{"id":3226,"date":"2018-10-15T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:26:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:26:04","slug":"janelle-monae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/janelle-monae","title":{"rendered":"Episode 146: Janelle Mon\u00e1e"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;So Afraid&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder146-JanelleMonae-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder146-JanelleMonae.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder146-JanelleMonae-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SongExploder146-JanelleMonae-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&#038;ge=prx_93_aeeba8a0-0e6d-404d-a955-f9fb960c8201\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!-- LISTEN LINKS --><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/re-issue-janelle-mon%C3%A1e-so-afraid\/id788236947?i=1000626231063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/17Mx4r5MxLdkIkblCf68GO?si=xjRI_uuqSLCKkgV5D-etMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/58a85de5-7ebb-464c-a13e-9d3008deb3bb\/episodes\/d5d6375b-c491-46f3-9ab6-4781d7df744b\/song-exploder-re-issue-janelle-mon%C3%A1e---so-afraid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMAZON<\/a>\u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/pod.link\/songexploder\/episode\/0572ef2e602cb486ca9933d1e593e0f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OTHER APPS<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- LISTEN LINKS END HERE --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmonae.com\/\">Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a> is an award-winning musician and actress who released her first record in 2007. She\u2019s been nominated for multiple Grammys and starred in the Oscar films <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/moonlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Moonlight<\/em><\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt4846340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden Figures<\/a><\/em>. In April 2018, she released her third album, <em>Dirty Computer<\/em>, which includes the song \u201cSo Afraid.\u201d In this episode, Janelle Mon\u00e1e takes \u201cSo Afraid\u201d apart\u00a0to explain how she built it, step by step\u2014beginning with a trip to the dentist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1350021472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy or stream &#8220;So Afraid&#8221; here.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-janelle-monae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can buy her album, <em>Dirty Computer<\/em> on vinyl here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/janelle-monae-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/N8Wonder\">Nate Wonder<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deep_Cotton\">Deep Cotton<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;So Afraid&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE \u00b7 SPOTIFY \u00b7 AMAZON\u00b7 OTHER APPS Janelle Mon\u00e1e is an award-winning musician and actress who released her first record in 2007. 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