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Record of the year will go to a song by either Cardi B; Carlile; Childish Gambino; Drake; Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper; Kendrick Lamar and SZA; or Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/07/674493226/kendrick-lamar-female-nominees-lead-major-grammy-nominations\">a fuller rundown\u003c/a> of this year’s nominees.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clutter of names makes gaming out winners trickier than ever. Vote-splitting among similar artists and genres could be a major factor. For example, rootsy singers Brandi Carlile and Kacey Musgraves might siphon off each other’s album of the year votes, leaving an open lane for… it’s hard to tell, really. Monáe’s \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> was adored by critics, \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> was a commercial juggernaut spearheaded by Kendrick Lamar (who’s due after a few high-profile snubs in the category), Cardi B dominated both the 2018 pop charts and the cultural conversation. And so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, the Grammys have skewed toward safe and/or legacy artists in the major categories, as evidenced by a quarter-century’s worth of album of the year wins for the likes of Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Steely Dan, U2, Herbie Hancock, Mumford & Sons, Adele (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>!), Beck (over Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>!), Taylor Swift (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>To Pimp a Butterfly\u003c/em>!), Bruno Mars (over Kendrick Lamar’s \u003cem>DAMN.\u003c/em>!) and so on. Before this year, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West have been nominated in the album of the year category three times apiece, and each has come up empty. Generally speaking, hip-hop has fared poorly in the category over the years — Eminem is also 0-for-3 — so a win for Cardi B, Drake or \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em> would represent a notable shift. (A win for Monáe would qualify, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) “Women need to step up.”\u003c/strong> A year ago, Grammys president Neil Portnow spoke those five profoundly stupid words, shoving both loafers straight into his gullet as he opined on what turned out to be a heavily male-dominated slate of Grammy winners. (To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. 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(To refresh your memory on that controversy, here’s some of Anastasia Tsioulcas’ indispensable reporting, from last \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/02/06/583464118/women-in-the-music-industry-call-for-evolution-at-the-grammys\">February\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669324103/seeking-greater-diversity-grammy-organization-alters-its-rules-for-membership\">November\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Recording Academy — the voting body that chooses each year’s Grammy winners — has attempted to broaden and diversify its membership since last year’s debacle, when best new artist winner Alessia Cara was the only woman to pick up her own Grammy during the night’s Bruno Mars-intensive telecast. Portnow announced last year that he will step down this summer, and the Grammys have a history of pivoting immediately after public-relations fiascoes. (See: Kendrick Lamar winning heavily in the hip-hop categories after getting swept by Macklemore in 2014, or Metallica dominating the heavy-metal category after losing to Jethro Tull in 1989.) How and whether those correctives translate to the actual awards this year is and will remain a major Grammy storyline this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Whither on-stage activism?\u003c/strong> In 2018, against a backdrop of sexual-misconduct allegations in the entertainment industry (and more wide-ranging objections to Donald Trump and his administration), the Grammys mostly stayed muted, politically speaking. With Alicia Keys replacing genial James Corden, the host’s commentary could certainly get bolder and more cutting this time around. (The name of former Keys collaborator R. Kelly might pop up, for example.) And several of the scheduled A-list performers — the increasingly outspoken Cardi B, for one, as well as Monáe, among others — are unlikely to keep their musical contributions entirely commentary-free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) Which moments will resonate?\u003c/strong> Last year’s Grammys were pretty limp overall, but they still served up a few tableaux that dominated “The Conversation” for a handful of minutes. Kesha’s powerful, choir-backed “Praying” stood out, as did Kendrick Lamar’s show-opening performance. (And remember how they kept trotting out Sting for some reason?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, in addition to the aforementioned Cardi B and Monáe, announced performers include Camila Cabello, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Dan + Shay, H.E.R., Little Big Town, Post Malone, Ricky Martin, Shawn Mendes, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Diana Ross, Chloe x Halle, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa and St. Vincent, and Yolanda Adams, Fantasia and Andra Day. It’s hard to predict which performers will pop — some artists share the stage and wind up getting far less face time than others — but Cyrus and Gaga have a long history of using awards-show performances to get people talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) Who, if anyone, will sweep?\u003c/strong> Last year’s telecast was a slog of repeat winners (hello again, Bruno Mars! back already, Chris Stapleton?), as well as prominent shutouts (Jay-Z famously went 0-for-8, SZA went 0-for-5, “Despacito” went 0-for-3, and so on). The Grammys often dole out their trophies in bunches — remember those photos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/norah-jones-holds-her-five-awards-backstage-at-the-45th-news-photo/97327714\">Norah Jones clutching a giant pile of statuettes\u003c/a> she’d just won? — so we might get a sense of a dominant night early on. Likeliest future pile-clutchers? 