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Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

31 min • 22 juni 2023

Host Anna Gaca and Contributing Writers Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and Heven Haile discuss the pop world-builder’s fourth studio album, which abandons their sci-fi past for a more joyous future.

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