{"id":67569,"date":"2023-02-16T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/janelle-monae-returns-with-dreamy-new-single-float\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T18:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:59:27","slug":"janelle-monae-returns-with-dreamy-new-single-float","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/janelle-monae-returns-with-dreamy-new-single-float\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e returns with dreamy new single, &#8216;Float&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/janelle-monae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janelle Mona\u0301e<\/a> has returned as we speak (February 16) with a dreamy new single referred to as \u2018Float\u2019 \u2013 test it out beneath.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/glass-onion-review-knives-out-2-daniel-craig-3330126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery<\/em>\u00a0overview: one other magical and multi-layered whodunnit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Featuring horns by Fela Kuti\u2019s youngest son, Seun Kuti and his band, Egypt 80, the brand new tune is produced by Nana Kwabena, Nate \u201cRocket\u201d Wonder and Sensei Bueno.<\/p>\n<p>The tune is the musician\u2019s first new music correct since 2018 and has a various vary of touchstones for its inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press assertion, the tune is impressed by: \u201cMuhammed Ali talking shit in Zaire, 1974, Jane\u2019s evolution, Mary Poppins\u2019 umbrella, Aladdin\u2019s magic carpet, Ja Morant\u2019s flotation to the rim while dunking on his ops, Sara Elise\u2019s ropes, excerpts from Paramahmsa Nithyananda\u2019s talks on levitation, Raul\u2019s toast on Dec 1, and Bruce Lee\u2019s mighty philosophy on being \u2018shapeless, formless,\u2019 and becoming one with your surroundings, to be like water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Take a hearken to the tune right here:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-xf28VXMB2w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e - Float (feat. Seun Kuti &amp; Egypt 80) [Official Audio]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xf28VXMB2w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mon\u00e1e first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/janelle-monae-to-release-new-single-float-next-week-3394882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teased the discharge of the brand new tune final week on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all won,\u201d Mon\u00e1e wrote on Twitter, saying the brand new launch. \u201cFLOAT. 2\/16.\u201d They additionally shared a video that featured a clip of the observe and Mon\u00e1e singing alongside to it with a mic whereas sporting a checkered furry bucket hat.<\/p>\n<p>Following the discharge of the musician\u2019s final album\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/janelle-monae-dirty-computer-review-2303995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Dirty Computer\u2019<\/a> in 2018, they&#8217;ve shared 4 extra one-off observe releases. \u2018Turntables\u2019 appeared on the soundtrack for the Amazon Original film <em>All In: The Fight For Democracy<\/em>, whereas 2021\u2019s \u2018Stronger\u2019 appeared on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tags\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0collection\u00a0<em>We The People<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s Enough\u2019 scored the remake of Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Lady And The Tramp<\/em>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/janelle-monae-shares-new-protest-song-say-her-name-3054581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout)\u2019<\/a>\u00a0served as a protest in opposition to police brutality and raised funds for the African American Policy Forum.<\/p>\n<p>In current years, Mon\u00e1e has centered on their appearing profession. In 2019, they starred in <em>Harriet<\/em>, a movie about abolitionist Harriet Tubman, earlier than showing in\u00a0<em>The Glorias<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Antebellum<\/em> in 2020. Last yr, they joined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/knives-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Knives Out<\/em><\/a>\u00a0franchise for the sequel movie\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/films\/glass-onion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glass Onion<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/janelle-monae-to-be-awarded-seeher-award-at-critics-choice-awards-2023-3376698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the star was given the 2023 SeeHer Award on the Critics Choice Awards<\/a>. 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READ MORE:\u00a0Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery\u00a0overview: one other magical and multi-layered whodunnit Featuring horns by Fela Kuti\u2019s youngest son, Seun Kuti and his band, Egypt 80, the brand new tune [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}