Either way, it’s an earnestness that sometimes seeps on to The Age of Pleasure itself. If you question whether pop music necessarily needs earnest justification for being about partying and having it off – given that these things have pretty much been pop music’s main focus for the last 75 years – well, that’s 2023 for you. Recent profiles of Monáe have made clear that the partying and having it off come with a side-order of earnest stuff about self-acceptance and self-discovery, “actively focusing on being present”, reorienting your life around pleasure, etc. Janelle Monáe: The Age of Pleasure album art. It takes 90 seconds for her to mention Japanese rope bondage and that’s the tone pretty much set: homemade porn, threesomes, demands to “feel a little tongue”, a song apparently about wanking that opens with the attention-grabbing line: “If I could fuck me right here, right now, I would.” There are songs named after champagne cocktails, and recordings of Monáe and friends toasting each other as they embark on an evening of bar-hopping. And its lyrical focus shifts dramatically from future dystopias to partying and having it off. It clocks in at a trim 31 minutes, less than half the length of either The Electric Lady or The ArchAndroid, and its songs, interludes and fleeting guest appearances – Grace Jones speaking French a brief burst of toasting from venerable Jamaican DJ Sister Nancy – segue into each other. Rather than a stylised illustration of a heavily coiffed and costumed Monáe complete with a wordy subtitle, the cover of The Age of Pleasure features a blurry snap of the singer topless and underwater, swimming through a succession of people’s legs. The high concepts and Afrofuturism appear to have gone out of the window. On her fourth album, however, everything has changed.

But the records sold well rather than spectacularly, spawning hits that slow-burned to gold status without actually making the Top 40. And you couldn’t fault Monáe’s sense of commitment to her roles, which extended to apparently giving interviews in character.

(Purchasers of 2013’s The Electric Lady could take their pick from the standard edition, featuring a cover titled Concerning Cindi and Her Sisters and the Skull of Night Thrashings, or a deluxe version called Concerning Cindi and the Glow of the Drogon’s Eyes.) Equal parts Afrofuturism and the sexually ambiguous personae of 70s Bowie, Monáe’s albums to date posited her as a part-human, part-cyborg figure in a dystopian future. One thing is for sure: Whatever your skill level, budget, purpose, or style, whether modern or rustic, you’ll find a trellis project idea here to suit you.F or over a decade, Janelle Monáe has carved a niche for herself as a purveyor of R&B so high concept that even her album covers came with subtitles. Looking for something to use instead of a trellis? Try repurposing a salvaged window, ladder, or pallet-with a little ingenuity, you can even transform a set of old garden tools into a trellis-like structure (see idea number 24). A large, flat trellis can also be used as a privacy wall or divider for a patio or garden room. It might be a soaring obelisk, an arch to set off a pathway or entrance, a lean-to ladder for peas to climb, or an attachment to a wall or fence. Whether you need a structure for romantic flowering vines, such as roses, clematis, or mandevilla-or on the more practical side, vining veggies like cucumbers or pole beans-a trellis can take on a variety of forms. Or, if you're handy with power tools, you can build an impressive freestanding pergola or an eye-catching honeycomb design to enhance a fence (see idea number 5). You can fashion a cheap trellis out of cut saplings and twine. Here, we’ve gathered a range of unique DIY trellis ideas, running the gamut from beginner to advanced skill levels. And while you can buy a great trellis online or at your local garden center, you can also make one. A trellis can add lots of cottage garden charm to your little plot or collection of patio plants.

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