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Janelle Monáe Says Her Pre-Fame ‘Dream’ Was To Afford An Apartment & Car: ‘If I Can Have 500 Fans, That’s It’

<p>As viewers from all over watch <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;janelle-monae-set-to-star-as-the-iconic-josephine-baker-in-forthcoming-tv-series-de-la-resistance&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Janelle Monáe<&sol;a> in <em>Glass Onion&colon; A Knives Out Mystery<&sol;em>&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s looking back on her humble aspirations from before she was a big-name star&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Janelle Monáe Sought Comfortable Freedom Instead Of Fame<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In a recent sit-down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;movies&sol;janelle-monaes-modest-pre-fame-goal-was-to-get-500-fans-exclusive&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>People<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; Janelle spoke on her mindset while pursuing a career in the entertainment business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From jump&comma; she says that the goal was never to be famous&period; Rather&comma; Monáe was more concerned with whether she&&num;8217&semi;d be able to make a living by doing what she loves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p id&equals;"mntl-sc-block&lowbar;1-0-4" class&equals;"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&&num;8220&semi;It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t about being famous for me&comma; ever&period; It was always about&comma; first of all&comma; can I do the art that I want to do freely&comma; unapologetically&comma; and can I make a living from that as well&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She added&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want to have to go home to Kansas and move back in with my family&period;&&num;8221&semi; Relatable&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">She Absolutely CRUSHED Her Initial Goal Of Garnering 500 Fans&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m So Thankful&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ultimately&comma; Janelle moved down to Atlanta to pursue music after studying at New York City&&num;8217&semi;s American Musical and Dramatic Academy&period; During this time&comma; she was working side hustles to support herself&comma; and she sought to one day support herself by doing what she loves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In fact&comma; Janelle described the prospect of having 500 supportive fans&comma; along with the means to &&num;8220&semi;just have an apartment and a car&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as her &&num;8220&semi;dream&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I was &lbrack;like&rsqb;&comma; as long as I can have 500 fans&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s it&period; If they buy all of my stuff every time it comes out&comma; then I can just have an apartment and a car&period; That was really the dream for me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Ultimately&comma; projects like &&num;8220&semi;Tightrope&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <em>The <&sol;em><em>ArchAndroid<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>The Electric Lady<&sol;em> led Janelle to big-name success&period; She was also featured on &&num;8220&semi;We Are Young&&num;8221&semi; by fun&comma; which was a hit track that helped further catapult her artistry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s also made quite a name for herself in the acting&period; Aside from <em>Glass Onion<&sol;em>&comma; Janelle also scored roles in <em>The Glorias<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Harriet<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Hidden Figures<&sol;em>&period; As a result&comma; Janelle Monáe has become a household name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With her career reaching heights that she initially hadn&&num;8217&semi;t anticipated&comma; Janelle is eternally grateful for her reality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m swimming in gratitude&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m so thankful&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Shoutout to Janelle Monáe for eclipsing her initial goal&comma; and we wish the best of luck to anyone following similar pursuits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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