Archive for the 'Janelle Monae' Category

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Janelle Monae's newest song featuring Erykah Badu, Q.U.E.E.N., has already given her a crown, but what royal visuals will she have in store for the music video??!

We'll know VERY soon.

YUP! The next step in Janelle's musical domination is almost upon us as the royal music video gears up for its premiere TONIGHT on 106 & Park on BET.

While we have no clue what fabulousness she will serve up, we imagine a sophisticated, fearless treat just from the song and the teaser!

Not ready to hail the next queen of soul??!

Ch-ch-check out the royally FIERCE peek (above)!!!

Janelle Monáe's fab collab with .fun on We Are Young made her the queen of our heart, but now her royal spot in our souls is OFFICIAL!

She joined up with the totally talented Erykah Badu on their new cut and the song is friggin' sweet!!

Ch-ch-check out the intensely funky Q.U.E.E.N. for yourself (above)!

Critics say the lyrics of her new song may explicitly reference Janelle's sexuality, but she neither confirms nor denies those reports, LOLz!!

On Twitter, she admitted

Rihanna could have set the world on fire with Fun. by her side!

Even though Janelle Monáe injects SO much fun into Fun.'s Grammy-winning tune We Are Young, the group originally wanted Princess RiRi to sing on the track!

We Are Young producer Jeff Bhasker recently admitted:

After the ball, it’s the afterparty!

President Barack Obama definitely likes to celebrate… and he brought his celeb friends along to join in the festivities, too!

While we already saw the pics and performances from the Inaugural ball, it seems like the presidential party didn’t stop there!

Following the formal ball, Barack and first lady Michelle Obama hosted ANOTHER party… this time, at the White House!

The party, which had about 300 VIP guests, lasted until 2am, with scene-stealing first daughters, Sasha and Malia, joining in, too!

Celebs like Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Brad Paisley — all who performed earlier that day — enjoyed a dessert buffet and danced the night away!

Kelly tweeted:

Just partied at the White House ….I kid you not, Michelle Obama stood up and got the party started ….seriously cool First Lady :)

Other stars, including Kerry Washington, Katy Perry, John Mayer, Eva Longoria, Ashley Judd, Usher and Oprah’s bestie Gayle King all attended the White House party, too!

Katy wrote:

OKAY, OKAY!

We KNOW! We say this EVERY year!

But seriously! This time we REALLY mean it!

The ENORMOUSLY talented DJ Earworm has JUST released his annual - and always-EPIC - mash-up of some of the 24 BIGGEST songs from the year 2012, this time titled Shine Brighter, and we really have to hand it to him!

This is less a mash-up and much MORE-SO an INSPIRED re-working of various pieces of music, all fit together to perfectly recreate a BRILLIANT original composition!

Give it a listen (above) and try to catch how brilliantly these songs transition in and out of one another!

And check out the entire list of this year's tracks included…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

Th uplifting fancy-free anthem of the past summer lit up MTV's EMAs last night…

And we got a tad verklempt remembering what an amazing, thrilling summer it was with Fun.'s We Are Young as the soundtrack!

Ch-ch-check out Fun.'s rousing EMA performance (above)!

Everyone and their musical mamas covered this already iconic tune, from brit girl band Little Mix to a capella sensation Pentatonix, and while each version was unique, they all captured the innocent spirit of Fun.'s original rendition ft. Janelle Monae.

You are simply WUNDERBAR, boys!

Looks like Pink isn’t the only new CoverGirl in town!

As we mentioned before, the beauty company has tapped R&B singer Janelle Monáe to be another of their fresh faces!

And now, we have yet another one of her beautiful pics from the upcoming campaign (above)! Look at that gorgeous smile!

AND, we think she is THE perfect choice! Her gorgeous ad campaign will debut in Vogue’s September issue!

Take a looksie at another image from the campaign (below)!

[Image via CoverGirl.]