that she wanted Janelle to look like a “starship commander from an amazing Afrofuture planet,” emphasizing that there’s a militaristic theme throughout the entire performance, which included cameos from Lizzo and Tierra Whack. “Janelle's message is one very much rooted in love and spreading that sort of mentality,” Mandelkornadded Despite all this, the collective members seemed undeterred, dancing onstage and continuing to demonstrate: “You can have hope, you can be hopeless, but you have to continue still doing, because history doesn’t care about your emotions,” Alyokhina toldTeen Vogue to bring the event together, saying it’s about “accountability” for elected officials. and condemning “militarism, racism, and materialism” in the process.