June 18, 2010 — 5:15am

jstn:

Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (via totes). This is the best music video I’ve seen in a long time.

rendit:

From the initial *clack/pop* of the drums to that spindly descending bass line like a spider scurrying down its web for a treat; you just knew that horn part was gonna come fuck you up something grotesque.

Her pompadour is mesmerizing. 

Dr. Nathaniel Irvin III and Charles Joseph II. Are these pseudonyms? And if so, which giant producer is which? 

Whoever helped make each song, this album is terrific.