![]() ![]() But over time, by tapping into her cultural heritage, Jane is able to free the android via Afrofuturism and queer exploration. Cindi, the hero and idée-fixe of each of Monáe’s previous albums, was Jane, the protagonist of Dirty Computer, all along.Īt the beginning of the narrative cycle, the 2003 EP Audition and its 2007 follow-up Metropolis: The Chase Suite, Jane hid within Cindi’s glammed-up but constricting tuxedoed aesthetic. Monáe spent years hiding herself within the tuxedo-wearing cyborg, introduced over her five albums, only to reveal the truth in her latest, the just-released Dirty Computer. ![]() ![]() In 2010, Janelle Monáe told Rolling Stone, “I only date androids,” firmly tying herself to her cyborg alter ego, Cindi Mayweather. ![]()
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