Singer, rapper and actress Janelle Monáe joined Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss her new song ‘Lipstick Lover’ and preview her forthcoming new album The Age of Pleasure, her first since 2018’s Dirty Computer. Click inside to check out the interview!

Monáe shared some backstory on her new song ‘Lipstick Lover,’ which was released today (May 11).

“That song, Lipstick Lover, ugh. I’m like, “Why didn’t I write this song years ago?” Because if you know me… Today, I don’t have on any red lipstick, but I’m always in red lipstick. And there have been so many instances where I’ve made out with somebody at a party and it’s dark. Nobody notices it. But when the lights come on, whoever I’ve made out with, lipstick all over their face. And then I’ve also been on the receiving end of a human… who’s so attractive…. Or I’ll get home and I’m like, “Oh my God. I have lipstick all over my face.” And I’ve also been the Lipstick Lover where…You know exactly who I kissed.”