Musical savior Janelle Monae covers this month’s issue of urban mag Rolling Out in a glamorous shoot inspired by magic and French antiques (yup). Rolling Out’s covers are usually boring snaps of urban flops like Trina and Angela Simmons posing against plain colored backdrops, but Janelle, who has creative control over all her photoshoots, was sure to bring a bit of creativity and class to her cover.
The 25-year-old songstress, who is scientifically proven to be better than your faves, is currently “recording, writing, [and] playing instruments” for the follow-up to her critically-acclaimed debut The ArchAndroid.
“This album will have very strong concepts and bigger ideas and the music will just go forward to another level,” Monáe tells Hive. “It will still be, I believe, relatable to the people. We have really big ideas, I must say, and we’re just trying to make sure we execute them properly.” [via Singersroom]
It already sounds flawless, to be honest.
