McDoomerkin I’m 100% sure Prince wrote it & gifted it to her. He often gave away songs & didn’t wanna be credited so his record co. Couldn’t go after the profits.
Love the song. Its cool that Prince thought so highly of her....you can definitely hear Prince throughout this song...the funk, the falsetto the build up to the end of the song even the choreography. Great song
Hypnotic beat, sparse arrangement, funky guitar, androgynous look and a falsetto chorus? Major Prince vibes (in particular the song and video for Kiss) & I'm all over it. RIP Prince, your work lives on in others. Great job Janelle bringing something fresh to the table.
Janelle and Prince were FRIENDS, they even collaborated together in the past too... I hate seeing all the pretentious comments saying she could never compare to him as if that matters at all, she's not Prince she's Janelle Monáe and even though she's inpired by him she's still very unique. also since they were friends there's no need to compare them or pit them against each other. don't be so mean just because people say they hear "Prince vibes" because even Janelle herself comfirmed that he helped her with this album. just chill and enjoy the good music.
GonzFi .R Yes Prince was her mentor and he even featured on Give em what they love which was on her last album. I love Janelle and I love this song ...and I love Prince 💜💜💜
They're almost all a throwback to styles Prince had worn throughout the years, if you're familiar with any of his work then it stands out quite blatantly. Also, a lot of the riffs in this song sound straight out of some of his songs. Not a shock since he helped her write this album, and I am loving it. Shame he isn't still around to see how well it's working for her. He's always had the midas touch though.
It is popular but rather in EDX Dubai Skyline Remix (official remix) which in my opinion is so much better (speeder and more energetic, more in Prince's style like)
@@igorvinha5366E é amigo? eu jurava que ninguém aqui ouvia além de quem já acompanhava ela, que bom saber disso, porquê minha rainha merece ser colocada em replay de novo e de novo
Now this is the perfect homage to nostalgia! Not a complete ripoff as so many artists have done, no. Miss Monae is giving us all the Prince feels but with her own style firmly in place! Much love!
Janelle literally sounds like she is channelling Prince so uncanny is the similarity between the sound; tempo, and lyrical delivery of this song (especially the TV advert version!) & the iconic musical signature style created by The Great Squiggly One himself at the peak of his power! I'm sure looking down from somewhere "up-there" he could not be prouder!
Not really uncanny. They knew each other personally and she has said that he helped her create some of the sounds for her album. That’s why they sound similar 😂 It’s a shame we didn’t get to see more of them working together
@@MrMetzki - Yes! I heard about this, together with the fact that she was a huge admirer of his music. Still hard to believe that he is no longer with us! 😙 Imagine what he could have achieved - in collaboration with her & many others - during the six years since his shock passing!! 😙😙
@@beastmaster6946 Beyonces music sucks. She use to have good music early in her career. Do you know how many people I know can't stand Beyonce's modern music? Oh please
Lol if this art then I’m black. It’s talking about sex that doesn’t take talent. Literally every artist makes songs about sex. Go to a fucking museum they have real art there. You fucking sheep
Janelle said that Prince was the genius behind the music on this song. They collaborated before he passed. Love the song and the video. Rock on Janelle. We will miss Prince forever....good night sweet Prince.
For those of you getting Prince vibes from this, it's because he worked on this, because OF COURSE he would do something like that. At this point the amount of songs he contributed to (not just the stuff in the vault) is gonna last for the rest of the century...
As a Black lesbian seeing Black wlw such as her embrace their queerness while also being femme is just so powerful, and I love seeing Janelle embrace her bi pride. Thank you for making this, Janelle, you are a queen! 👸🏿
That's why this song probably sucks so much. Prince never had any good song! He wrote two good songs "Manic Monday" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" but I am glad I've never heard him singing those songs.
Exactly the perfect thing I was trying to say....thank you xoxox makes me miss Prince a shade less ... Just a shade. Xox all the love in the world to all of you xox
Love Janelle so much......she is unbelievably good but there is NO ONE LIKE PRINCE EVER. So glad that they collaborated together on this song before he passed on to another dimension. His sound in this song is quite evident and delicious.
Her last album (The Electric Lady) featured Prince on the second track... for those of you that are late (HELLA LATE) to the party saying she ripped him off listen up cause I’m gonna say this one time: they were great friends & big fans of each other. He was a fan since early in her career attending her shows, sending gifts, telegraphs, etc, & he worked with her on her upcoming album/the music you are hearing now before his passing. So there it is, shut up. Know FACTS before you prop your lip.
Marz Monae yo! I heard of her before and seen her before and thought she was cool. Then one night this video came on.... and I now I think she is Dope AF. TREMENDOUS. I WENT TO ITUNES AND BOUGHT ALL OF HER ALBUMS. I am a HUGE fan.
SHAHAD shahadalotaibi Please, Prince was above all a composer who could write actual MELODIES with some sophisticated chords and complex rhythm underneath. Can't say the same about Janelle and this "song" unfortunately...
