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Janelle Monae Just Came Out As Pansexual

"I consider myself to be a free-ass motherf***er," she said.

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Friday, April 27, 2018 - 14:08

With emotion picture Dirty Computer out this week, Janelle Monae sat down with Rolling Stone to talk life and music, in the process addressing her sexuality and confirming that pansexual is the label that she finds feels most right for her. 

Although Janelle's music has previously alluded to her sexuality - in particular the music video for PYNK, which celebrates all things vagina - she has previously chosen not to discuss her private life in public. 

Watch the video for PYNK ft. Grimes below...

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Pynk like the inside of your, baby
Pynk behind all of the doors, crazy
Pynk like the tongue that goes down, maybe
Pynk like the paradise found

Pynk when you're blushing inside, baby
Pynk is the truth you can't hide, maybe
Pynk like the folds of your brain, crazy
Pynk as we all go insane

So, here we are in the car
Leaving traces of us down the boulevard
I wanna fall through the stars
Getting lost in the dark is my favourite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Sunny, money, keep it funky
Touch your top and let it down

Yeah, somethin' like that, uh
Ah, somethin' like that, uh
Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause boy, it's cool
If you got blue
We got the pynk

Pynk like the lips around your, maybe
Pynk like the skin that's under, baby
Pynk where it's deepest inside, crazy
Pynk beyond forest and thighs
Pynk like the secrets you hide, maybe
Pynk like the lid of your eye, baby
Pynk is where all of it starts, crazy
Pynk like the halls of your heart

So, here we are in the car
Leaving traces of us down the boulevard
I wanna fall through the stars
Getting lost in the dark is my favourite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Sunny, money, keep it funky
Touch your top and let it down

Yeah, somethin' like that, uh
Ah, somethin' like that, ooh
Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause boy, it's cool
If you got blue
We got the pynk, uh

Yeah, somethin' like that, uh
Ah, somethin' like that, uh
Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause boy, it's cool
If you got blue
We got the pynk

Pynk like the inside of your, baby (we're all just pynk)
Pynk like the walls and the doors, maybe (deep inside, we're all just pynk)
Pynk like your fingers in my, maybe
Pynk is the truth you can't hide

Pynk like your tongue going 'round, baby
Pynk like the sun going down, maybe
Pynk like the holes in your heart, baby
Pynk is my favourite part
Writer(s): Glen Ballard, Steven Tyler, Charles L. Joseph, Richard Supa, Wynne Bennet, Tayla Parx, Janelle Monae Robinson, Nathaniel Irvin Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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Speaking frankly about sexuality and what it's like to be LGBTQ and making music in the US given the current political climate, Janae said: "Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women – I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker."

Explaining that although she initially identified as bisexual, she goes on to clarify: "but then later I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.' I'm open to learning more about who I am."

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However if you're wondering if Janelle also confirmed whether she is or isn't dating Tessa Thompson, who recently co-starred in the PYNK music video and will feature throughout the emotion picture for Dirty Computer, she refused to comment.

Which is totally fair enough - even if it won't necessarily stop us all wondering. 

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