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The Electric Lady Analysis

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On this response paper I will be analyzing, Janelle Monáe's The Electric Lady song and music video. Janelle Monáe is known for creating music that is liberal. Music that is free for all and relatable. She is also known for creating music in the soulful genre. Which means that she creates music that moves an individual both spiritually and physically.
In the music video Monáe plays The Electric Lady and she does so very well. Her bubbly attitude gives The Electric Lady a funky persona and a contagious groove. The song is generally about a love story that is ostracized and stigmatize because of its abnormality. A love story that is distinguished from the rest and is reject by society. Love stories like those of a gay marriage couple or a mixed-race …show more content…

The ArchAndroid encompassed parts two and three of the Metropolis concept album, and The Electric Lady is comprised of parts four and five. Inspiration for The Electric Lady song originated from Monae’s self-expressive art. Specifically from a piece she repeatedly drew and often questioned. In the “we create music blog” Monae reveals that she would constantly “paint this female silhouette night after night, and I wouldn’t quite understand why I was drawn to paint this woman.” So she decided to talk about the painting with her analyst and she (her therapist) suggested naming it. This was not easy so she looked at the vibrations of the painting and became in sink with her inner deepest thoughts. Searching for answers on what this shadow of a woman might represent. Then it came to her, she decided to name the piece “The Electric Lady,” a woman that does not like to be labeled. For, “The Electric Lady” does not like to be boxed into others assumptions about oneself. Hence, if we accept a label we are permitting others to reinforce their beliefs about oneself without validation and that is problematic. Since, this then leads to name-calling. For this reason The Electric Lady persona is the perfect representation of a modern women. A woman that is an iconic figure in nature because she believes in herself enough to reject being limited to a label others believe her to

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