Yes, I'm guilty of learning of this song from Human Resources, and loved the little sample so much, I had to check out the whole song, and it was awesome. So much 80s vibe to it, with a lot of her influence, Prince, felt in it. I checked out more of Janelle, and she is so diverse and talented. I had to get her music, including her concept album, Dirty Computer, which is cool in so many ways. I'm rooting for her for years to come.
I hadn't heard that Dirty Computer is a concept album, but even if it is, it's wrong to call it "her concept album" as if she only has one. Her first EP, and her first two full albums are all continuous concepts.
There are just so many references in this video!!!! Michael Jackson's They Way You Make Me Feel, Prince's Kiss, Beyonce's Green Light and Blow, David Bowie's Let's Dance uggghhh I loooveee her!!
It's the subtle references that I see. With the music, production, visual aesthetic. I'm not saying they're direct references. I just see that they have lots of similarities and overtones.
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This is a Prince original. They collaborated together in the past a few times. Catch the other great collaboration they did called “Givin’ Em What They Love”....it’s excellent!
I found this song when I was 16 I’m 20 now and my whole family used to Feel the vibes of this song in the walls when we’d play it, a classic beloved song 😋☺️ Weird seeing it turn into a “I heard it on a series now I’m here” I’m glad it’s come back round! Making cars vibrate it’s that good
I still don't understand how she lost at the Grammys for her debut album. It was perfection and a clear indication that the Grammys are a joke at this point.
Russo Wintergreen you are really fucking stupid and racist for that comment. Lots of dark skinned female singers are successful and relevant for your information. E.g. Sza, Janelle Monae, Lauren Hill, Missy Elliot, Jennifer Hudson and the list could go on. So please shut up and stop posting dumb comments.
Russo Wintergreen Well if you’ve been keeping up with modern music you will know that Sza is proving herself and is collaborating with many artists. The other singers I have listed may be from the 90s-2000s but at least they have opened the path for more women of colour to make music and be successful.
"You don't have to be rich, to be my girl" -prince (kiss) This is obviously a prince inspired song by Janelle Monae, and I love it. She such an underrated artist.
Jay Forbes I really thought people underrated her when Archandroid came out, and even though they may not underrated her anymore in what she does now I still think that album is underrated; and I guess you could call her underrated still, because what that album showed was that she’s not only good at different styles (ballads, uptempo, electronic instrumentation, arranged strings...), she she’s good at gather them into the same album, same concept. This song can be big, sure, but it’s the songs in the context of the album that’s underrated (at least compared to the singles)
Janelle Monae is so creative and a DAMN amazing dancer. There are too many good singers who have zero clue how to carry thesmelves in a music video or on stage. But Janelle has NAILED both.
Something about this song just makes it unique & unlike any other. The bass and the background sounds/beats all blended into the melody with her angelic voice is so electrifying❣️🥹😌
I'd say the moves are more JANET Jackson (who did some shout-outs to brother Michael in her routines), and that's definitely the case with the Django clip.
@@Fitzroyfallz Janelle identified as bisexual first and then said she identifies as pan TOO. She's both. And this video? Is clearly focusing on the bi part. It's from Dirty Computer which was all about her being in bisexual polyamory triad with a man and a woman.
Venture Forth nope. If someone is bi that means that he or she is attracted to both men and women , while beign pan means that they are attracted to all genders
@Venture Forth it's a bit like bisexual is more than one gender but pan is more like, regardless of gender, like gender doesn't matter as much to them. I'm not the best person to explain. Google it is probably the best thing tbh lol
@JustJuli _88 bisexual definition from people that are the most inclusive of what it means to different people - many bi activists for instance, define as attraction to more than one gender. Hence it can fit pansexual into the bisexuality space too, and polysexual and omnisexual etc. Bi doesn't say anything about whether the gender matters for attraction. Pansexuality tends to (though varies for some people their exact usage). Omnisexual has been used for people attracted to all genders but the gender is a part of it. This definition of bi also allows non-binary gender people to be included in many bi people's attractions (while not necessarily being attracted to both men and women, perhaps just one of those for example).
When this first started playing, I thought, "Eh, it's alright. It just sounds really average." But duuude, as time went on, I could literally feel the passion that went into this song. I love it.
SOGGY SOCKS because Prince, may his soul rest in peace, he had that Purple rain, purple vibe. Purple signifies royalty. Prince definitely influenced her musical style. I love it. He lives on thru that music. When I heard it I thought of the Purple One lol. I love me some Janelle Monae.
Thank you Janelle for tastefully reminding me that PRINCE and his KISS are still here!!!...I always have been a huge fan of your work and always will be!!!😚😚😚😚
I fu**ing LOVE her ....she seems like the type you can hang out with for hours on end without a dull moment ....On top of that she's so dame BEAUTIFUL 😍😭😍😭😍
She gave those vibes on her Electric Lady album. She didn't want to admit anything then from those lyrics, but now this video may be her coming out with it.
nvm Sorry, it seems I misread her interview. That's my bad! Janelle is the only celebrity I have ever heard of that identifies as pan, so it meant a lot to me to know there was at least one other person out there. The only 2 canonically pansexual characters in media are always mislabeled as bisexual so I feel really protective over people who identify as pan, and we automatically label people in history as bi when we discover they were interested in more than one gender, so I often feel left out. We can both have her! She's both a pansexual and a bisexual icon.
