1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Live from the Mercedes Bands Interview Lounge. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,319 Speaker 2: Janelle Monet is here with a new album. Yeah, look 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 2: at you. You can tell she has that. I've got 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: a new album today. Look you got to shine. 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 3: Yes, I definitely have the Age of Pleasure Glow. Look 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 3: at that. I'm so excited. 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: One of my favorite things about getting ready for our 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: conversation today was, of course someone in the back room 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: riding up their thoughts about what the album sounds like 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: and what is the quote we have? I love this quote. 11 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: I was looking at some of the reviews online and 12 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: it called it a frothy, horny ode to erotic the 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: like that is a great combination of words. 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 3: I will listen you okay with froley listen frothy and horny. 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 3: Other morning ooh all things we love, right, I think 16 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 3: I think so. 17 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: But also we realize today being June ninth, it's six ' nine, 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: is her resonse. 19 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 3: I mean it's not hey, I don't make the rules. 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 3: I didn't create those numbers to land on this day. 21 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 3: And it's also World Sex Day. 22 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: Oh that makes a lot of sense, it is. 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 3: So it's just perfect timing. 24 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: So just I guess to get started with the album 25 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 2: of course, which is out today, The Age of Pleasure. 26 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 2: Is that what this is about. It's about opening opening 27 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 2: your mind and your spirit. And we're seeing just luscious love. 28 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: We're seeing intimacy, we're seeing tongues, we're seeing friction, we're 29 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: feeling I mean, I mean, is that what you want 30 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: people to actually visualize when they closing their eyes of 31 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: listening to the music. 32 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: I think that as much as it's about all that, 33 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 3: it's also about pleasure in simpler things that have nothing 34 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 3: to do with that. 35 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: I just tell you know, Joe Almoney has been in 36 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 2: the room for maybe three minutes. I'm just starting to relax. 37 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 3: I know. 38 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 2: Her voice is just very calming. You're you're very calming. 39 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 3: You know. I love bringing others pleasure to so I'm 40 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 3: so happy that this moment is bringing you something. 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: I think my husband would love me more if I 42 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 2: was as you are. Hey, a glass onion, loved you, 43 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: your your character. In my opinion, what a fun fun 44 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 2: film to watch, which is was it as fun to 45 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: be a part of that project? Yes, looked like. 46 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 3: I had the time of my life. Ryan Johnson is 47 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 3: just such an incredible director, being able to work with 48 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 3: Daniel Craig the cast like Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Catherine 49 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: h Like I can go on and on about about 50 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 3: them and their family. Now, like we we're all on 51 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 3: a group text. We're always texting each other, sending funny 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 3: memes and stuff. And I just grew so much as 53 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: an actor from that role, those roles. I knew that 54 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 3: it was going to be like, you know, a heavy load, 55 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: but it was so fun. 56 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 2: It's so interesting to see a film like that that 57 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 2: an ensemble cast like that, because you just assume you 58 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: all get together for I don't. 59 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 3: Have for long. 60 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 2: It takes to do it months. I'm supposing yeah, and 61 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: your family for months, and then one day it wraps 62 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: and you all go your separate ways. And in this 63 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 2: situation you're still connected. Yeah, but I can see how 64 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: in that business it could be kind of sad in 65 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: some ways if you are so close to someone for 66 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: very emotional moments and then okay, we're wrapped. 67 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 3: You know, we were like a theater troop that got 68 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 3: dropped off for the summer, and really we were like 69 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 3: Mom and D don't come and pick us up, like 70 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: we want to stay with each other. 71 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: We can all learn from we can all learn from 72 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: the Genelle Mona experience. 73 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: Yes, you know what. 74 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: I'm looking at the lyrics to Lipstick Lover, uh huh. 75 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: And you know, if the song had come out during pandemic, 76 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 2: I mean leaving your sticky ichy, people will be like, 77 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: I don't know ken, I wear a mask. I don't 78 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 2: know that pandemic. We testra we're done. 79 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, well if we test each other, you know, that's good. 80 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: And that's what I was doing when I was working 81 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: on this album. When you're not when you're away from 82 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 3: people and you get that first time of like sort 83 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 3: of reintegration into like you know, an event or a party, 84 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: it's sort of like you have fresh eyes again. It's 85 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: like you're you're You're like, this is what it's about, Like, 86 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 3: this is about us in a safe space, feel free 87 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 3: to discover who we are, free from judgment, you know, 88 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 3: free to like come dry, leave wet, come with a 89 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 3: shirt on, leave with your shirt off, you know, and 90 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: you feel safe. And I would then go on to 91 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: write the Age of Pleasure, the soundtrack to a lifestyle. 