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janelle monae
npr:
R&B singer Janelle Monáe released a blistering 6 ½-minute protest song on Friday called “Hell You Talmbout.” The song’s premise is simple, and that simplicity is the source of its power. The lyrics are the chanted names of black Americans killed by police and vigilantes, followed by the phrase “say his name” or “say her name.” The chorus is an anthemic, gospel-leaning repetition of the song’s title. Monáe is joined on the track by a drum line and the members of her Wondaland Arts Society collective: Jidenna, Roman GianArthur, Deep Cotton, St. Beauty and George 2.0. All of the vocals are raw, several to the point of breaking. None of the names are sung.
Janelle Monáe Releases Visceral Protest Song, ‘Hell You Talmbout’
Photo credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images
Go listen. It is more than worth it.
Janelle Monae seen on the streets of Manhattan on May 3, 2015 in New York City
Gawd.
Queen.
signs i’m becoming femme feral
Standard- I listen to Janelle Monáe’s discography from top to bottom. Repeatedly.
- I get back into my revolutionary feminist literature, e.g. Cunt, Sister Outsider, etc.
- I ask my (long-married) mother why women don’t just marry other women and cut men out of the equation.
- I try to convince my friends to start reading Y: The Last Man.
- I lovingly caress Like A Velvet Glove Cast in Iron in book stores and consider buying a second (third? fourth??) copy.
Harum-skarum, y’all.