LYRICS Baby, don’t make me spell it out for you All of the feelings that I've got for you Can't be explained, but I can try for you Yeah, baby, don't make me spell it out for you You keep on asking me the same questions (why?) And second guessing all my intentions Should know by the way I use my compression That you've got the answers to my confessions It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender An emotional, sexual bender Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better There's nothin' better That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel So real, so good, so fuckin' real That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel You know I love it, so please don't stop it You got me right here in your jean pocket (right now) Laying your body on a shag carpet (oh) You know I love it so please don't stop it It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender An emotional, sexual bender Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better There's nothin' better That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel So real, so good, so fuckin' real That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way that I feel now, baby Good God! I can't help it! Agh! That's just the way that I feel, yeah Please! I can't help it It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender An emotional, sexual bender Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better (oh!) There's nothin' better (better!) Damn That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel So real, so good, so fuckin' real That's just the way you make me feel That's just the way you make me feel
This song and the way she performed it is 🔥. I admit I first heard it on Dragrace and loved it from there, but now Human Resources brought me back to jam to it again. ❤❤
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Come Here Girl 🤨 I Got Something To Tell You... 🙃
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Prince would be so proud. This is like a spiritual child of his meets Janelle, my god. This is amazing.
@terminalcommand Prince loved her and actively helped her with this song and album. If you think you know better than him about talent...
Enough said. She is letting us HAVE IT❗❤🎶
McDoomerkin I’m 100% sure Prince wrote it & gifted it to her. He often gave away songs & didn’t wanna be credited so his record co. Couldn’t go after the profits.
You can just hear him in the song. 💜👁️👄 Love them both so fricking much. That's just the way they make me feel 🙈
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I remember the time when Prince couldn't shut up about how much he loved Janelle. The good times.
YES
Did he??? How could he not? It's like she is him.
@@jusdubzzz She toured with him in Europe in 2011. She learned a lot from Prince.
@@janreuter7984 That sounds like it was probably life-changing. Wow!
am I watching a clone of Prince?
Love the song. Its cool that Prince thought so highly of her....you can definitely hear Prince throughout this song...the funk, the falsetto the build up to the end of the song even the choreography. Great song
That's ou 🦉 graaaa that's just the way you make my blue blue's Flow for ou uuu owl for ya
oh really u can DEFINITELY hear Prince throughout the Song 🤣 Amazing 🤣
Yes, exactly.
This song has big Kiss vibes. I think I wanna dance... uhn!
The *moves* !
Just saw The Glass Onion. I'm thinking, seriously, is there a more talented under-rated amazing human being on Earth right now!!? I don't think so.
Hypnotic beat, sparse arrangement, funky guitar, androgynous look and a falsetto chorus?
Major Prince vibes (in particular the song and video for Kiss) & I'm all over it.
RIP Prince, your work lives on in others. Great job Janelle bringing something fresh to the table.
OmarIsuf Omar! What are the odds I find a post by Omar, on this big world of RUclips lol. Time to go watch your current video now!
OmarIsuf 1qccm
OmarIsuf
dont forget the sexual video..
OmarIsuf "androgynous" isnt that the final level on star fox 64?
Why must people always give credit to MEN for a woman's success?! Ugh you people make me SICK
Janelle and Prince were FRIENDS, they even collaborated together in the past too... I hate seeing all the pretentious comments saying she could never compare to him as if that matters at all, she's not Prince she's Janelle Monáe and even though she's inpired by him she's still very unique. also since they were friends there's no need to compare them or pit them against each other. don't be so mean just because people say they hear "Prince vibes" because even Janelle herself comfirmed that he helped her with this album. just chill and enjoy the good music.
TY... I learned of the problem and you squashed it in one post. :/
GonzFi .R
Yes Prince was her mentor and he even featured on Give em what they love which was on her last album. I love Janelle and I love this song ...and I love Prince 💜💜💜
GonzFi
She reminds me of PRINCE....Hope she keeps this funk sound
Right?! That GirlPrince vibe tho! ❤
So I'm not the only one thinking that! 😉
Prince actually did collaborate with her while making her album.
When the song starts I thought that it was PRINCE lol
i thought so too! when i first heard it i thought it was a cover, it's great to have something that has such a similar vibe to his music.
Anyone else here because you couldn't get enough of this bop as the intro of human resources and needed more?
IKR I loved it from the get go, had to hunt it down 🤣😍
Yup
Fucking yesss!!!
Its the reason why i dont skip the intro
Lmao yes thats why i looked this song up
Her fashion choices in this video are sublime!
They're almost all a throwback to styles Prince had worn throughout the years, if you're familiar with any of his work then it stands out quite blatantly. Also, a lot of the riffs in this song sound straight out of some of his songs. Not a shock since he helped her write this album, and I am loving it. Shame he isn't still around to see how well it's working for her. He's always had the midas touch though.