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"content": "\u003cp>It has been a very big year for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/126833375/janelle-mon-e\">Janelle Monáe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was named trailblazer of the year at \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>‘s Women in Music awards, woman of the year by \u003cem>Glamour\u003c/em>. She came out as pansexual in a sprawling \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> cover story. And her album \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/04/27/606066039/janelle-mon-e-strips-the-hardware-for-humanity\">\u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, released this spring with a companion film — sorry, “emotion picture” — is Grammy-nominated for album of the year and can be found on practically every major list of the best albums of 2018, including ours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”8tVKPU6hLeXFgLhpAlKGK6SUj63pWcvU”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> was named NPR Music’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671242319/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-5\">No. 1 album of 2018\u003c/a>, in part because of its message. As one staffer wrote, the songs take place in “a vivid dystopian world where anyone deemed ‘dirty’ is hunted and chemically lobotomized, or ‘cleaned.’ In this totalitarian world of Dirty Computers, not unlike the divisive reality of 2018, nonconformity can spell extinction if you don’t fight back. With every guitar riff, every interlude, every moment of loving, queer affection, Monáe fights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janelle Monáe joined NPR’s Ailsa Chang from the Atlanta studios of her entertainment company, Wondaland Arts Society (whose film division recently entered into a production agreement with Universal), to talk about her process, her plans and why \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> could only have been written now. 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It was about embracing all those things that make you unique, even if it makes your own self uncomfortable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the song “\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmG0LAbcmuM\">\u003cstrong>So Afraid\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/zmG0LAbcmuM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me it was about my love and hate relationship with this country. I love being American, I love being born here and having roots here. But there are some really evil things that have happened and continue to happen. And it speaks to being afraid of forgiving. I think of being hurt again, or being manipulated, or not fully standing my ground. And forgiving myself, also — you know, it’s two parts. It’s about being able to love yourself through it all, being able to love where you are right now, and to give yourself permission to forgive yourself when you make mistakes, when you let other people down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the story told in the album’s structure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album is broken up into three parts. The first few songs represent the reckoning — reckoning with what it means to be called a n***** for the first time by a white person, or being called a b**** for the first time by a man. And then you have the middle section, where “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYvlVR_BEc\">Pynk\u003c/a>” falls in, and songs like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRzz0oqgUE\">Make Me Feel\u003c/a>,” that are celebratory of sexuality and of womanness. The latter part of the album deals with the reclamation: A song like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POZNheF-KdY\">Americans\u003c/a>” is about reclaiming what it means to be an American. My ancestors helped build the White House, helped build this country. And it’s not time to run away, it’s time to stand your ground and confront what I call the great divide — those who seek to divide us and highlight all our differences and make us fearful of each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the mission of her film company, Wondaland Pictures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s so many stories out there. If I look at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/10/18/498358778/moonlight-coming-of-age-in-miami-during-the-war-on-drugs-era\">\u003cem>Moonlight \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>—\u003c/em> a movie that I was extremely excited about being a part of — having a young, gay, black boy highlighted in the way that \u003cem>Moonlight \u003c/em>highlighted his voice and story, I’d never seen in cinema. Even with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/02/08/514048864/math-to-the-stars-the-ladies-of-hidden-figures\">\u003cem>Hidden Figures\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> another film that I was really honored to be a part of, I didn’t have any idea about those women who helped get John Glenn into orbit, or the human computers who were doing all the numbers that it took to get our astronauts into space. So I’m just looking for those unique stories. There are a lot of other people that I respect and admire, like Issa Rae and Lena Waithe and Jordan Peele, who are who are also pushing forward underrepresented voices. I just hope, and Wondaland hopes, to continue to push culture forward and and redefine how we are viewed. I want to make movies the dirty computers can feel proud of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On being Janelle Monáe in 2018\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It feels like when you get off from school early in the first grade and your grandmother takes you to get ice cream, and you eat ice cream all night and you don’t have a tummy ache, and then you get to go to the amusement park all by yourself. It’s unexplainable, but it’s very humbling — that word keeps popping up in my mind, and in my heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. 