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Make Me Feel (Janelle Monáe Song)
"Make Me Feel" is a song by American singer Janelle Monáe, released on February 22, 2018, as the lead single from her third studio album, '' Dirty Computer''. This marks her return after a three-year hiatus. A departure from her longtime songwriting-production team of Nathaniel Irvin III and Roman GianArthur Irvin, Monáe co-wrote the song with Julia Michaels, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, and Justin Tranter. Several critics compared it to the work of Prince, while Monáe herself had stated that Prince helped create sounds for the album, including for "Make Me Feel". It became Monáe's second single as a lead artist to chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, debuting at number 99 on the week of March 10, 2018. Critical reception Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Marcus J. Moore says of Monáe and the song, "The polymath unpacks a rubbery funk tune that recalls the likes of Prince and Sheila E. Her 1980s influences are clear, down to each massive synth line and the feeling of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe Robinson ( ; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. Monáe has also been honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award; as well as the Billboard Women in Music#Rising Star Award, Rising Star Award (2015) and the Billboard Women in Music#Trailblazer Award, Trailblazer of the Year Award (2018) from Billboard Women in Music, ''Billboard'' Women in Music. Monáe began her musical career in 2003 with the release of her demo album, ''The Audition (album), The Audition''. She signed with Bad Boy Records to release her debut extended play (EP), ''Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)'' (2007). It received critical acclaim and narrowly entered the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Her debut studio album, ''The ArchAndroid'' (2010)—a concept album—was released through Atlantic Records. The following year, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork (website)
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festival (launched in Chicago in 2006), the video site ''Pitchf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity (pansexuality, ''pansexuality''). The term ''bisexuality'' is mainly used for people who experience both heterosexuality, heterosexual and homosexuality, homosexual attraction. Bisexuality is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation along with heterosexuality and homosexuality, all of which exist on the heterosexual–homosexual continuum. A bisexual identity does not necessarily equate to equal sexual attraction to both sexes; commonly, people who have a distinct but not exclusive sexual preference for one sex over the other also identify themselves as bisexual. Scientists do not know the exact determinants of sexual orientation, but they theorize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisexual Lighting
Bisexual lighting is the simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting and is used to represent bisexuality, bisexual characters. It has been used in studio lighting for film and television, and has been observed in the cinematography of various films. While not all films, television shows, photographs, and music videos that use this lighting intend to portray bisexuality, many queer artists have deliberately used this color palette—which resembles that of the bisexual flag—in their work. It is reminiscent of Neon lighting, neon lights and is also associated with retrowave. Symbolism George Pierpoint of BBC News writes that some social media users claim bisexual lighting has been used as an "empowering visual device" which counteracts perceived under-representation of bisexuality in the visual media. The colors may be a direct reference to the bisexual pride flag. The trend gained traction in the LGBT community in 2017 particularly on social media sites Twitter, Reddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisexual Pride Flag
The bisexual flag, also called the bisexual pride flag, is a pride flag representing bisexuality, bisexual individuals and the bisexual community. According to Michael Page, the activist who created the flag based on a color palette designed by Liz Nania, the pink stripe represents attraction to the same sex, while the blue stripe represents attraction to the opposite sex. The purple stripe, the resulting "overlap" of the blue and pink stripes, represents attraction to both sexes. Page designed the flag to increase the visibility of bisexuals among society as a whole and within the LGBTQ community. He aimed to give the bisexual community a symbol that is comparable to the Rainbow flag (LGBT), rainbow flag for the greater LGBT community. The first bisexual pride flag was unveiled at the BiCafe's first anniversary party on December 5, 1998. Design and colors Page stated that he took the colors and overlap for the flag from the LGBT symbols#Biangles, biangles, symbol of bisexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Junipero
"San Junipero" is the fourth episode in the third series of the British science fiction anthology television series '' Black Mirror''. Written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and directed by Owen Harris, it premiered on Netflix on 21 October 2016, with the rest of series three. The episode is set in a beach resort town named San Junipero, where the introverted Yorkie ( Mackenzie Davis) meets the more outgoing Kelly ( Gugu Mbatha-Raw). The town is part of a simulated reality the elderly can inhabit, even after death. "San Junipero" was the first episode written for series three of ''Black Mirror''; initial drafts were based on nostalgia therapy and designed as a 1980s period piece. The first script was about a heterosexual couple and had an unhappy ending, and the final version was about a lesbian couple and had a happy ending, atypical of other ''Black Mirror'' episodes. Filming took place in London and Cape Town across several weeks. The soundtrack interweav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mirror