The fact that this song wasn’t popular or even played on radios
What? This is So overplayed In Brazil
It is popular but rather in EDX Dubai Skyline Remix (official remix) which in my opinion is so much better (speeder and more energetic, more in Prince's style like)
@@igorvinha5366E é amigo? eu jurava que ninguém aqui ouvia além de quem já acompanhava ela, que bom saber disso, porquê minha rainha merece ser colocada em replay de novo e de novo
@@MrGrinch17 sim amiga, na Mix na época q lançou tocava toda hora, e ainda toca as vezes nela e na Rádio Mood
@@igorvinha5366 sempre soube que podia contar com o bom gosto musical desse país
Now this is the perfect homage to nostalgia! Not a complete ripoff as so many artists have done, no. Miss Monae is giving us all the Prince feels but with her own style firmly in place! Much love!
It's not really homage. He actually helped produce the song and other songs on her upcoming album. He wrote the synth line for this song particularly.
LOVE HIM!!! Giving us Dopeness from the grave
Janelle literally sounds like she is channelling Prince so uncanny is the similarity between the sound; tempo, and lyrical delivery of this song (especially the TV advert version!) & the iconic musical signature style created by The Great Squiggly One himself at the peak of his power! I'm sure looking down from somewhere "up-there" he could not be prouder!
Not really uncanny. They knew each other personally and she has said that he helped her create some of the sounds for her album. That’s why they sound similar 😂 It’s a shame we didn’t get to see more of them working together
@@MrMetzki - Yes! I heard about this, together with the fact that she was a huge admirer of his music. Still hard to believe that he is no longer with us! 😙
Imagine what he could have achieved - in collaboration with her & many others - during the six years since his shock passing!! 😙😙
The most underrated song of all time, can't believe it only charted #99 on BB 100. If Beyonce recorded this song, it would give her a grammy
ikr
Maybe because the song is not good that's why
@@beastmaster6946 Beyonces music sucks. She use to have good music early in her career. Do you know how many people I know can't stand Beyonce's modern music? Oh please
did it not chart higher in any other chart?
well janelle got two nominations in grammy tho, i found her thru the show and damn she gave a lit show
this is art. literally getting all the prince vibes possible
Bria Adams Yesss!!!
Lol if this art then I’m black. It’s talking about sex that doesn’t take talent. Literally every artist makes songs about sex. Go to a fucking museum they have real art there. You fucking sheep
Darth Vader i wasn’t referring the meaning of the song necessarily, more so the visuals lol
Lol Sex can be artful too, you sound ignorant. A lot of the art in museum is about sex even!
Maks agreed!
Janelle doesn't release an album for five years and comes back with a vengeance. I love that she's channeling Prince in this track.
Tyler White he made the music
Janelle said that Prince was the genius behind the music on this song. They collaborated before he passed. Love the song and the video. Rock on Janelle. We will miss Prince forever....good night sweet Prince.
chippy 77 nice! I just saw the news reports about this. I hope more of the album has that vibe.
You can REALLY see Prince's influence on Janelle and her music style. Bravo!!
I was able to work Janelle Monae into a Calculus example for an online course that I was hired to help develop. I am so proud of myself.
That's cool. What year?
That's awesome. Last years I referenced Beavis and Butthead in my MA dissertation. Not quite as cool, but I was pretty proud of that.
You should be proud! I don't know you, and I'm fucking proud of you!
lol great way to get her name out more
OMG it's patrickJMT! You're awesome!
For those of you getting Prince vibes from this, it's because he worked on this, because OF COURSE he would do something like that. At this point the amount of songs he contributed to (not just the stuff in the vault) is gonna last for the rest of the century...
Gabriel S wow really? Thank you for letting us know
@@juliesomethinorother when you don't have anything nice to say, you get 3 likes, bitch.
slkbme I don’t think they were being rude...
@@slkbme * uno reverse card *
What’s with all the negativity... chill y’all..
She most definitely is on that Prince-influence. Keeping it light, colorful and funky fresh. Sounds like her coming-out party.
TALON ndeed
Prince-fluence
As a Black lesbian seeing Black wlw such as her embrace their queerness while also being femme is just so powerful, and I love seeing Janelle embrace her bi pride. Thank you for making this, Janelle, you are a queen! 👸🏿
She's actually pansexual
@@Lea-hl8md oh welp then my apologies gracias for telling me!
And her partner in this video is Tessa Thompson, so she also has impeccable taste...
@@MarkArnoldMusic Mmm impeccable taste indeed! 😁
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This has Prince all over it. You can tell she worked with him. That’s good she had the opportunity to work with a legend
Prince was her mentor actually
That's why this song probably sucks so much. Prince never had any good song! He wrote two good songs "Manic Monday" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" but I am glad I've never heard him singing those songs.
@@Rekko82 ummm... I respectfully disagree
Reijo P. Love what is wrong with you 😂 he had many good songs .
I got the prince vibe after 2 seconds also.
*WHY* isn't she more famous I'll never understand
Alexis Rocha she’s not with the Illuminati.
I almost don't want her to become lady gaga famous, I swear it ruins the artist. She's pretty famous as it is anyways.
I'm hearing her in Denmark, so in my eyes she's famous.