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It was like, you go into the studio, and I want to go in when my heart is clear, when I know what I want to say. I got to point where it was crippling me, this idea of perfectionism, and it stopped me from writing for a minute. And what I decided to do was take some time. So when I wrote this album, it wasn’t about perfection. It was about the imperfections. It was about embracing all those things that make you unique, even if it makes your own self uncomfortable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the song “\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmG0LAbcmuM\">\u003cstrong>So Afraid\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zmG0LAbcmuM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/zmG0LAbcmuM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For me it was about my love and hate relationship with this country. I love being American, I love being born here and having roots here. But there are some really evil things that have happened and continue to happen. And it speaks to being afraid of forgiving. I think of being hurt again, or being manipulated, or not fully standing my ground. And forgiving myself, also — you know, it’s two parts. It’s about being able to love yourself through it all, being able to love where you are right now, and to give yourself permission to forgive yourself when you make mistakes, when you let other people down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the story told in the album’s structure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album is broken up into three parts. The first few songs represent the reckoning — reckoning with what it means to be called a n***** for the first time by a white person, or being called a b**** for the first time by a man. And then you have the middle section, where “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYvlVR_BEc\">Pynk\u003c/a>” falls in, and songs like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRzz0oqgUE\">Make Me Feel\u003c/a>,” that are celebratory of sexuality and of womanness. The latter part of the album deals with the reclamation: A song like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POZNheF-KdY\">Americans\u003c/a>” is about reclaiming what it means to be an American. My ancestors helped build the White House, helped build this country. And it’s not time to run away, it’s time to stand your ground and confront what I call the great divide — those who seek to divide us and highlight all our differences and make us fearful of each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the mission of her film company, Wondaland Pictures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s so many stories out there. If I look at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2016/10/18/498358778/moonlight-coming-of-age-in-miami-during-the-war-on-drugs-era\">\u003cem>Moonlight \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>—\u003c/em> a movie that I was extremely excited about being a part of — having a young, gay, black boy highlighted in the way that \u003cem>Moonlight \u003c/em>highlighted his voice and story, I’d never seen in cinema. Even with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/02/08/514048864/math-to-the-stars-the-ladies-of-hidden-figures\">\u003cem>Hidden Figures\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> another film that I was really honored to be a part of, I didn’t have any idea about those women who helped get John Glenn into orbit, or the human computers who were doing all the numbers that it took to get our astronauts into space. So I’m just looking for those unique stories. There are a lot of other people that I respect and admire, like Issa Rae and Lena Waithe and Jordan Peele, who are who are also pushing forward underrepresented voices. I just hope, and Wondaland hopes, to continue to push culture forward and and redefine how we are viewed. I want to make movies the dirty computers can feel proud of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On being Janelle Monáe in 2018\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It feels like when you get off from school early in the first grade and your grandmother takes you to get ice cream, and you eat ice cream all night and you don’t have a tummy ache, and then you get to go to the amusement park all by yourself. It’s unexplainable, but it’s very humbling — that word keeps popping up in my mind, and in my heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2018 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>With songs speaking out against sexual harassment and domestic violence dating back to the ’80s and ’90s, Janet Jackson was lightyears ahead of the current conversations about gender equality as far as pop stars are concerned. Her headlining set at Outside Lands Sunday night was not only an expertly crafted spectacle, but a powerful, timely statement that vindicated her legacy and reignited her relevance in the current political moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”aS0D4cEJIv3NvCXBJ9mQDpYYtEn0DmTJ”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As white supremacist “Unite the Right” rallies took place around the country over the weekend, Jackson opened her set with her 1989 song “The Knowledge,” declaring, “Prejudice—no! / Ignorance—no! Bigotry—no!” over a funky breakbeat as a giant Black Power fist flashed onscreen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her strong opening statement set the tone for the rest of the show: throughout, Jackson celebrated female sexuality (did you know 1986’s seemingly PG “When I Think of You” is actually about masturbation?) and decried abuses against women through a potent combination of lyrics, choreo and multimedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the energetic 90-minute performance spanning three decades of hits, Jackson never stopped moving her feet. She channeled rage, vulnerability and sensuality, bringing the audience to giddy, nostalgic highs and plunging them into deep moments of catharsis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While much of Jackson’s music coats her feminist message in sassiness and humor (“No, my first name ain’t ‘baby’ / It’s Janet / Miss Jackson if you’re nasty,” she sings in 1986’s hip-shaking hit, “Nasty”), her set also occasionally treaded into shocking territory. During Jackson’s performance of “What About,” her angry 1997 ballad about an abusive relationship, a white, male dancer mimed attacking a black, female dancer, even putting his hands on her face. As Jackson sang the chorus (“What about the times you lied to me / What about the times you said no one would want me”), she sat the man in a chair as she danced fiercely behind him, mimicking knocking him to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jackson finished the song, tears flooded her eyes and trickled down her cheeks. For a second, she looked overcome with emotion—a touching, genuine moment. “I am done with you,” she declared to the male dancer—and what felt like the patriarchy as a whole—as she shoved him out of his chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seemed like no accident that at this point in the show, Jackson changed into an Alexander Wang football jersey, evoking the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that many critics \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/10/23/why-justin-timberlake-owes-janet-jackson-super-bowl-sized-apology/790290001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now argue\u003c/a> unfairly sidelined her from the music industry in a case of sexist double standards. Jackson appears keenly self-aware of how perceptions of her music have shifted in today’s cultural moment of reckoning with misogyny and abuse. Her forthcoming single, also announced Sunday, is called “Made For Now.” Riding on a high of headlining festivals and receiving the Billboard Icon Award this year, she knows the time for her comeback is ripe, and rightfully so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson’s Outside Lands set was also a reminder of how she’s inspired younger generations. Just a few hours earlier on the main stage, Janelle Monáe delivered a boldly feminist performance of her own, taking her seat atop a red, velvet throne as she rapped “Django Jane” from her new album, \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em>, with her Kansas drawl: “Black girl magic, y’all can’t stand it / Y’all can’t ban it, made out like a bandit.” Witnessing her ultra-confident body language as she regally took her seat was contagiously empowering, and her screaming fans seemed just about ready to hail her as their queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her tight choreography, androgynous, wide-shouldered outfit and funky, all-woman band that included an expert horn section, Monáe’s set channeled a legacy of futuristic black pop that Janet and Michael Jackson and Prince pioneered over thirty years prior. In many ways, Monáe’s body of work builds on the themes Janet Jackson put forth in her music; Monáe’s work expands upon that legacy, adding queerness to the conversation as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> (the album and short film) is arguably the most impactful pro-LGBTQ statement we’ve seen in mainstream pop all year, and Monáe’s expressions of queerness also celebrate and center blackness and femininity. That mindfulness of the intersections of our identities and how they shape life experience translated to her set. “You all learned about how I choose to love,” Monáe declared, alluding to the \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> interview where she formally came out as pansexual. “No matter how you choose to love, what god you serve or what class you come from, you are welcome here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838833\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838833\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson and Monáe’s sets, hours apart on the big Lands End stage, connected a legacy of black feminism past and present. And as Jackson later revealed on her Instagram, Monáe was in the audience cheering her on in a “Made For Now” T-shirt—a sweet display of camaraderie between the two artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to believe that Outside Lands—a fest traditionally associated with mostly white, male indie rock—would become the site of these powerful black feminist performances. But this year, as the festival put forth its most diverse lineup yet, it set the stage for a impactful statement, and Jackson and Monáe went above and beyond, eclipsing the rest of the day’s sets with their larger-than-life shows and empowering messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With music by our side / To break the color lines / Let’s work together / To improve our way of life,” Jackson sang in her closing number, 1989’s “Rhythm Nation.” On Sunday at Outside Lands, she offered a glimmer of hope that that dream is still possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More photos from Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Salt N Pepa performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salt N Pepa performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"James Blake performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Blake performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Internet performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Internet performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"LP performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LP backstage at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Portugal. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With songs speaking out against sexual harassment and domestic violence dating back to the ’80s and ’90s, Janet Jackson was lightyears ahead of the current conversations about gender equality as far as pop stars are concerned. Her headlining set at Outside Lands Sunday night was not only an expertly crafted spectacle, but a powerful, timely statement that vindicated her legacy and reignited her relevance in the current political moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As white supremacist “Unite the Right” rallies took place around the country over the weekend, Jackson opened her set with her 1989 song “The Knowledge,” declaring, “Prejudice—no! / Ignorance—no! Bigotry—no!” over a funky breakbeat as a giant Black Power fist flashed onscreen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her strong opening statement set the tone for the rest of the show: throughout, Jackson celebrated female sexuality (did you know 1986’s seemingly PG “When I Think of You” is actually about masturbation?) and decried abuses against women through a potent combination of lyrics, choreo and multimedia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the energetic 90-minute performance spanning three decades of hits, Jackson never stopped moving her feet. She channeled rage, vulnerability and sensuality, bringing the audience to giddy, nostalgic highs and plunging them into deep moments of catharsis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8564-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While much of Jackson’s music coats her feminist message in sassiness and humor (“No, my first name ain’t ‘baby’ / It’s Janet / Miss Jackson if you’re nasty,” she sings in 1986’s hip-shaking hit, “Nasty”), her set also occasionally treaded into shocking territory. During Jackson’s