Janelle Monae Reveals Reason Behind Topless Birthday Video

Janelle Monae is celebrating!

The 37-year-old Knives Out superstar made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and opened up about celebrating their birthday in Mexico last week.

During the appearance, Janelle said that friends surprise them with a mystery vacation every year since breaking out in the music industry in 2010, admitting they “could not afford” to take trips until “I became known a bit.”

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Janelle previously went to Jamaica and Las Vegas, and each night of the trip has a different theme.

On the first night, Janelle said the theme was “intergalactic,” and they put their outfit together last minute

“I do think someone forgot to tell me the memo… but I had this in my closet,” Janelle said. “Obviously I’m an android, I’m an alien. I just have these things lying around.”

“I hope these are what aliens look like, I really do!” Jimmy joked.

Janelle said the rest of the night was a “hot sexy tea party” themed night where guests wore lingerie, followed by a murder mystery night. There was also a “wine night where … your clothes need to match your favorite white wine or your favorite red wine.”

Janelle “decided to go topless,” adding: “Earlier in the day they had told me the theme and I was like, you know what, it’s my birthday I just want to be free! I want to be like so free and I want to let it all hang out. So they were all dressed and I was topless.”

“Oh you really threw the whole party! Well, it makes sense because you take the top off the wine!” Jimmy joked, asking if relatives were there. “You can’t have an uncle there when you’re topless, that would be weird.”

“You know what, no. Personally I don’t love that but my family knows… I’m the one in the family that pushes the envelope,” Janelle added.

“Here’s the thing. I wasn’t all the way topless, what I had them do — which meant a lot to me because they’re a community that has uplifted me from my hard times — I had them put temporary tats on me like hearts and stars to cover my nips and everything. It was just all of their love, how they saw me, they got to adorn my body and I wore that the whole day.” Watch the video.

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