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− | Django Jane is a song recorded by singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe | + | Django Jane is a song written and recorded by singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe. The song was released alongside its music video on February 22, 2018 as the second single from Dirty Computer, Monáe third studio album. The song features Monáe rapping instead of singing and makes a straight reference to Monáe's debut studio album, The ArchAndroid. Throught the song's lyric, Monáe advocating many black feminist issues as the theme.<ref>[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Jane Django Jane]. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:34, 15 March 2021
Django Jane is a song written and recorded by singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe. The song was released alongside its music video on February 22, 2018 as the second single from Dirty Computer, Monáe third studio album. The song features Monáe rapping instead of singing and makes a straight reference to Monáe's debut studio album, The ArchAndroid. Throught the song's lyric, Monáe advocating many black feminist issues as the theme.[1]
Key Lyrics
Black girl magic, y'all can't stand it
Y'all can't ban it, made out like a bandit
They been tryin' hard just to make us all vanish
I suggest they put a flag on a whole another planet
Jane Bond, never Jane Doe
And I Django, never Sambo
Black and white, yeah that's always been my camo
It's lookin' like y'all gon' need some more ammo
I cut 'em off, I cut 'em off, I cut 'em off like Van Gogh
Now, pan right for the angle
I got away with murder, no Scandal
Huh, cue the violins and the violas
Background
On February 16, 2018, Monáe revealed her third studio album, entitled Dirty Computer, through a teaser video released on YouTube. Following up on that announcement, she released both "Django Jane" and "Make Me Feel" as the first two singles from the album.
In an interview with The Guardian, Monáe stated "Django Jane" is "a response to me feeling the sting of the threats being made to my rights as a woman, as a black woman, as a sexually liberated woman, even just as a daughter with parents who have been oppressed for many decades. Black women and those who have been the 'other', and the marginalised in society – that's who I wanted to support, and that was more important than my discomfort about speaking out."[2]
Critical Reception
Writing for XXL, C. Vernon Coleman II states, "The track finds JM tapping into a hip-hop vein and seriously going hard with the rap bars. The singer chooses a heavy-hitting track, as the punching bass kicks drive the instrumental."[3]
Reference
- ↑ Django Jane. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ Rebecca Bengal. "'You don't own or control me': Janelle Monáe on her music, politics and undefinable sexuality". 22 February 2018. The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ↑ C. Vernon Coleman II. "JANELLE Monae Is In Rap Mode on "Django Jane"". 24 February 2018. XXL. Retrieved February 1, 2021.