''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Most episodes are set in near-future dystopias containing Science fiction, sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series is inspired by ''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone'' and uses the themes of technology and media to comment on contemporary social issues. Most episodes are written by Brooker with involvement by the executive producer Annabel Jones. There are 33 episodes in seven series and one special, in addition to the interactive film ''Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' (2018). The first two series aired on the British network Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, as did the 2014 special "White Christmas (Black Mirror), White Christmas". The programme then moved to Netflix, where five further series aired in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2025. Two related webisode series were produced by Netflix, and a companion book to the first four series, ''Insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessa Thompson
Tessa Lynne Thompson (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She began her professional acting career with the List of Theatre Communications Group member theatres, Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company while studying at Santa Monica College, appearing in productions of ''The Tempest'' and ''Romeo and Juliet''. Following her role in ''Veronica Mars'' (20052006), her breakthrough came with leading roles in Tina Mabry's independent drama film ''Mississippi Damned'' (2009) and Tyler Perry's ''For Colored Girls'' (2010). Thompson gained favorable notices for roles in the comedy-drama ''Dear White People'' (2014), and as civil rights activist Diane Nash in Ava DuVernay's historical drama ''Selma (film), Selma'' (2014). She gained mainstream attention for her roles in franchise films, playing List of Rocky characters#Bianca Taylor, Bianca Taylor in the sports dramas ''Creed (film), Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018) and ''Creed III'' (2023), and as Valkyrie (Marvel Cinemati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ferguson (director)
Alan Ferguson (born August 5, 1963) is an American music video director. He is the son of the late Winifred Hocker Ferguson and the late William Alfred Ferguson Sr. His father was a U.S. Army veteran and a postal worker. Ferguson is sometimes credited under the pseudonym Sky Dalton. He won his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, for Jon Batiste's "Freedom", at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022. Selected music video credits * The Academy Is... – " We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" (2007) * The Isley Brothers featuring Angela Winbush – "Floatin' on Your Love" (1996) * Armor for Sleep – "The Truth About Heaven" (2005) * Ashlee Simpson – " Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" (2007) * Natasha Bedingfield – " Pocketful of Sunshine" (2008) * Nelly Furtado – " Night Is Young" (2010) * Beyoncé – " Dance for You" (2011) * Beyoncé featuring J. Cole – "Party" (2011) * Boys Like Girls – " The Great Escape" (2007) * Camila Cabello - "Living Proof" (2019) * Cobra Stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Apocalyptic
"Dance Apocalyptic" is a song by Janelle Monáe, issued as the second single from her second studio album, '' The Electric Lady''. The song was co-written with Charles Joseph II and Nathaniel Irvin III, and Monae, Chuck Lightning and Nate "Rocket" Wonder providing production. "Dance Apocalyptic" is a dance-pop song with elements of hip-hop, doo-wop, rock, Motown, and new wave. The song is built on kick-drums, keyboards, an electric guitar, scratching and synthesizers. Lyrically, the song is about dancing and liberation. "Dance Apocalyptic" received widespread positive reviews, with critics noting its catchiness and feel-good lyrics. Composition and lyrics "Dance Apocalyptic" is a dance-pop, new wave rock, doo-wop, Motown and hip-hop song. Reception Keith Murphy of ''Vibe'' praised the song, calling it an "infectious rave-up" and "the soundtrack to endless summer cookouts". Music video The music video was directed by Wendy Morgan. The video features Janelle performing in a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss (Prince Song)
"Kiss" is a song by American musician Prince (musician), Prince. Released by the Paisley Park Records, Paisley Park label as the lead single from Prince and The Revolution (band), the Revolution's eighth studio album, ''Parade (Prince album), Parade'', on February 5, 1986. It was a No. 1 hit worldwide, holding the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for two weeks. The single was certified gold in 1986 for shipments of 1,000,000 copies by Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA. The song is ranked No. 85 on the ''Rolling Stone'' list of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021, No. 464 in 2010, and No. 461 in 2004. ''NME'' ranked the song at No. 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time, and voted "Kiss" the best single of 1986. Following Prince's death in April 2016, the song re-charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at No. 28, and jumped to No. 23 a week later. The song also reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
