Janelle Monae isn’t on the lookout for any peculiar lover, as confirmed by her newest video, “Lipstick Lover,” off her newly introduced upcoming album, The Age of Pleasure. The R&B polymath delivers a savory visible highlighting her adoration for ladies. Whether or not she’s having fun with kisses on the neck poolside or appreciating the bodacious curves of her muse, Monae is relishing every individual’s magnificence.
The brand new studio album — out June 9 by way of Wondaland Arts Society / Atlantic Data — can be her first studio album since 2018’s Grammy-nominated launch of Soiled Laptop.
In an interview with Apple Music One’s Zane Lowe, Monae broke down the which means behind her newest track, explaining as soon as being the giver and receiver of a “lipstick kiss”. “That track, ‘Lipstick Lover,’ I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I write this track years in the past?’ As a result of if you already know me … As we speak, I don’t have on any purple lipstick, however I’m at all times in purple lipstick. And there have been so many situations the place I’ve made out with someone at a celebration, and it’s darkish,” she mentioned. “No one notices it. However when the lights come on, whoever I’ve made out with, lipstick throughout their face. After which I’ve additionally been on the receiving finish of a human … who’s so engaging. … Or I’ll get house, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God. I’ve lipstick throughout my face.’ And I’ve additionally been the ‘Lipstick Lover’ the place … you already know precisely who I kissed.”
Monae additionally defined to Lowe how the songs from her new album got here from honesty.
“All of the songs had been written from such an trustworthy area,” she started. “And what I’m tremendous enthusiastic about with The Age of Pleasure. The Age of Pleasure is that … Pay attention, I’ve had my age of melancholy. I’ve had my age of hysteria. I’ve had my age of battle. And once more, it’s not like life is pleasurable each single day, however I believe I’ve actively simply sought out … How do I create an area for myself? How do I redirect my thoughts on how I’m fascinated with issues? How do I notice that proper now, on this current second, moments that we’ll by no means get again, that is the place it is advisable discover your pleasure? That is your second. Don’t let it get confused that 5 minutes later, we’re going to strive to enter doing one thing totally different. And once more, that is simply my expertise the place I’m at; regardless that, regardless of what I could also be going via, there’s going to be a second the place this unhealthy second, I gained’t even be round to even focus on it. I gained’t.”
Try the “age-restricted” video on YouTube.
