Janelle Monáe will release her new album The Age of Pleasure next month.
Due June 9, the LP is the star’s first since 2018 release ‘Dirty Computer’ and was, according to the R&B polymath, “written from such an honest space”.
She tells Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1: “And what I’m super excited about with ‘The Age of Pleasure’ is that … Listen, I’ve had my age of depression. I’ve had my age of anxiety. I’ve had my age of struggle. And again, it’s not like life is pleasurable every single day, but I think I have actively just sought out … How do I create a space for myself? How do I redirect my mind on how I’m thinking about things? How do I realise that right now, in this present moment, moments that we’ll never get back, this is where you need to find your pleasure?
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— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) May 12, 2023
“This is your moment. Don’t let it get confused that five minutes later, we’re going to try to go into doing something different. And again, this is just my experience where I’m at; even though, despite what I may be going through, there’s going to be a moment where this bad moment, I won’t even be around to even discuss it. I won’t.”
‘The Age of Pleasure’ is due June 9 via Wondaland Arts Society / Atlantic Records. Lead single Lipstick Lover is out now.
Tracklist: Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
1. Float (feat Seun Kuti and Egypt 80)
2. Champagne Shit
3. Black Sugar Beach
4. Phenomenal
5. Haute
6. Oh La La
7. Lipstick Lover
8. The Rush
9. The French 75
10. Water Slide
11. Know Better
12. Paid in Pleasure
13. Only Have Eyes 42
14. A Dry Red
