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Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

Update: 2023-06-22
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Host Anna Gaca and Contributing Writers Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and Heven Haile discuss the pop world-builder’s fourth studio album, which abandons their sci-fi past for a more joyous future.



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Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

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