Monae is no stranger to working with brands , particularly in the past 12 months alone – from a long-term endorsement deal with Cover Girl to an “Unstaged” performance for American Express to a deluxe edition of “The Electric Lady” for Target to a series of commercials for Sonos to just last month, an intimate performance for Samsung at -concert-series-janelle-monae-gary-clark-jr-more">South by Southwest. And if you go several years back to 2009, you might recall Monae was one of several artists (alongside Cee-Lo Green, Butch Walker and Travie McCoy) to appear in a spot for Pepsi’s arch-rival Coca-Cola performing the original jingle “Open Happiness.”
Monae insists she’s still "very particular" in choosing her corporate partners. “I don’t work with just any brand, and of course when I’m approached it has to be a mutual feeling. I’m a big fan of Pepsi and the lineup from Beyonce to Michael [Jackson] to all the incredible artists, so just to be asked to stand alongside them is great. And I got a chance to do music that I wanted to do, so I get to keep my brand. And the brand I’m partnering with helps bring wings and legs and arms to my ideas. That’s always inspiring to see your ideas soar and helping get them out into the world.”
Now you know we going to wait another 2 years for that to happen.
Even if we do have to wait that long she'll keep giving us covers of songs, soundtrack songs, features on songs, etc. I don't care if she takes 5 years to release another suite. if she needs that much time to make it good, so be it!
Can't wait to hear it.
