Django Jane (2018)

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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 announced that she will release her third studio album which 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 explained that "Django Jane" is an acknowledgement to her feeling the sting of the threats being made to her rights as black woman and as a sexually liberated woman, even just as a daughter with parents who have been oppressed for many decades. The song is also a form of support for Black women and those who have been the 'other', and the marginalised in society.[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

  1. Django Jane. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. C. Vernon Coleman II. "JANELLE Monae Is In Rap Mode on "Django Jane"". 24 February 2018. XXL. Retrieved February 1, 2021.