Janelle Monáe walks the Tightrope between art and pop

Loved by Prince, 'endorsed' by P Diddy, and doing it for the working class: we meet Atlanta's ArchAndroidProne to psychobabble about "connecting energies" and "internal compasses", it's difficult to dissect Janelle Monáe. She's certainly sombre and takes her art seriously, rarely cracking a smile, sitting stiffly on her hotel sofa, and taking long pauses in between sentences. But, while her studied stance could appear pretentious, this is no PR-constructed persona. Monáe is exactly the same as...

Read full article Share article