performance of “What About,” her angry 1997 ballad about an abusive relationship, a white, male dancer mimed attacking a black, female dancer, even putting his hands on her face. As Jackson sang the chorus (“What about the times you lied to me / What about the times you said no one would want me”), she sat the man in a chair as she danced fiercely behind him, mimicking knocking him to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Jackson finished the song, tears flooded her eyes and trickled down her cheeks. For a second, she looked overcome with emotion—a touching, genuine moment. “I am done with you,” she declared to the male dancer—and what felt like the patriarchy as a whole—as she shoved him out of his chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seemed like no accident that at this point in the show, Jackson changed into an Alexander Wang football jersey, evoking the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show that many critics \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/10/23/why-justin-timberlake-owes-janet-jackson-super-bowl-sized-apology/790290001/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now argue\u003c/a> unfairly sidelined her from the music industry in a case of sexist double standards. Jackson appears keenly self-aware of how perceptions of her music have shifted in today’s cultural moment of reckoning with misogyny and abuse. Her forthcoming single, also announced Sunday, is called “Made For Now.” Riding on a high of headlining festivals and receiving the Billboard Icon Award this year, she knows the time for her comeback is ripe, and rightfully so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838834\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8235-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson’s Outside Lands set was also a reminder of how she’s inspired younger generations. Just a few hours earlier on the main stage, Janelle Monáe delivered a boldly feminist performance of her own, taking her seat atop a red, velvet throne as she rapped “Django Jane” from her new album, \u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em>, with her Kansas drawl: “Black girl magic, y’all can’t stand it / Y’all can’t ban it, made out like a bandit.” Witnessing her ultra-confident body language as she regally took her seat was contagiously empowering, and her screaming fans seemed just about ready to hail her as their queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With her tight choreography, androgynous, wide-shouldered outfit and funky, all-woman band that included an expert horn section, Monáe’s set channeled a legacy of futuristic black pop that Janet and Michael Jackson and Prince pioneered over thirty years prior. In many ways, Monáe’s body of work builds on the themes Janet Jackson put forth in her music; Monáe’s work expands upon that legacy, adding queerness to the conversation as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dirty Computer\u003c/em> (the album and short film) is arguably the most impactful pro-LGBTQ statement we’ve seen in mainstream pop all year, and Monáe’s expressions of queerness also celebrate and center blackness and femininity. That mindfulness of the intersections of our identities and how they shape life experience translated to her set. “You all learned about how I choose to love,” Monáe declared, alluding to the \u003cem>Rolling Stone\u003c/em> interview where she formally came out as pansexual. “No matter how you choose to love, what god you serve or what class you come from, you are welcome here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838833\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838833\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8229-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle Monáe performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson and Monáe’s sets, hours apart on the big Lands End stage, connected a legacy of black feminism past and present. And as Jackson later revealed on her Instagram, Monáe was in the audience cheering her on in a “Made For Now” T-shirt—a sweet display of camaraderie between the two artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to believe that Outside Lands—a fest traditionally associated with mostly white, male indie rock—would become the site of these powerful black feminist performances. But this year, as the festival put forth its most diverse lineup yet, it set the stage for a impactful statement, and Jackson and Monáe went above and beyond, eclipsing the rest of the day’s sets with their larger-than-life shows and empowering messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With music by our side / To break the color lines / Let’s work together / To improve our way of life,” Jackson sang in her closing number, 1989’s “Rhythm Nation.” On Sunday at Outside Lands, she offered a glimmer of hope that that dream is still possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More photos from Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8495-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Jackson performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Salt N Pepa performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8481-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salt N Pepa performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"James Blake performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8442-Edit-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Blake performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Internet performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8332-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Internet performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838839\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8316-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"LP performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8385-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LP backstage at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8588-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13838846\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13838846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Portugal. The Man performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/08/MG_8379-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portugal. The Man performs at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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