erd , ▁but ▁actually ▁an ▁android ▁herself , ▁created ▁in ▁a ▁labor atory ▁as ▁a ▁super - mus ical ▁cross ▁between ▁James ▁Brown , ▁Jud y ▁Gar land , ▁André ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁and ▁Steve ▁Job s , ▁invent ed ▁to ▁test ▁the ▁des perate ▁incred ul ity ▁of ▁music ▁journal ists ." ▁She ▁also ▁compared ▁Mon á e ▁to ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁An nie ▁Len no x , ▁Laur yn ▁Hill , ▁and ▁Cor in ne ▁Ba iley ▁R ae . ▁Her ▁musical ▁styles ▁have ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁so aring ▁orch est ral ▁trip ▁en l iven ed ▁with ▁block b uster ▁vocals , ▁myster ious ▁imag ery ▁and ▁notes ▁of ▁Si xt ies ▁pop ▁and ▁jazz ". ▁The ▁Guardian ▁has ▁noted ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁influ ences ▁as : ▁Michael ▁Jackson , ▁Jan et ▁Jackson , ▁Prince , ▁Out k ast , ▁E ry k ah ▁Bad u , ▁James ▁Brown , ▁Grace ▁Jones , ▁Ste vie ▁Wonder , ▁David ▁B owie , ▁Jim i ▁Hend rix , ▁Bernard ▁Her rm ann , ▁F unk adel ic ▁and ▁the ▁In cred ible ▁String ▁Band . ▁Matthew ▁Val nes ▁lik ens ▁her ▁dan cing ▁style ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" T ight ro pe ", ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁James ▁Brown . ▁In ▁an ▁opinion ▁piece ▁for ▁The ▁Qu iet us , ▁John ▁Cal vert ▁places ▁Jan elle ▁Mon á e ▁within ▁the ▁Af ro f ut ur ism ▁movement , ▁pointing ▁out ▁her ▁similar ities ▁to ▁Sun ▁Ra