Piano Tiles Queen *pansexual
Give her time; if she keeps making songs like this one, she will be
Prince went back to his home planet because he knew damn well Monae had it under control here.
Exactly the perfect thing I was trying to say....thank you xoxox makes me miss Prince a shade less ... Just a shade. Xox all the love in the world to all of you xox
JeredtheShy u said it the best
I freaking LOVE that! Thanks for posting! :)
Love Janelle so much......she is unbelievably good but there is NO ONE LIKE PRINCE EVER. So glad that they collaborated together on this song before he passed on to another dimension. His sound in this song is quite evident and delicious.
JeredtheShy this comment gave me pause...you sir are a fuckin legend 🏆😍👑
I’ve been searching for this song for FIVE YEARS I’m so glad I finally found it
FIVE! god bless u
SAME I COULDNT FIND IT FOR YEARS
5 years!? My my!
I must have been slacking cause this is my first time seeing her wear colors and I am FLOORED AT THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL 😩🙌🏽♥️
justsah24 you have to
Clearly slacking.
Her last album (The Electric Lady) featured Prince on the second track... for those of you that are late (HELLA LATE) to the party saying she ripped him off listen up cause I’m gonna say this one time: they were great friends & big fans of each other. He was a fan since early in her career attending her shows, sending gifts, telegraphs, etc, & he worked with her on her upcoming album/the music you are hearing now before his passing. So there it is, shut up. Know FACTS before you prop your lip.
Marz Monae tell they asses!!!!! BOOM...
yes I can't stand people who prop their lips to say something before they know FACTS!!!
Marz Monae yo! I heard of her before and seen her before and thought she was cool. Then one night this video came on.... and I now I think she is Dope AF. TREMENDOUS. I WENT TO ITUNES AND BOUGHT ALL OF HER ALBUMS. I am a HUGE fan.
Marlow Lowery they seem to forget that Prince even helped produce Dirty Computer before he died.
Marlow Lowery her,Kamasi Washington and SOPHIE are currently winning at music in 2018 and I'm here for it
PRINCE BE SMILIN' FROM HEAVEN FOR SURE
SHAHAD shahadalotaibi Please, Prince was above all a composer who could write actual MELODIES with some sophisticated chords and complex rhythm underneath. Can't say the same about Janelle and this "song" unfortunately...
Funkyslap you annoying af
It don't matter Prince still loved her. She was one of the "few" newer artist that Prince had love and respect for.
I read that Prince and Janelle was close friends and he was her mentor so.......
Or he might be thinking wtf why she stealing my sound.
Yes, I'm guilty of learning of this song from Human Resources, and loved the little sample so much, I had to check out the whole song, and it was awesome. So much 80s vibe to it, with a lot of her influence, Prince, felt in it. I checked out more of Janelle, and she is so diverse and talented. I had to get her music, including her concept album, Dirty Computer, which is cool in so many ways. I'm rooting for her for years to come.
I agree with you. watch the movie antebellum with her. A great film and she is great actress. (Google translater)
I hadn't heard that Dirty Computer is a concept album, but even if it is, it's wrong to call it "her concept album" as if she only has one. Her first EP, and her first two full albums are all continuous concepts.
@@JohnThelin took the words from my head!
Prince actually wrote this song for her.
I, a bisexual, almost could not finish this video. I'm so viscerally turned on and connected with the music there are tears in my eyes.
Nik Indie for short: a perverted bi
truth hurts i.e. Someone more in tune with who they are than you are. Stay jealous.
y'all this was a joke about me thinking the actors and actresses were hot, tone it tf down
Who said Prince is gone.
All hail the princess.
all hail the fucking queen
👁 felt that 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
There are just so many references in this video!!!! Michael Jackson's They Way You Make Me Feel, Prince's Kiss, Beyonce's Green Light and Blow, David Bowie's Let's Dance uggghhh I loooveee her!!
Kim Millave no offense but I didn't see THAT many references in this one video. But ok.
It's the subtle references that I see. With the music, production, visual aesthetic. I'm not saying they're direct references. I just see that they have lots of similarities and overtones.
Kim Millave Curious where you're hearing Bowie in this.
what is the time of david bowie
Not to mention the Thompson Twins stylings on the club goers.
How was this not one of the biggest songs ever? It is the horniest song in all the best ways.
PYNK might come second.
I can bet you David Bowie and Prince are looking at this video from heaven smiling proud af
😘
This made me smile
Aww
❤️❤️
yessssssssss!!!! lol
She embodied Prince for this one.
Night Angel Yes, I got mad Prince vibes as well, loved it!💜
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I hear it also
Prince gave her the song
This is a Prince original. They collaborated together in the past a few times. Catch the other great collaboration they did called “Givin’ Em What They Love”....it’s excellent!
Loving the Prince vibes and the David Bowie homage!
And Janet!
Jon Sanford oh yes, cant forget SHE!
Jon Sanford Yes sir! I love it 😍
I found this song when I was 16 I’m 20 now and my whole family used to Feel the vibes of this song in the walls when we’d play it, a classic beloved song 😋☺️
Weird seeing it turn into a “I heard it on a series now I’m here” I’m glad it’s come back round! Making cars vibrate it’s that good
Yesss, I found the song when I was 16 too, and I’m 20 now. I watched the series and literally screamed when I heard the song!
