Janelle Monae covers Honey magazine and talks The ArchAndroid album.

The brilliant Janelle Monae has landed the latest cover of urban magzine Honey, decked out in her signature tuxedo and holding a red rose in her hand. Don’t ask me what the dice on her shoulder mean though, because your guess is as good as mine.

In the accompanying interview the visionary artist opens up about her new concept album The ArchAndroid and her trademark tux that she never seems to leave home without.

On the sound of The ArchAndroid and whether her music has changed since she began:

I like to think of my music as very trans-formative. If you listen to the album from the beginning to the end, you will be transformed. It’s an album that’s deals with self-realization as well. You start to realize things about yourself you didn’t know. One big emotional picture for the mind.

I wouldn’t say my music has changed significantly. I’ve always been a music lover of great albums: Stevie Wonder’s Music of Mind, Innervisions, to David Bowie. It’s always been in me to pull from these inspirations and to come up with something unique and to pull from myself…

On her signature tuxedo wardrobe:

…I bathe in it, I swim in it, and I could be buried in it. A tux is such a standard uniform, it’s so classy and it’s a lifestyle I enjoy. The tux keeps me balanced. I look at myself as a canvas. I don’t want to cloud myself with too many colors or I’ll go crazy. It’s an experiment I’m doing. I think I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.

On her plans for TheArchAndroid:

We are shooting a video for every song on the album, The ArchAndroid. We are creating a very strong narrative. We have a graphic novel coming out at the time of the release. This is a very special project. I’m very excited about the future and I have no idea what is in store.

Amazing. If The ArchAndroid comes out in Australia it’s definitely going to be an album I’ll be buying legally, and I haven’t purchased a physical copy of an album since Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon and a Dolly Parton boxset I got a while back.

Anyways The ArchAndroid hits US stores on May 18. To check out some brilliant photo’s from the Honey shoot head on over to the C.S. Perspective.

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  • http://deleted TJ

    Hahahaha!
    Proph, and weren’t u JUST makin fun of The-Dream for tryin to do the same kinda thing? Addin’ all this extra stuff to an album! lol

    Naw, but I think Janelle actually has sumthin to say so I ain’t mad at her for choosin a bunch of me diums to express herself. Go head girl! I’m buyin’ whateva u sellin!

  • http://www.theprophetblog.net The Prophet

    Haha no what she is doing is different! He specifically acted like nobody cares about music now and just wants movies and bells and whistles, whereas Janelle has always been doing a huge concept think with the archandroid that has stretched over EP’s with amazing visuals (many moons video) and stuff, and her music is still incredible.

    The way Dream said it just sounded cocky and ignorant, especially when his records dont have the depth of Prince or Janelle.

  • http://flickr.com/humbz humberto

    “We are shooting a video for every song on the album, The ArchAndroid.”

    OMG!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait!

  • Brandon

    Androids & shit, all in reference to METROPOLIS
    She’d make a great Illuminati puppet, she’s REALLY pushing this robot shit & even referring to people as Androids in interviews (robot with human characteristics) thus meaning your PROGRAMMED & controlled by handlers and basically mindless….I’ll pass. I do enjoy her music though to a certain extent, image wise ehhh not so much, she ALWAYS looks the same, no versatility, the talent is there but still

  • BlackNLatin

    I agree @ Brandon

  • Lucky

    Her talent is there, but I can’t get into her. The whole robot thing is annoying. I get that it’s her “character”, but she’sa grown woman lol. I can’t.

    I’d like her more if she would be Janelle and not this made up character.

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  • KittyJezebelle

    Janelle is an awesome artist, but I do question her loyalties to higher industry powers….if u kno wat I mean…her hookin up wit Diddy was a mistake…but she is overall talented with her eclectic styles in her music…if you wanna see Janelle at her rawest before the android ish…check out her 1st unreleased (or not so popularly released) album…The Audition…You can find most of those songs on YouTube…it’s Janelle’s soulful “just tryin to make it” side of her music!!!

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