Janelle Monae Tell Us How Her 'PYNK' Vagina Pants Are All About Celebrating Variation

Almost once it dropped earlier this week, Janelle Monae's "PYNK" music video speedily started dominating the conversation, thanks in no small part to its theme-appropriate color scheme, joyful demeanor, and needless to say, those pants. You know the ones.


In the video's most iconic moment (and there really are plenty of these, the head of Monae's frequent collaborator Tessa Thompson pops out from between her legs as Monae wears the aforementioned vagina pants. It's intercut with a sequence of Monae and six other ladies standing in a line — however, Monae recently told MTV News in an interview, ensure to notice how no two outfits are the exact same.


"I had an idea for a while to do pants, although in case you look in the video, there really are different types of pants, different styles. Some don't have on pants," she mentioned. "We come in so several different varieties as girls and those who identify as girls and those who were place on Earth as women."


however this is a personalized experience for me," Monae continued, "so any time While I got with all that black girl magic and we were all with each other and we were coming as individuals yet collectively uniting, it was a powerful statement that was made."


The video, which was directed by Emma Westenberg (whom Monae calls "a queen"), is Monae's latest visual contribution ahead of her Dirty Computer album (and accompanying "emotion picture"), set to drop April 27. On set, Monae mentioned the atmosphere was both "peaceful" and exhilarating and that she felt "so free" help to bring her vision to life with Westernberg's help.


"'PYNK' is a song that is near and dear and close to my heart," she mentioned. "There's more than a few symbolism in it, there's more than a few mysticism in it, and my love for us and for black girl magic and for those who can typically times marginalized. It's a very celebratory song for us."


Watch Monae break down the endlessly jubilant "PYNK" music video above.