Janelle Monáe claims they “travelled back” to the 1970s to see David Bowie perform ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’, leaving Boygenius’ Lucy Dacus visibly stunned.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, they said: “I travelled back to the 1970s and I saw him do ‘Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’ and it was incredible. I was backstage and I was like ‘This is what I want to do’ and so I jetted back to the 2000s and I was like I can have the musical, make the music, create the lyrics, and create community around transformation and being queer - not even just in terms of sexuality but in terms of how we see the world.”
In the interview between the artists, posted to social media, Dacus is seen looking wide-eyed and interjecting to ask, “You travelled back?”
One fan took to the comments to write, “My girl Lucy had the reaction for all of us,” while another said: “With psychedelics, all things are possible. And this is Janelle Monáe!! I believe her.”
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