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JANELLE MONÁE

Photography by Danielle Levitt

@daniellelevitt

Styled by Sean Knight

@seanknight

Hair: Vernon Francois at The Visionaries Agency

@vernonfrancois

Makeup: Jessica Smalls at The Wall Group

@jessicasmalls

Prop stylist: Carl Hopgood at Celestine Agency

@carlhopgood

Nails: Sreynin Peng

@sreyninpeng

Production: The Pull Inc

@thepullinc

“The table ‘bout to turn,” Janelle Monáe decrees in her recent anthem “Turntables.” The video features Monáe clad in ‘40s neo-military garb while archival images of civil rights battles converge with modern-day Black Lives Matter protests,

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