{"id":3607,"date":"2010-12-12T22:42:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T22:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2013-05-02T08:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T16:03:06","slug":"janelle-monae-and-wondaland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2010-12\/janelle-monae-and-wondaland\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Monae and Wondaland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3609\" title=\"janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929-480x600.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929-480x600.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/janelle-monae-press-photos-large_1218063509929.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been off compiling and compressing to weed the unwieldy Top Songs and Concerts of 2010.\u00a0 Soon came as they say&#8230;.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you&#8217;ve looked at any of the other Top Music of 2010 lists, you undoubtedly have seen mention of the supremely talented Janelle Monae.\u00a0 We wrote about her phenomenally talented and philanthropic <a href=\"http:\/\/wondaland.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>Wondaland Arts Society<\/strong><\/a> earlier this year in the context of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rzZnao2fbRQ&amp;feature=related\"><strong>Believer&#8217;s 2010 Music Issue.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now we thought we&#8217;d pass along some instant gratification, courtesy of the mega-talented Ms. Monae.\u00a0 She&#8217;s got it all folks.\u00a0 Check out her performance on Letterman (and in particular her voice, her dance moves beginning at around the two-minute mark, and the James Brown cape act that closes things out).\u00a0 After the Letterman video, check out her impressive cover of <em>Smile <\/em>.\u00a0 She is going to light it up for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HIGH QUALITY Janelle Mon\u00e1e - Tightrope (on David Letterman) HD 1080p 720p\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rzZnao2fbRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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