It’s been a while since Janelle Monáe has given us a new album since she’s mostly been focusing on acting in recent years, but it seems she’s gearing up for a comeback. The singer recently revealed that she’s working on new music in the most hilarious way possible.
Monáe is currently busy promoting her role in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, but most people still know her as a musician first. It’s been four years since her latest album Dirty Computer came out, and she recently jokingly told NME she has new music on the way.
“Actually, you will! You will get new music because I now have a clone. That clone does all of my music, and I have another clone for acting. I’m not going to tell you if it’s me or not. They’re in the studio right now!” Monáe told NME.
Her silly answer seems to hold some truth because Atlantic Records’ CEO Craig Kallman recently revealed that she has new music coming out in 2023 and described it as “a gigantic celebration”.
Following the release of Grammy-nominated Dirty Computer in 2018, Monáe mostly turned to acting, starring in Harriet and Antebellum and leading the second season of the Amazon series Homecoming. Back in 2020, she released her first song in two years called “Turntables” and later recorded “Stronger” for the Netflix documentary We the People.
