UglyDolls Star Janelle Monáe on Sharing Love: “We Are One Living, Breathing Organism”
Image Source: Getty / Earl Gibson IIIJanelle Monáe has cultivated a liberated disposition in Hollywood and the music industry.
She's bubbly, she's black, she's queer, she's herself - and she doesn't want to be anything else.
But it hasn't always been easy for Monáe to embrace who she is.
Like many of us, the 33-year-old singer and actress has struggled with self-confidence and is in a constant process of learning to fully love herself.
Thanks to pure dedication and music, she's become much more comfortable within her own skin."Self-love starts inward.
If you don't love you, I don't think you could ever really love anybody else," Monáe told Popsugar over the phone on April 16.
It's this message of self-love that allowed Monáe to connect so well with her character Mandy in the upcoming film UglyDolls.The movie - which also stars Nick Jonas, Kelly Clarkson, and other big-name celebrities