Interview: Bad Boy's Janelle Monae

Janelle Monáe Showcase Interview from Okayplayer on Vimeo.The full length interview from her showcase this month at LA’s Key Club hosted by Diddy himself.

Monáe, newly signed to Bad Boy, makes her solo recording debut with the groundbreaking METROPOLIS project, with Big Boi serving as Co-Executive Producer. An epic musical journey into the future, the project will be unveiled with the release this June of the "METROPOLIS SUITE" EP -- which introduces Janelle's android alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, as she lures the listener into her sci-fi inspired world of cybersoul. "Metropolis is the place I've been dreaming about all these years -- a city inside your head," says Janelle. "It's an adventure the music brings to life." Monáe's debut full-length album will follow in September.Sean "Diddy" Combs has announced the signing of acclaimed new artist Janelle Monáe to Bad Boy Records, via a pact with Monáe's Atlanta-based record label, the Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe is an experience: a charismatic singer, songwriter, producer, and performer whose innovative style crosses musical genres in a captivating postmodern merger of R&B, funk, and rock 'n' roll.

Check out her first single, Many Moons, below: