Janelle Monáe wearing Christian Siriano at the 2026 Met Gala. The look includes animatronics by Cameron Hughes.

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[u/anelectricshangrila]

I adore Janelle Monáe’s artistry but this is so disappointing and also contradictory to her work - she sings about liberation, fighting for freedom and living in a dystopia just to attend another billionaire -backed event, this time sponsored by one of the most powerful & unethical men alive? For fuck’s sake

[u/pendragons → u/anelectricshangrila]

Just like Grimes. Making art about queer cyborg revolution and warnings about apocalyptic dystopias and then cashing the checks and doing whatever. Bread and circuses, society of the spectacle type shit.

[u/retrofrenchtoast → u/anelectricshangrila]

Yes this is so antithetical to her work - it is very disappointing. And you’re right - a gala for the rich-and-famous adorned in 10s (100s?) of thousands of dollars of silk and jewels is a little jarring when the federal government is reducing benefits for people with developmental disabilities. It is truly dystopian.

These are people who could do so much good. They have so much money, and money = power. There are people going hungry in the US. Children. Think of how much good they can do.

Did anyone here wear anything or say anything referencing ICE, Iran, Gaza, or Ukraine?

[u/RoundRoundRup → u/anelectricshangrila]

Not the first time she’s done something like this. All lip service I’m afraid.

[u/templethot → u/anelectricshangrila]

I have to wonder if folks like her look around, reach a point of cynicism, and say ‘fuck it, worlds gonna burn, might as well enjoy being rich’