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Artist News
Janelle Monáe begins work on second album
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 June 2011
Janelle Monáe’s debut album, ‘The ArchAndroid’, was one of our favourites of last year (indeed, she made it to number two in our list of our favourite artists of 2010). So, it’s with some excitement that we greet the news that she has begun work on the follow-up.
Speaking to Hive, Monáe said: “This album will have very strong concepts and bigger ideas and the music will just go forward to another level. It will still be, I believe, relatable to the people. We have really big ideas, I must say, and we’re just trying to make sure we execute them properly”.
Saying she wants to “create music that will be [people’s] choice of drug whenever they feel oppressed or depressed”, and added that, like ‘The ArchAndroid’, there will be a concept running through the album’s songs.
And when will it be finished? Probably… um… well… “When the frog leaps on me and I rise and take a shower, and the rain drips down on my back. I pick it up and a message appears: ‘It’s time. It’s time, child. Move forward'”.
Yeah, so, right about then.
