History Music / JanelleMonae

* 'Music/TheAgeOfPleasure'' (2023)

* ''[[TheAgeOfPleasure]]'' (2023)

* ''The Age of Pleasure'' (2023)

* ''The Electric Lady (Suites IV & V)'' (2013)
* ''Dirty Computer'' (2018)

* ''Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)'' (2008)

* TheLancer: Kellindo Parker' many guitar solos on The Archandroid and The Electric Lady firmly establish him as her foil.

** If the title of the album and the video for its first single, "Lipstick Lover", are any indication. ''The Age of Pleasure'' is going even harder in this direction.

* ''The [=ArchAndroid=] (Suites II and III)'' (2010)

* ''The Age of Pleasure'' (upcoming, 2023)

Janelle Monáe Robinson, known professionally as Janelle Monáe, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, author, and model.

!!The tropes that apply to Janelle Monáe:

She is also building a successful acting career, including acclaimed roles in ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', ''Film/HiddenFigures'', and ''Film/GlassOnion''.

** "Django Jane" is full of these, with shout-outs to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', Pussy Riot, ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'', Franchise/JamesBond, Creator/VincentVanGogh, ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', ''Series/{{Scandal}}'', Creator/ViolaDavis, ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'', Music/BobMarley's "I Shot the Sheriff", ''Theatre/TheVaginaMonologues'', and, of course, ''Film/DjangoUnchained''. There are other, subtler ones as well; Monáe herself has explained some of these on the song's [[https://genius.com/Janelle-monae-django-jane-lyrics Genius page]].

* MsFanservice: If you count wearing assless chaps during a Music/Prince performance as a fanservice-y act, then absolutely.

-->--'''[[RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo Cindi Mayweather]]'''

Janelle Monáe Robinson, known professionally as Janelle Monáe, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, author, and model. Born on December 1, 1985 in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, Kansas, as a child, she had always dreamed of being a performer on the stage. She left Kansas for New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. At first, Monáe aimed to become a performer on Broadway, but she changed her mind and went to music instead, feeling that music has the power to change the world. Later on, Monáe moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she met Big Boi from Music/{{Outkast}} and founded the Wondaland Arts Society. Big Boi introduced Monáe to [[Music/SeanCombs Sean "P Diddy" Combs]] which led her to be signed to Creator/BadBoyRecords in 2006, and she later moved to Creator/EpicRecords in 2015 forming her own label, Wondaland Records, which has since signed a number of other artists.

She is also building a successful acting career, including acclaimed roles in ''Film/{{Moonlight}}'' and ''Film/HiddenFigures''.

* ''Film/GlassOnion'' (2022) as Cassandra "Andi" Brand

Janelle Monáe Robinson, known professionally as Janelle Monáe, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress, author, and model. Born on December 1, 1985 in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, Kansas, as a child, she had always dreamed of being a performer on the stage. She left Kansas for New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. At first, Monáe aimed to become a performer on Broadway, but she changed her mind and went to music instead, feeling that music has the power to change the world. Later on, Monáe moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she met Big Boi from Music/{{Outkast}} and founded the Wondaland Arts Society. Big Boi introduced Monáe to [[Music/SeanCombs Sean "P Diddy" Combs]] which led her to be signed to Creator/BadBoyRecords in 2006, and she later moved to Creator/EpicRecords in 2015 forming her own label, Wondaland Records, which has since signed a number of other artists.

* ''Film/GlassOnion'' (2022)

* CoolCrown: The ''[=ArchAndroid=]'' cover has her wearing one that looks like an ArtDeco, {{Zeerust}} city. Apparently, it's the Archandroid's Crown, a {{magitek}} headdress built by a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot half-human, half-elf, mystical genius scientist]] by the name of [[AwesomeMcCoolname Zoman Ignatius]], who built it after it had been prophesied to be worn by the [=ArchAndroid=] in the future. Unfortunately, it was stolen many years later, and eventually lost after it was whisked away into the underground. Replicas have been popping up ever since, and one of them just happened to fall into the hands of [[BreakingTheFourthWall Janelle Monáe in our time.]]

* CoolCrown: From the ''[=ArchAndroid=]'' cover even has lore behind it. Apparently, it's the Archandroid's Crown]], a {{magitek}} headdress built by a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot half-human, half-elf, mystical genius scientist]] by the name of [[AwesomeMcCoolname Zoman Ignatius]], who built it after it had been prophesied to be worn by the [=ArchAndroid=] in the future. Unfortunately, it was stolen many years later, and eventually lost after it was whisked away into the underground. Replicas have been popping up ever since, and one of them just happened to fall into the hands of [[BreakingTheFourthWall Janelle Monáe in our time.]]

* NiceHat:
** She wears a white hat from time to time. The "Many Moons" video features her in equestrian helmets and top hats. And let's not get started on the one she wears in the [[http://i.imgur.com/1VSFS.jpg ArchAndroid cover]].
** The particular Nice Hat from the ''[=ArchAndroid=]'' cover even has lore behind it. Apparently, it's the [[CoolCrown Archandroid's Crown]], a {{magitek}} headdress built by a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot half-human, half-elf, mystical genius scientist]] by the name of [[AwesomeMcCoolname Zoman Ignatius]], who built it after it had been prophesied to be worn by the [=ArchAndroid=] in the future. Unfortunately, it was stolen many years later, and eventually lost after it was whisked away into the underground. Replicas have been popping up ever since, and one of them just happened to fall into the hands of [[BreakingTheFourthWall Janelle Monáe in our time.]]

Monáe is pansexual and nonbinary, stating that any pronouns work. She's also practiced {{polyamory}}.