SZA is all about supporting girls and their sexual expression.
The “Kill Invoice” singer got here to Janelle Monáe’s protection on Monday (Might 15) amid on-line backlash towards the “Lipstick Lover” singer, who has been exhibiting off a more moderen, sexier facet of herself main as much as her The Age of Pleasure album launch.
“I like that it’s HER being free [right now] as a result of [people] LOVE to field girls in and declare that since you’re articulate revered and clever, you possibly can’t present your physique or be sexual or the rest lol,” SZA commented on an Instagram publish from RNB Radar. “It’s a ridiculous notion and I’m ALL FOR HER SELF RENAISSANCE.”
Within the “age-restricted” video for “Lipstick Lover” on YouTube, Monae relishes in feminine magnificence as she enjoys poolside kisses on the neck and appreciates her muse’s curves.
“I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I write this track years in the past?’ As a result of if you realize me … Right this moment, I don’t have on any purple lipstick, however I’m all the time in purple lipstick,” she advised Apple Music’s Zane Lowe of the observe. “And there have been so many situations the place I’ve made out with someone at a celebration, and it’s darkish. 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 realize precisely who I kissed.”
Monae’s album, The Age of Pleasure — out June 9 by way of Wondaland Arts Society / Atlantic Information — will likely be her first studio album since 2018’s Grammy-nominated launch of Soiled Pc.
See SZA’s supportive remark beneath.
