"I travelled back into the 1970s and I saw him do Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and it was incredible."
"I was like, this is what I wanna do. And so I jetted back to, you know, the 2000s, and I was like, I can have the musical, make the music, create the lyrics, and create community around transformation and being queer and not even just in sexuality, but just in how we see the world. Let's go outside the mundane and what people know us as every day. Leave room to allow yourself to transform."
Janelle Monáe said they traveled back to the 1970s to watch David Bowie perform The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, describing the experience as incredible. Lucy Dacus reacted with surprise and mild disbelief during the exchange. Monáe said they were backstage and that the experience motivated them to return to the 2000s to pursue a musical vision, make music, write lyrics, and build community around transformation and queerness. The clip went viral on TikTok, generating significant views and social media reactions supporting Monáe's claim.
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