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On the heels of her showstopping Met Gala appearance & the release of new single “Lipstick Lover”, Janelle Monaacutee announced her hugely anticipated new album, The Age Of Pleasure, due out June 9th.THE AGE OF PLEASURE also includes the acclaimed new single, “Float Feat. Seun Kuti Egypt 80.” Hailed by Pitchfork as “swaggering, brassheavy…the sound of a toptier talent doing a little victory dance”.To celebrate the launch of this new era, Monaacutee graced the March cover of EBONY Magazine, which stated, “the singersongwriter returns to music as their fullest self…we’ re perhaps witnessing the queerest, and by association, the Blackest, of Monaacutee’ s eras yet…”“Float” – which Monaacutee initially teased on her hugely popular Instagram – was first heard late last year as the official anthem of ABCESPN’ s NBA Saturday Primetime c&aign, with Janelle contributing voiceover narration to promo spots highlighting the biggest matchups and stars in the league. The track was used extensively throughout all NBA coverage through midMarch, spanning promos, Primetime matchups, ingame placement, social media, and more. In addition, “Float” was featured in an animated piece marking Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James surpassing Kareem AbdulJabbar for the 1 spot on the NBA’ s alltime regularseason scoring list, shared across ESPN’ s socials and James’ Instagram to reach more than 275M combined followers.Janelle Monaacutee is without question one of the most celebrated artists of the modern era, an 8x GRAMMYreg Awardnominated singer, songwriter, producer, performer, and fashion icon known worldwide for her inimitable style and visionary sound. With multiple celebrated albums, THE ARCHANDROID 2010, THE ELECTRIC LADY 2013, and DIRTY COMPUTER 2018, numerous criticallyacclaimed theatrical and television performances, and her unwavering activism for social justice and the LGBTQIA community, Monaacutee continues to be one of the most compelling and important artists of this generation.
