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Janelle Monae Gave Us Her All — and a Little Prince — During Her 2019 Grammys Performance

11/02/2019 - 02:29 AM

Janelle Monae turned the Grammys stage "PYNK" on Sunday night in a truly electric performance, and we never want to go back.

The Grammy nominee [1] and queen of psychedelic soul proved that she can truly do it all — sing, dance, play the guitar, and shut a show down. Dressed in a black and white latex bodysuit with sheer garter stockings, Monae paid loving homage to her late mentor Prince [2] while singing a medley of hits from her Grammy-nominated 2018 album, Dirty Computer, including "Make Me Feel," "PYNK," and "Django Jane." [3] The singer started her performance with a bass strapped around her shoulder (similar to Prince's signature instrument [4]) and moonwalked around the stage, surrounded by dancers clad in all white latex, pink velvet bodysuits, and pink pantsuits; she even had dancers wearing the iconic pants from Grammy nomination for best album of the year [5] while on CBS This Morning and in response, the singer said, "Being a young, black, queer woman in America, there was something I had to say, and there was a group of people I wanted to celebrate, and I'm happy to be representing them." She added, "I hope they feel seen. I hope they feel heard. I hope they feel loved. And I hope they feel celebrated." There's definitely no way anyone couldn't feel celebrated after a performance like that. Check out the video ahead, and then keep scrolling to see the best pictures from the performance!


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