This song gives me a lot of Prince´s vibes and I love it!
He collaborated with her on this album :)
Clarisette before he died? omg i never even knew that!
I get “Kiss” vibes from the song.
@@benbrown7961 no.. after
inxs i need you tonight ...in a princ's kiss rhythm
THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED, BLESS US
Ahsante the Artist amen
*THE Q.U.E.E.N.
It's been five loooooong years. So happy to see her making music again!
welingtom kalixto wot
Ahsante the Artist amen.
"I don't know if Prince's influence will ever go away, It's in the music DNA" - Bootsy Collins
CorrectVision3 it does have a prince vibe too it
maybe it's because he worked on the song :D consequenceofsound.net/2018/02/prince-was-heavily-involved-in-janelle-monaes-forthcoming-dirty-computer/
There is a little part of Prince
A little part? It's got Prince all over it!
Paul Endersby : I agree. I love it!
I’ve been listening for Janelle for years and nothing feels greater than seeing someone getting the recognition they deserve. Looooong overdue honey 🙌
Prince vibes ALL OVER THIS!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Efosa Igbinovia sax
And a wee bit of Robert Palmer
Efosa Igbinovia he wrote it before he died
I was just thinking that haha, Prince reborn
Kelsey Lynch Wait really?!
Janelle Monaè needs to win a Grammy for this.
Keaton Baker a grammy, an oscar, a tony, every damn award even if it isn’t related to music
She needed for Electric lady in my opinion. This and Django Jane are great. But She definitely needs hardware. She's been nominated enough.
I still don't understand how she lost at the Grammys for her debut album. It was perfection and a clear indication that the Grammys are a joke at this point.
Prince lives on in this QUEEN.
Janie Jukebox The haters always called Prince a queen.
Grace Jones, Prince, Bowie and James Brown wrapped up in a beautiful and wonderful package of talent. You Go Girl!
JANELLE IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN THIS MUSIC GENRE. No one compares! 👏👏👏👏
Anneska Kirideska v
Gold Standard is also a Prince song.😂😂😂😂 Great coincidence.
Russo Wintergreen you are really fucking stupid and racist for that comment. Lots of dark skinned female singers are successful and relevant for your information. E.g. Sza, Janelle Monae, Lauren Hill, Missy Elliot, Jennifer Hudson and the list could go on. So please shut up and stop posting dumb comments.
Russo Wintergreen Well if you’ve been keeping up with modern music you will know that Sza is proving herself and is collaborating with many artists. The other singers I have listed may be from the 90s-2000s but at least they have opened the path for more women of colour to make music and be successful.
+Russo Wintergreen your problem? if you don't like black women, then why are u here?
Janelle is proof that good music can be popular music.
"You don't have to be rich, to be my girl"
-prince (kiss)
This is obviously a prince inspired song by Janelle Monae, and I love it. She such an underrated artist.
Mike Tank Brown ll honestly not underrated because she is number one on trending😂
Jessica H
I guess technically, you're right. 😆
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Her Electric Lady album was 🔥 too and it didn’t get nearly enough recognition. So yeah she’s underrated as an artist
Jay Forbes I really thought people underrated her when Archandroid came out, and even though they may not underrated her anymore in what she does now I still think that album is underrated; and I guess you could call her underrated still, because what that album showed was that she’s not only good at different styles (ballads, uptempo, electronic instrumentation, arranged strings...), she she’s good at gather them into the same album, same concept. This song can be big, sure, but it’s the songs in the context of the album that’s underrated (at least compared to the singles)
Love it ! I can hear Prince's influence at its best here. Thank you Janelle !
Janelle Monae is so creative and a DAMN amazing dancer. There are too many good singers who have zero clue how to carry thesmelves in a music video or on stage. But Janelle has NAILED both.
Viewers that are new to Janelle Monae's music should definitely check out her Metropolis, ArchAndroid and Electric Lady albums
Jessica Steward 👌
Electric Lady was amazing and I’m a whole man😂😂
Jessica Steward I like her music back when she was with OutKast
Damn I love Electric Lady so much ❤️👏🏼
for real. and the Audition too, something about this reminds me of the bangers from that album/project
I feel like I’ve just watched a music video for San Junipero and I’m HERE FOR IT! BEAUTIFUL STUNNING AMAZING LEGENDARY AND A WONDERFUL PRINCE VIBE 💜💜💜
Loved that episode..... #blackmirror
👏🏾👏🏾
oh my god im not the only one! that arcade scene especially!!
Yes! Exactly my thought too 💚
Snap!! All the outfits & style. What an homage to Prince 😊
Something about this song just makes it unique & unlike any other. The bass and the background sounds/beats all blended into the melody with her angelic voice is so electrifying❣️🥹😌
Janelle is so underrated!
She seems to be going more mainstream, she may get her due this year but too bad she had to kinda sellout.
+Kmemu Ka How is she selling out? There is nothing wrong with making music that some may label mainstream if that's what she chooses to do.
