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“PYNK” is the third single released from Janelle Monáe’s fourth studio album Dirty Computer. The song features artist and producer Grimes who previously collaborated with Janelle on the former’s 2015 track “Venus Fly.” Grimes' influence is palpable with Janelle’s soft, higher vocals and the accompan...
[Verse 1: Janelle Monáe]
Pynk like the inside of your, baby
Pynk behind all of the doors, crazy
Pynk like the tongue that goes down, maybe
Pynk like the paradise found
Pynk when you're blushing inside, baby
Pynk is the truth you can't hide, maybe
Pynk like the folds of your brain, crazy
Pynk as we all go insane
[Pre-Chorus: Janelle Monáe]
So here we are in the car
Leavin' traces of us down the boulevard
I wanna fall through the stars
Gettin' lost in the dark is my favorite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Sunny, money, keep it funky
Touch yo' top and let it down
[Chorus: Janelle Monáe]
(Uh) Yeah, somethin' like that
(Uh) Ah, somethin' like that
(Uh) Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause, boy, it's cool if you got blue
We got the pynk
[Verse 2: Janelle Monáe]
Pynk like the lips around your, maybe
Pynk like the skin that's under, baby
Pynk where it's deepest inside, crazy
Pynk beyond forest and thighs
Pynk like the secrets you hide, maybe
Pynk like the lid of your eye, baby
Pynk is where all of it starts, crazy
Pynk like the holes of your heart
[Pre-Chorus: Janelle Monáe & Grimes, Janelle Monáe]
So here we are in the car
Leavin' traces of us down the boulevard
I wanna fall through the stars
Gettin' lost in the dark is my favorite part
Let's count the ways we could make this last forever
Sunny, money, keep it funky
Touch yo' top and let it down, huh
[Chorus: Janelle Monáe & Grimes, Janelle Monáe]
(Huh) Yeah, somethin' like that, uh (Somethin' like that)
(Uh) Ah, somethin' like that (Somethin' like that)
(Ooh) Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause, boy, it's cool if you got blue
We got the pynk
(Huh) Yeah, somethin' like that (Like that)
Ah, somethin' like that (Like that)
Yeah, somethin' like that
'Cause, boy, it's cool if you got blue
We got the pynk
[Outro: Janelle Monáe]
Pynk like the inside of your, baby (We're all just pink)
Pynk like the walls and the doors, maybe (Deep inside, we're all just pynk)
Pynk like your fingers in my, maybe
Pynk is the truth you can't hide
Pynk like your tongue going 'round, baby
Pynk like the sun going down, maybe
Pynk like the holes in your heart, baby
Pynk is my favorite part
PYNK was written by Richard Supa & Janelle Monáe & Wynne Bennett & Grimes & Tayla Parx & Nate “Rocket” Wonder & Chuck Lightning & Glen Ballard & Steven Tyler.
PYNK was produced by Wynne Bennett & Nate “Rocket” Wonder & Chuck Lightning.
Janelle Monáe released PYNK on Tue Apr 10 2018.
Janelle detailed the meaning behind “PYNK” in the video’s YouTube description:
PYNK is a brash celebration of creation, self love, sexuality, and pussy power! PYNK is the color that unites us all, for pink is the color found in the deepest and darkest nooks and crannies of humans everywhere. PYNK i...
Emma Westenberg is a Dutch filmmaker, born in Berkeley, California. She graduated from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. Janelle Monáe’s “PYNK” marks her first international music video. Her earlier work consists of acclaimed short films, projects for...
If you listen closely, they’re in the harmonies of the backing vocals.
They’re created by Dutch designer Duran Lantink, who used to be in class with “PYNK” director Emma Westenberg at the Rietveld Academy. He graduated from the art school in 2013 with the collection ‘Above Humanity’ about the human urge to idolize things. He said that his work usually consists of attra...
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #102 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Over the past decade, Janelle Monáe has performed as a sci-fi alter ego and crafted metaphor-heavy albums, but now, she’s decided to be unapologetically herself. She calls her 2018 album,...