Hey guys. I just…I can’t.
So I just watched Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu’s new video “Q.U.E.E.N.” and…wait just give me a moment to catch my breath.
I JUST CAN’T DEAL! What is this magic? What genius thought to put them on the same screen together? What kind of wizardry shit is this! I can’t even look at anyone in the eyes right now. I just…FUCK this is so awesome!
OK, now that I’m somewhat composed, let me just fill you in on the gift of LIFE that Badu and Monae just gave us. No, seriously. Voices like angels playing on harps, brows snatched, faces beat, hair the fuck LAID! I’m talking about a “natural-hair-girl’s” dream!
No, like seriously this is for all you beautiful Afro’d, Miss Jessie’s Curly Pudding, Shea Moisture, olive oil deep conditioning, Curly Nikki, satin-cap-wearing-at-night queens like me.
This. Was. Made. For. Us.
Not to mention the grace, the execution, the epicness of this collaboration.
What have we done to deserve this?!
But for real, this is a friendship that should just go on and on like that damn Lamb Chop song.
“We want more, we want more, like you really like it, you want more.”
Anyway, if you need to be convinced to worship the video/collab/women like I do, this is why…
This pompadour-French roll-bun thing that I’m totally trying to do to my hair tonight.
This close up of all that beauty as Janelle sang “They be like ooooo…she’s serving face.” Bish. WERK.
When Badu finally made her appearance four minutes into the video with this natural curly ‘fro that brought tears to my unworthy eyes.
And then she changed into this bob wig that I swear I experimented with junior year of college. But mine didn’t look half as good. And now I feel like I can pull off a red line down the center of my face too. Sorcery, I tell you.
Then Janelle swapped pants for a DRESS while she backed it up and sang “Is it peculiar that she TWERK in the mirror.” Girrlaaah!
And they’re totally BFF’s now, (seriously that’s what Badu said) so she convinced Janelle that a wig would also look bomb on her…
Then Janelle switched up her look with these peep-toe booties and I DIIIIIIIEEEEE
And she got all James Bond-esque and rapped a la Lauryn Hill and I swear I went to black girl heaven.
And I almost forgot, but in the beginning Badu let us see it from behind…and, no disrespect, but you know we love to see Badu from behind.
Then she played with this cute fuzzy dog while she wore Michael Jackson-esque band-aid rings or some shit. Whatever. It was dope.
Then they appeared on the screen TOGETHER with bangin’ shoulder pad situations that I want to wear whilst naked this summer.
And while they sang “Because the booty don’t lie,” Badu did this lil stank booty pop that cracks me up because it’s sooooo something my friends and I would do.
And what a way to end the most epic video of all time. How is that not the best thing you’ve ever seen?
But wait, hol’ up. I got one more reason this is just…like…you won’t even be able to deal after this.
This woman’s boyfriend (Alan Ferguson) directed the video.
What is this epic degree of separation! I’m so done…
Christina Coleman is the News and Politics Editor at GlobalGrind and a Howard University Alumna. Prior to this she was a science writer. That explains her NASA obsession. She crushes on Anthony Bourdain. Nothing explains that.