She's revealing her ass and tittys now, I still love Janelle I just cant let my daughter see this video.
Sound evokes Prince, moves evoke MJ, yet it still feels all Janelle Monáe
TexasTrojanPony My exact thoughts
I'd say the moves are more JANET Jackson (who did some shout-outs to brother Michael in her routines), and that's definitely the case with the Django clip.
Exactly. I was about to write that.
Right
yeah okay I'll have to concede on that one
She snapped, she said ‘y’all will stop sleeping on my music’
The colors. The lighting. The hair. The make-up. The choreography. The vibe. The funk. Damn.
This is criminally underrated 😤
Osiel Escalante...shouting it from the roof top
Janelle and Tessa are drop dead rise again beautiful
yeah for real
+AlphaQSilly no they aren't
Who's tessa
Christopher Dessources the other girl in the video...
samsara lol you think friends look/touch each other like that? They’ve been in each other’s company for a while they ain’t slick 😂
Prince never dies, he just becomes other people.
Yes, its so right ;)
LOL can you tell me who he was before he was Prince then
Drew Layton
🤔🤫🙆🏾♂️👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
TheFaithArtist Prince JR
Very well said !
Yes Prince would be real proud! Much love to you Ms Monae!!!❤❤❤
Fantastic Prince homage! Janelle is amazing as always!
Oh Janelle, how we've missed your music.
Someone: "Hey, could you explain bisexuality to me?"
Me: *sends them this video*
This is adequate
Fearful Tiger janelle is pan!
@@Fitzroyfallz Janelle identified as bisexual first and then said she identifies as pan TOO. She's both. And this video? Is clearly focusing on the bi part. It's from Dirty Computer which was all about her being in bisexual polyamory triad with a man and a woman.
Venture Forth nope. If someone is bi that means that he or she is attracted to both men and women , while beign pan means that they are attracted to all genders
@Venture Forth it's a bit like bisexual is more than one gender but pan is more like, regardless of gender, like gender doesn't matter as much to them. I'm not the best person to explain. Google it is probably the best thing tbh lol
@JustJuli _88 bisexual definition from people that are the most inclusive of what it means to different people - many bi activists for instance, define as attraction to more than one gender. Hence it can fit pansexual into the bisexuality space too, and polysexual and omnisexual etc. Bi doesn't say anything about whether the gender matters for attraction. Pansexuality tends to (though varies for some people their exact usage). Omnisexual has been used for people attracted to all genders but the gender is a part of it. This definition of bi also allows non-binary gender people to be included in many bi people's attractions (while not necessarily being attracted to both men and women, perhaps just one of those for example).
Prince!!!!! Sound, use of voice....everything💥
When this first started playing, I thought, "Eh, it's alright. It just sounds really average." But duuude, as time went on, I could literally feel the passion that went into this song. I love it.
Rainbow Bell ikr it's insane. Now it's stuck in my head, when I'm eating pizza especially.
LITERALLY me!
Yea
The Prince vibes are irresistibly fantastic. I'm here for it & love every second of it!!!
I swear this song has Prince written all over it!😍
He was collaborating with her on this album, and specifically this song (obviously), when he passed away.
that's the first thing I thought when I heard it!
Yes ofc
Absolutely!!!!!
There's a nod to Robert Palmer in there too. She's so talented. So glad NPR brought me to her music and videos.
I love this song. I can’t believe it wasn’t a major hit. It needs to be re-released.
I can't even with this and Django Jane. I'm dead and in heaven listening to this beauty on repeat.
She is such an underated icon
Suga Kookie no, yoongi is the real underrated icon
Suga Kookie true
She really is. Sincerely hoping she gets the praise she deserves for this record if these two videos are any indication of how good it will be.
I totally agree, she doesn’t get near enough play.
Rishabh Tyagi no
PURPLE continues to REIGN 💜💜💜
YASSSSSSSSSSSSS purple+pink+blue
starr la roc
Why not red blue yellow white black grey orange magenta pink green brown aqua green
SOGGY SOCKS because Prince, may his soul rest in peace, he had that Purple rain, purple vibe. Purple signifies royalty. Prince definitely influenced her musical style. I love it. He lives on thru that music. When I heard it I thought of the Purple One lol. I love me some Janelle Monae.
Girl this is a vibe I didn’t know I was missing…… that’s just the way you make ME feel!
DAMN
Prince and San Junipero vibes, love this
Glad I'm not the only one who thought about San Junipero
Yass Black Mirror
Yeah! It sounds incredibly similar to Prince's "Kiss"
Omg I was just about to write Prince and San Junipero vibes too
You stole the words right out of my mouth! San Junipero is my favorite episode! And Prince is the greatest!
She is the best dressed woman I have ever seen. Her sense of fashion is just incredible!!
gemlikestardust LITERALLY!!!
"incredible" sense of fasion? lol
Do you know who SAFIRM is?
Thank you Janelle for tastefully reminding me that PRINCE and his KISS are still here!!!...I always have been a huge fan of your work and always will be!!!😚😚😚😚
I love this so much! Her style reminds me why I also love listening to Prince's music so much.
