Janelle Monaé says her sensuous, hedonistic new album is a riposte to conservatives who want to suppress expressions of black, queer pleasure.
The record arrives amidst a spate of US bills targeting LGBTQ rights, and others that outlaw the teaching of African American history.
Monaé says they want them to not enjoy life, they want them to be miserable, to feel like they don't belong.
"We have to fight this every way."
The 37-year-old says her latest album, The Age Of Pleasure, is just one way to resist the tide of anti-LGBTQ sentiment.
[Source: BBC]
