Looks like some folks on Twitter are having mixed feelings about Janelle Monae showing her breast during her performance for Essence Festival.
Essence Festivals official Twitter account posted the clip of Monae and captioned the post saying, “YOU CANNOT POLICE Janelle Monae.” After sharing the clip the video has gained 6 million views on Twitter and has been receiving mixed comments. One twitter user weighed in on the video and said, “It is crazy that this kind of stuff is needed or felt to be needed to stay relevant. The game and cost of entertainment success on a large scale is too much. We often look at the performer, but it is way deeper than that. This is not exclusive to this artist.”
Another user chimed in on the video saying, “Somebody call the police. This is crazy. Kids were there. She’s doing all this for what? SMH.”
The actress recently posed topless on the cover of Rolling Stone earlier this month while promoting her latest album, The Age Of Pleasure. The music artist seemed to have no qualms about posing topless for the outlet, placing her hands delicately across her bare breasts. While talking to the publication, the songstress admitted that, “I’m much happier when my t**ties are out and I can run around free.”
Janelle has previously opened up about gaining body confidence over the years, and touched on the topic on StyleLikeU’s What’s Underneath series earlier this month. While wearing a nice black suit and white dress shirt, which references to her past style, the singer was asked by the interviewer what the biggest insecurity she has either “worked on” or has been “overcoming.”As she removed her suit jacket, Monae began to pat her breasts and admitted, “It’s these. My boobies. I remember when I first started to wear my tuxedo, my breasts were not this big. They were smaller.”