#ArchAndroid

[cloudystaar]

Janelle

[shalomrenewed]

as i finish the Archandroid album for what seems like the hundredth time, im reminded of the unique, diverse beauty that comes with such an inspirational, perfect album. not only is it the music itself that brings me to love this album more and more everyday, the message behind creating your own prisons that convince you that the visions you have of yourself and your future are just that, visions; the idea that your own cybernetic body overpowers your broken, heartless desire to live and exist freely, as something and someone you were never supposed to be; my urge to fulfill my deepest fantasies and dreams, to love, to learn, to leave, to live, and to die; to be.

i love this album

[sentinelcole]

Archandroid is the pinnacle of this. What an album.

please listen to albums someitmes youll be amazed at what an artists songs do when theyree in an order they made. for you to listen to. etc

[sleepygallows]

Made with After Effects and Illustrator in 2014.

Song: Cold War - Janelle Monae (Unofficial)

[kraeftwerker]

Ex Machina holds up

[alt-rock-confessions]

THERE 👏 ARE 👏 OTHER 👏 ROCK 👏 OPERAS 👏 BESIDES 👏 AMERICAN 👏 IDIOT 👏AND 👏THE 👏 BLACK 👏 PARADE 👏

This might be on the outer edges of the 'rock' part of a rock opera, but I need people to listen to Janelle Monáe's Metropolis series of concept EPs and eventually her debut album The ArchAndroid, some with dystopian themes of being a robot that falls out of line, in love and starts thinking for itself, and others about being a saviour alien, that was awesome.

Also, Canadian rock band Fucked Up had a great rock opera called David Comes To Life in 2011 that was great.

(If not 'rock', I don't know what else to call Fucked Up lol, they started out as definitely hardcore punks, but they've done so much other interesting work since then that can't really be called punk)

Also obligatory reminder that 'rock opera' =/= 'rock musical'

(That said, I found Quadrophenia on vinyl at a uni sale for $5, which was kinda nice)

[chrisfromthefreakingspace]

"Your lips, a string quartet, they tell stories of a Neon Valley Street where we first met. Now somewhere time pursues us as we love in Technicolor."

Cindi Mayweather aka Janelle Monáe (The ArchAndroid)

[hottie-horatio]

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ARCHANDROID NATION STAND UP

[gothgirlantlers]

The song of the day is

Janelle Monáe - 57821 (feat. Deep Cotton)

[pitconfirm]

thank you @topazbreeze and @raapija for tagging me in this forever ago, now I'm finally taking the chance to do it 😭

you just got a kind of shitty old car and it doesn't have bluetooth. you can only buy 7 CDs and you can't repeat an artist. what are you getting?

I can't drive so this I'm just gonna go with the albums I don't think I could live without full stop LOL

Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid

Grimes - ArtAngels

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated + Dedicated Side B

Caroline Polachek - Pang

Charli XCX - Pop 2

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

tagginggggg @lil-shiro @wewentcarracing @spursracing @fractalkiss @skitskatdacat63 @strulovic @penaltyboxboxbox AND ANYONE ELSE I FORGOT...

[transxfiles]

"no one outside of tumblr is sexualizing the eroticism of the computer" does janelle monae mean NOTHING to you??

[sundew-the-android]

okay but the parallels between anakin skywalker and cindi mayweather are so fascinating to me. they’re both the chosen ones of their narratives, but anakin kind of tries to run away from that. his arrogance accepts that he has a great destiny, and his insecurities deny it. cindi isn’t sure whether she believes that she’s the archandroid or not, but she runs towards it regardless because it’s what she’d be trying to do anyways. it doesn’t matter to her whether she’s the prophesied savior, because even if the prophecy didn’t exist she’d still be fighting for freedom and rallying others around her. she lets go of her fear of the future, which is something anakin never manages to do. their forbidden relationships also play out in very interesting ways. both cindi and anakin have to keep their relationships a secret because of the consequences, but anakin’s fear of losing padmé eventually destroys it anyways. cindi and anthony are facing worse consequences once they’re found out, but having to go on the run to avoid being dismantled only strengthens their resolve for each other. again, something anakin never really reaches. cindi learns to let go of her fear, while anakin embraces it and it ruins his life (not to mention he fucked the entire galaxy over in the process). he eventually finds his way back to the light and fulfills the prophecy, while cindi’s story is left open-ended. maybe she succeeds, maybe she fails, maybe it’s not so black and white. idk i think about them a lot.

[sparkspropaganda]

Make the Bus- Janelle Monae (ft. Of Montreal)

[starburns]

janelle monae ily please make nerd sci fi concept album music again

[hidekomoon]

archandroid graphic novel holy shit…..