▁Mon á e ' s ▁first ▁single ▁from ▁The ▁Electric ▁Lady , ▁" Q . U . E . E . N .", ▁featuring ▁E ry k ah ▁Bad u , ▁premier ed ▁on ▁Sound Cloud ▁and ▁made ▁available ▁for ▁download ▁purchase ▁at ▁the ▁i T unes ▁Store ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁" Q . U . E . E . N ." ▁gar ner ed ▁ 3 1 , 0 0 0 ▁digital ▁sales ▁according ▁to ▁N iel sen ▁Sound scan ▁with ▁the ▁accomp any ing ▁music ▁video ▁gain ing ▁four ▁million ▁YouTube ▁views ▁within ▁its ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁release . ▁In ▁her ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁interview ▁with ▁f use , ▁Mon á e ▁states ▁that ▁" Q . U . E . E . N ." ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁convers ations ▁she ▁shared ▁with ▁E ry k ah ▁Bad u ▁about ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁marg inal ized ▁people , ▁especially ▁African - American ▁women , ▁and ▁the ▁title ▁is ▁an ▁ac ron ym ▁" for ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁marg inal ized "; ▁Q ▁standing ▁for ▁the ▁que er ▁community , ▁U ▁standing ▁for ▁the ▁" unt ouch ables ", ▁the ▁first ▁E ▁standing ▁for ▁" em igr ants ", ▁the ▁latter ▁standing ▁for ▁" ex communic ated " ▁and ▁N ▁standing ▁for ▁" neg roid ". ▁Th emat ically , ▁The ▁Electric ▁Lady ▁continues ▁the ▁u top ian ▁cy borg ▁concepts ▁of ▁its ▁prede cess ors , ▁while ▁present ing ▁itself