The SXSW music festival has an absurd number of bands play every year. So to find the gems, needless to say, is challenging — and wonderfully refreshing if you succeed.
This forward-thinking space funk singer performs “Sincerely, Jane” from her album Metropolis: The Chase Suite. She tells Kurt how she came to connect with her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, an android from the 28th century.
Janelle Monaé may look like a petite, pompadoured doo-wopper straight out of early Motown. But when she hits the stage, she bursts into something light years beyond that.
The forward-thinking space funk singer performs “Sincerely, Jane” from her album Metropolis: The Chase Suite. She tells Kurt how she came to connect with her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, an android from the 28th century.
Before she was a star, Janelle Monáe was an android. She plays a live set and gives us the lowdown on the 28th century.
Janelle Monae
This forward-thinking space funk singer performs “Sincerely, Jane” from her album Metropolis: The Chase Suite. She tells Kurt how she came to connect with her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, an android from the 28th century.
