'It's not about an album anymore. I've changed my whole f**king lifestyle.'
If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page."I think being an artist gets lonely. Most people don't understand what's going on in my brain," Monáe says."Community has been so helpful to me; it's beautiful that I have a title calledbecause it actually re-centers me. It's not about an album anymore. I've changed my whole f**king lifestyle.
"It was inspired by all of my friends, my community of folks who are from South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Atlanta, L.A., Chicago," she adds."Seeing all of us together in our Blackness, in the love that we had in our eyes for each other. People from the continent fuck around with trap from Atlanta. You know what I'm saying? I love how the diaspora -- we talk to each other.
The new direction is also reflected in the gradual change in Monáe's signature style, which has garnered much debate and backlash on social media. The singer, who entered the scene in a slew of dapper tuxedos that became her"look," has previously explained that her former wardrobe was never a statement on how others should dress; she even used to distribute the"Ten Droid Commandments," which encouraged her fans to be individuals.
"Some people, who have their own agendas and are respectability politicians may have been misled into believing that I was covering up to be an example of how to be proper," she said
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