Janelle Monáe, at 5, Caught the Holy Spirit and Michael Jackson in Church
LatestTo our ongoing delight, Janelle Monáe’s star continues to rise beyond the music world, and last night she made a stop at Conan to discuss her Oscar-nominated films Moonlight and Hidden Figures. Still, Conan felt the need to school his viewers on her music career (can you imagine!) so he asked her when she first realized she’d be a singer, and Monáe’s response was simply wonderful.
Like many musicians, she first caught the music bug in church, but unlike many musicians, she was doing pop songs from the get-go. In one of several funny clips, Monáe talks about how, at five, her pastor put out the call, and her response was to sing “Beat It.”