On December 20, award winning singer, rapper, and actress Janelle Monáe participated in a special panel at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. She was joined by musician Nate Wonder and producer Sensei Bueno, who was part of the team that crafted Monáe's latest album, The Age of Pleasure. During the sold out event, she opened up about her creative process, performing live, and even graced the crowd with a special acoustic sing- along.
But Monáe also impressed fans, both those in attendance and those at home, with her retro beauty look. The artist wore bright red lipstick that matched an equally scarlet manicure—a choice that contrasted her fully black and white dress, pumps, and silver jewelry. Of course, Monáe is never one to shy away from color in her makeup, and even chose electric blue eyeshadow for her most recent album cover. And in last night’s makeup look, she demonstrated not only how to pull off a pop of color, but also have to make basic black and white look interesting.