92 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 3: You know, I made the songs. If I knew we 93 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 3: were having a party on a Friday or Saturday, I 94 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: would go into the studio on that Monday or Tuesday, 95 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 3: and I would be like, Okay, we need three songs 96 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 3: that fit in this playlist. If people are na shazaming, 97 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: it's not going on the album. If people sit down, 98 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 3: it is not going on the album. Don't tell them 99 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: it's me. Do not tell them it's me. Like play it. 100 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 3: And that's how I wrote this project because I got 101 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: specific about who I wanted to make the music for. 102 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 3: I was like, if my friends love it, we love it, 103 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 3: that's it. That's all that matters. 104 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: Well, when we hit lover in a second, you'll hear 105 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 2: what we've been singing before. Before you came in, Before 106 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: Jone I walked to the door, we were we played 107 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 2: like five times in a row. 108 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 3: I love Who doesn't like lipstick on their if you 109 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: don't like lipstick on your neck? 110 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: So you're talking about the vibe and it's really important 111 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: to you to have an upbeat, fun, happy people, Susami 112 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: having a good time. How many met Gallas have you 113 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: been to a lot? 114 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 3: Right ooh yeah, oh yeah, I've been going since probably 115 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 3: twenty eleven. 116 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: So what is the vibe really like out of met Gala? 117 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: Because I've heard so many different things. 118 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 3: Ooh, well, I mean for me, I love my team, 119 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 3: I love creating. I'm such like a you know, being 120 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 3: an arty kid, especially when there's a theme that I 121 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: always go into it, like with my own agenda, which 122 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 3: is to have a good time, you know, and don't 123 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: take it so seriously. Definitely people do come and take 124 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 3: it seriously. You feel nerves, you feel people being pretentious. 125 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: Maybe it's disguised as you know, maybe they're self conscious. 126 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,479 Speaker 3: I don't know, but you can get that energy. But 127 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 3: for the most part, I don't see it because I'm inside. 128 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: I feel like the staircase is like the most important part. 129 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: There's a ritual where everybody lines up and you know, 130 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 3: shows their boobs. No, I'm just I am joking. Do 131 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 3: not make this aheadline. Do not say you know everyone 132 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 3: and a winter lines people up. It's a lot, I 133 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: mean a lot of things. It depends on your it's 134 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: people we eat in there, we talk. For the most part, 135 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: people are just walking sucking their stomachs in trying to 136 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 3: look like the red carpet photos. But also it's an 137 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 3: opportunity to tell some of your favorite artists because you 138 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: have people or athletes, people from different walks of life 139 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 3: are in there, and different career paths are in there. 140 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 3: So basically you would see people just loving on each other. 141 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: It's what you make of it. 142 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 3: It's what you make of I already have am I 143 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: made of exactly. You can't get a plus one, that's 144 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 3: the only thing the take. The seats are really expensive. 145 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: I've never gotten a plus one. Okay, maybe it's just me. 146 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 3: I don't know, Janelle. 147 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 2: Money is here. Of course, today's day the age of 148 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 2: pleasure is out and we're gonna play your lipstick lover 149 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: in just a second. But before you head out, go ahead, 150 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 2: what are the words, like the single words that in 151 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: your mind truly truly describe this project. 152 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 3: Oh, I would say vacation. If you can't take a vacation. 153 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 3: When you listen to this, you are going to feel 154 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: like you have been teleported, Okay to an island for sure, fun, sensual, sexy. 155 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: If you're approved, this is not the. 156 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: Project for you, maybe it would deprode them. 157 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be my mom's that's If you are 158 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 3: not in tune with your sexuality sensuality, you may turn gay. 159 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: You may sorry you, you in fact may heavily be 160 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: attracted to someone gay me straight. 161 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: An insurance to listen to the whole thing. 162 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 3: So I tried to learn you. I'm telling you, it's 163 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: gonna it's gonna make you. You're definitely gonna want to 164 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: fly that flag. 165 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: I'm in Jennelle Monet the Age of Pleasure out right now. 166 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 2: It's great having you here. I hope you have a wonderful, 167 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: wonderful vacation as far as this album takes you. 168 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. I love this show. So nice 169 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 3: to talk to you, guys.