This is the best coming out as bisexual video ever
JobKihia technically she did that in QUEEN
Zefurry the vibes were strong in QUEEN but still vague but it’s out in the open here thank god
JobKihia She came out in an interview long ago. She wasn’t as famous then so nobody remembers it
"Am I a freak because I love watching Mary?"
Oh yes we do love Prince/David Bowie vibes!
Yep!
Nicole So true!
yasssss i was just thinking of that
Indeed we do!
Prince yes. But Its not weird enough to be in Bowie's universe. Bowie didn't sing about love or relationships that often.
I fu**ing LOVE her ....she seems like the type you can hang out with for hours on end without a dull moment ....On top of that she's so dame BEAUTIFUL 😍😭😍😭😍
KiannaOshun That goes for any big celebrity! Unless their an asshole!😂
This is a gorgeous Valentine to Prince with so many lovely layers. Absolute fire 🔥
I’m getting so much bisexuality vibes from this video and I live for it! 💅🏼🙅♀️🙅♂️
Just vibes? I mean it's blatant. :D
Victoria Dudley you is correct 👏
haha ryea
it definitely is Victoria are u for it?
She gave those vibes on her Electric Lady album. She didn't want to admit anything then from those lyrics, but now this video may be her coming out with it.
If ever there is a Batwoman movie, Janelle Monáe would be perfect to do the soundtrack.
Now I want her as batwoman
Ddavis1200 is she bi
and/or be batwoman
She'd make the perfect Batwoman itself.
bruh Tessa Thompson would be an amazing Renee Montoya
Prince would be so proud!
No one moves like this, no one sings like this. No one creates ART like this. ❤❤❤
Janelle Monae is officially the coolest person in the world
Regina Lee
Janelle Monae has always been AMAZING.
IKR
She has been for years girl !
When was she not
How Bisexual do you want it to be?
Janelle: Yes.
Random Stuff Bruvv she's pansexual, actually!
@@Fitzroyfallz she said she identifies as both, let bisexuals have things
nvm Sorry, it seems I misread her interview. That's my bad! Janelle is the only celebrity I have ever heard of that identifies as pan, so it meant a lot to me to know there was at least one other person out there. The only 2 canonically pansexual characters in media are always mislabeled as bisexual so I feel really protective over people who identify as pan, and we automatically label people in history as bi when we discover they were interested in more than one gender, so I often feel left out. We can both have her! She's both a pansexual and a bisexual icon.
All the pan and bi guys yes
Its me
Glad this is #1 on trending !!! 😭 you don't know how this makes me feel rn 😭🙆😭🙆😭🙆
Ivan Joven gay?
+William James Thanks for confirming you know jack shit about who your dad is.
😊
Human Resources brought me here and I'm so happy to have found this gem😍❤️
Imagine Janelle Monae, Bruno Mars, and Lizzo collabing with a funky sexy bangger.
FUCK YES! And maybe one with Rihanna too?
Molly Taylor I never seen rih done a funky song
@@mirfallin4u I'm thinking her R&B stuff like Love On The Brain could pair nicely with all those folks.
1 of those names is not like the others
Prince vibes I like! 💓😊
I'm a new fan of Janelle Monae... I'm in love with her voice and just her overall attitude... she seems like a super cool person to hang out with
LYRICS
Baby, don’t make me spell it out for you
All of the feelings that I've got for you
Can't be explained, but I can try for you
Yeah, baby, don't make me spell it out for you
You keep on asking me the same questions (why?)
And second guessing all my intentions
Should know by the way I use my compression
That you've got the answers to my confessions
It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender
An emotional, sexual bender
Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better
There's nothin' better
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
So real, so good, so fuckin' real
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
You know I love it, so please don't stop it
You got me right here in your jean pocket (right now)
Laying your body on a shag carpet (oh)
You know I love it so please don't stop it
It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender
An emotional, sexual bender
Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better
There's nothin' better
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
So real, so good, so fuckin' real
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way that I feel now, baby
Good God! I can't help it! Agh!
That's just the way that I feel, yeah
Please! I can't help it
It's like I'm powerful with a little bit of tender
An emotional, sexual bender
Mess me up, yeah, but no one does it better (oh!)
There's nothin' better (better!) Damn
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
So real, so good, so fuckin' real
That's just the way you make me feel
That's just the way you make me feel
😂 it looks like you copied and pasted from genius. Thanks thought, very helpful
GREAT JOB
❤
Lol
Thank you ❤️
This song and the way she performed it is 🔥. I admit I first heard it on Dragrace and loved it from there, but now Human Resources brought me back to jam to it again. ❤❤
How many of you instantly felt the Prince’s presence without even saying anything ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
TheOnlyDeriko I gotta be real I said something.
It’s hard not to. It sounds just like something out of his catalog. Pretty catchy stuff.
Oh man, this song put a smile on my face
video : effing gorgeous.
song : can't get it out of my head, so good!
Somebody looooves Prince, right? 😘 Good job
NUMBER 👏🏽ONE👏🏽ON👏🏽TRENDING👏🏽LET’S👏🏽GO👏🏽
80'S, Prince, love it😘
Prince would be proud. She can really dance....and...sing.