversation about how we treat our vets who are ... dealing with PTSD," she says.spoke to"what happens when those in the position of power strip you of your identity and strip you of the things that make you special.
For Monáe, that question is a continuation of a theme she's explored extensively in her music. Her most recent album,"I always rebel and rebuke," she says.On her journey to being able to say publicly — and at the Oscars — that she's a proud queer, black woman I think one of the things that I was dealing with was abandonment issues. .... One of the things that I dealt with growing up was [that] my father was in and out of my life, on drugs, in and out of prison, and he was really sick. ... He's healthy now. We are in a much better space. And I didn't realize that all of my, I guess, lack of not opening up was tied to having these abandonment issues. ...
not everybody in my family understands what it means to be me and what it means to be a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. But I'm educating them, and they're finding out.I needed to heal and I did. And I healed through therapy. I healed through conversations. It turns out not everybody in my family understands what it means to be me and what it means to be a part of the LGBTQIA+ community. But I'm educating them, and they're finding out.
[I wanted] to pay homage to my working-class parents. ... My mom served food. She did have to wear a tuxedo uniform when she was catering. And my dad was a trash man and drove trucks and helped clean up the city. My parents were essential workers, and I, early on, wanted to pay homage to them and all those who were wearing uniforms. ... So that was one reason why I was constantly wearing the black-and-white tuxedo.
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