Tightrope, Janelle Monae

Pop music is definitely not something I've been into recently, but with females such as Janelle Monae and Robyn emerging it's becoming a genre harder to ignore than it used to be. Tightrope incorporates many musical styles such as funk, RnB, soul, jazz and hip-hop to create a song for everyone to enjoy. Monae is extremely carefree in her attitude to music - she could easily be the next big thing - instead she chose to make an intelligent concept album incorporating ideas from Fritz Lang's silent film Metropolis, achieving more comparisons to Bowie than Britney. This shines through the song, as she sings

When you get elevated
They love it or they hate
You dance up on them haters
Keep getting funky on the scene

She certainly doesn't care what people think which is what enables this song to be so astoundingly catchy and instantly brilliant. It's no surprise she has Big Boi's support, as well as the media's, I just find it bizarre that the public haven't quite caught on yet.