New Music Friday: Janelle's double-whammy and numerous other moments of wonder
All in all we'd grade this week B-.
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Janelle Monáe is back and all other pop music is cancelled until further notice
The new single's totally brilliant.
Janelle Monáe and Bruno Mars are both on the Rio 2 soundtrack
Janelle Monáe and Bruno Mars are both on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Rio sequel, the spectacularly-titled Rio 2. Monáe — who also voices a character in the film —…
Charli XCX and Janelle Monáe have both covered a Robert Palmer song for the Oscars
As you probably gathered, the Oscars happened last night and in some sort of tie-in with E!'s coverage of the red carpet stuff, both Charli XCX and Janelle Monáe have…
Janelle Monáe's new album 'The Electric Lady' now has a cover and tracklisting
You should be able to locate the enlarged image in this post. The album also has quite a few songs, which have the following names and appear in the subsequent…
Rihanna was the original choice as guest vocalist on Fun.'s 'We Are Young'
'Fun.''s 'We Are Young' was originally going to feature Rihanna but "some wires just got crossed" so Janelle Monáe did it in the end. "[Fun.] said, 'who can we get? And…
The Coachella lineup features a handful of popstars
Quite a few popstars will appear at the Coachella festival this coming April. Tegan & Sara, La Roux (!), Jessie Ware, Janelle Monaé and The Knife will sing a few…
Fun.'s 'We Are Young' has broken a chart record in America
The misleadingly monikered Fun. have broken a chart record in America, reports Billboard. 'We Are Young' (which very briefly features Janelle Monae) becomes the first song ever (EVER) to 'log'…