Janelle Monáe States She Time-Traveled to the 1970s to See David Bowie in Performance: ‘It Was Extraordinary’

Janelle Monáe has actually been sharing her music and showing fans for several years– however it appears that the entertainer has actually been holding out on us when it pertains to another not likely skill.

While talking with Lucy Dacus for Wanderer‘s “Artists on Musicians” series, Monáe declared to have actually taken a trip back in time (no, truly). The subject very first turned up when the 2 artists where discussing their shared love of Halloween, with the Boygenius star screaming out her previous Pete Davidson, Ariana Grande couple’s outfit with partner/bandmate Julien Baker.

” I have actually constantly liked changing,” the Knives Out: Glass Onion star provided. “I believe when I saw David Bowie– I did. I took a trip back into the 1970s, and I saw him do Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars It was extraordinary.”

Looking confused, Dacus responded, “You … took a trip back?”

” Yeah, I was backstage,” Monáe addressed earnestly. “And I resembled, ‘This is what I wish to do.’ Therefore I jetted back to the 2000s, and I resembled, ‘I can have the musical, make the music, produce the lyrics and produce neighborhood around improvement and being queer.'”.

Feeling astonished? You aren’t the only one. Much of the discuss the video focused around the Hidden Figures starlet’ cosmic confession, with a single person writing, “can’t think i was here for janelle’s coming out as a time tourist.”

” lucy’s face as janelle’s comes out as a time tourist is valuable,” another audience commented.

The “Musicians on Musicians” convo comes a couple of months after Dacus dropped her album Permanently Is a Feeling, which followed the success of Boygenius’ Grammy-winning launching LP, The Record Monáe last launched a full-length in 2023 with The Age of Satisfaction.

The multi-hyphenate is now dealing with composing a movie script, which they likewise discussed with Dacus. “The objective has actually constantly been to compose, star in, do the soundtrack, produce,” Monáe stated of the task. “A great deal of things, I understand, however I need to completely understand a concept, and I understand that I will not stop up until I get this. I want I had some sort of pipeline that I can press in my brain. Due to the fact that the time that it takes … You have the concept, and to understand it, you got ta speak to all these individuals. I’m similar to, ‘I see it!'”

See Monáe and Dacus’ complete discussion above.