“I have to be the energy for other voices who are putting themselves on the front line,” singer says of “Turntables” from All In, a new documentary on activist and former Ge…
“I didn’t tell them this, but I was thinking to myself, ‘I am not in a creative mood and some of this will be triggering to me,'” she tells. Depleted by the emotional drain of both the Covid-19 pandemic and constant injustices aimed toward black Americans that caused uprisings across the country, Monáe had not found herself in a particularly musical mood. On top of that, she had a week to complete the song.
] and realizing that I have to be the energy for other voices who are putting themselves on the front line,” she explains. “IRecording “Turntables” felt like Monáe had found an artistic purpose in a movement she has already done a significant amount of organizing and educating on. In the studio, she thought about the revolution at hand and specifically the black women behind the scenes and on the frontlines, like Abrams.
After completing “Turntables,” Monáe made a personal vow that if she was asked to change any of the rousing lyrics, she would rescind the track while maintaining support for the film that she ultimately found inspiring and moving. Thankfully, Abrams, Garbus and Cortés approved. The new video for the single features a trenchcoat-wearing Monáe performing in front of an American flag, ballot boxes and the kitchen of an Atlanta family as they eat breakfast.
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