Janelle Monáe released a 45-minute film with her electrifying latest album, and fans were quick to notice that among the beautiful extras in the film, actress Tessa Thompson featured prominently, often as Janelle's love interest.
With the release of the video for the song "Pynk," a sex-positive ode to female sexuality and a celebration of women's bodies complete with pink, vagina-like pants, which starred Tessa Thompson once again, fans became convinced the two were dating.
"Pynk" was also released on the heels of Janelle coming out as pansexual and after the release of the video for "Make Me Feel," which was inspired by the lesbian favorite Black Mirror episode, "San Junipero."
Janelle and Tessa were spotted on multiple red carpets together and seemed to feature constantly on each other's Instagram Stories.
However, they have been conspicuously absent from each other's social media pages recently, leaving us to conclude that if they were indeed an item before, they likely aren't now. Ultimately, that's for Janelle and Tessa to know, and not necessarily for the rest of us to find out.