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blob @powerfulblob7/6/2024, 12:25 PM

Happy Disability Pride Month!

Janelle Monáe is a singer-songwriter-actor-writer with ADHD whose work I think this place should appreciate! Go listen to their stuff! I’m fucking imploring you!!

Sometimes I wonder why we live in an alternate world where Lemon Demon became more popular than them (hint: Starts with rac, ends with ism).

I've got a terrible fixation
Can't get it off my mind
Don't really want to know it better
Want to keep it in the realm of fantasy

You wanted me just for a holiday
Or was it to pad your resume?
What do you give me but unwanted breakthroughs
Strange how certain details subvert everything
-Make the Bus (Janelle Monáe)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7eqD91GMP0

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Andréa, Canis Lanonbinary @CERESUltra7/6/2024, 4:41 PM

It's wild being a fan of her from her real early days and comparing it to now when she's in movies and stuff like Glass Onion

Th Esteemed Deed Commemorator @spineflu7/6/2024, 4:50 PM

are you kidding about lemon demon being more popular? like that is not my perception of the two at all

smoking 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 with 'ilu @jake27/6/2024, 5:06 PM

For real she's won ten grammys and stars in hollywood movies

sharks + planes as formerly seen on Twitter @sharksonaplane7/6/2024, 5:11 PM

She didn't win (which is a travesty) but yeah, I definitely would not say Lemon Demon is more popular, I don't even know what that is but lots of people who have never heard Janelle Monáe's music know who they are. This might be a friend circle situation?

smoking 𒋆𒄣𒌦𒈾𒁍 with 'ilu @jake27/6/2024, 8:35 PM

Oh yeah my bad I meant nominee I'm just tired as hell lol

so long, and thanks for all the fish @fluffy-shenanigans7/7/2024, 1:22 AM

yeah I'm just as baffled by the comparison. I'm pretty sure that if I walked up to any normie on the street and asked them if they knew one of those artists by name, I would think that most people would be more likely to have at least some idea of who Janelle is. I'm not sure why the two are even in the same conversation

blob @powerfulblob7/7/2024, 4:22 AM

I’m glad people brought this up, it’s something I should have elaborated on earlier.

In terms of Janelle Monáe being more mainstream than Lemon Demon: Yes, of course. That’s rather self-expalantory. But also... TARGET AUDIENCE. There’s a reason why I posted this on cohost and not somewhere else. This is a problem on this specific site. I meant more well-known on COHOST.

The argument I’m trying to make is that (at least, a good deal of) people on cohost like to listen to “weird” music... But not include any Black artists making this experimental stuff in the mix.

Hence the Lemon Demon comparison (who, notably, isn’t even that experimental, and is mostly just known for memes).

And of course: Consuming music doesn’t make you a good/bad person or whatever. But when a whole website seems to like music of a certain type, and doesn’t include the Black musicians within that genre, who are literally some of the pioneers of this shit (Sun Ra, come on everyone)... It really just. Doesn’t look really good.

I have a full post explaining my reasoning. Read it if you’re interested, idk.