Pearls of Truth

Teacher teacher, please reach those girls in them videos

Little girls, just broken queens, confusing bling for soul

Danger, there’s danger when you take off your clothes

All your dreams go down the drain, girl

-Janelle Monae, “Sincerely, Jane”

Wow, right? These lines are game changers.

After writing about V V Brown, I couldn’t help but think of one of my other favorite new artists, Janelle Monae. I heard about her around the same time I heard about VV, but thankfully, I didn’t have to wait 7 months to get a hold of her music. During my first months in Japan, her “Metropolis: The Chase Suite” was my faithful travel soundtrack, just long enough to get me from my station to Wakayama City. In May 2010, she released “The ArchAndroid,” and it’s full of everything I loved about Metropolis, with a little somethin extra.

There’s so much to love about her, but I’ll just give you my top 3 or so. ;) 1. She has a beautiful voice 2. She’s fly as she wanna be, in a TUX. 3. She’s a genre-bending, innovative, thoughtful, beautiful individual. AND she’s like the female Andre 3k, and we all love some Andre.

She’s all kinds of famous now, so you probably know her, but in case you don’t… enjoy!

P.S. You can catch her on tour now with Bruno Mars. They’ll be in Seattle on June 2… MY birthday. If you need an excuse to go, you can call it a birthday present to me. Tag me in a picture or somethin.

Tags: Janelle Monáe, Japan, Music, My Life, Travel, Wakayama City