Janelle Monae and David Bowie are both are travelers from a distant future offering us messages of love and hope from a different time. Now, America’s favorite robosexual R&B songstress honors one of her idols with cover of Bowie’s “Heroes.” As would be expected from the arch-android queen, her interpretation is as close as our non-cyberized ears can come to understanding perfection.

Eric Shorey freelance pop-culture blogger (NNN, MTV Iggy, Oxygen) / recovering academic / wannabe club kid / satanic hipster / talentless DJ. @eric_shorey