{"id":1872498,"date":"2026-04-08T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872498"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:35:59","slug":"janelle-monae-signs-with-uta-for-global-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1872498","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Signs With UTA for Global Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Janelle-Monae-UTA-Billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--featured a-bb-pro-article-image-offsets a-bbpro-font-body-m a-dropcap\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnited Talent Agency (UTA) announced Wednesday (April 8) that Janelle Mon\u00e1e has signed with the agency for global representation in all areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cJanelle is a generational talent and the true definition of a multi-hyphenate creative,\u201d <strong>Jay Gassner<\/strong>, UTA partner and co-head of talent, said in a statement. \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with an artist of Janelle\u2019s singular vision and profound cultural impact, and look forward to working with them and Wondaland to unlock and amplify opportunities across music, film, television, brands, fashion, publishing, theatre, community building and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 lrv-u-padding-a-050 u-padding-l-0625@mobile-max u-padding-b-0.375@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary u-margin-t-n2@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-l-1@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl u-font-weight-800 u-letter-spacing-0179 u-line-height-normal lrv-u-color-grey-dark bb-pro-related-stories-label lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between  a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card  lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-191 u-width-150@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Janelle-Monae-feb-2025-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content  lrv-u-padding-l-150@desktop lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  c-title a-font-basic u-font-size-22@desktop u-font-size-16@mobile-max u-line-height-26px u-line-height-22px@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.625@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line@desktop a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-grey-dark:hover\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJanelle Mon\u00e1e Wondaween Is Back for 2025 &amp; Includes Inaugural Vampire Beach Music\u00a0Festival\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"o-article-byline \/\/ lrv-a-unstyle-list a-font-accent-m lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-word-spacing-n3px u-padding-t-0.875@desktop u-padding-t-00@mobile-max\">\n<li class=\"lrv-u-flex a-byline-color\">\n<div class=\"c-tagline  u-word-spacing-n3px a-children-link-color-black:hover a-truncate-ellipsis-2line\"><span>Mackenzie Cummings-Grady<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThey were previously booked by Wasserman (now called THE\u2022TEAM) in North America, and WME internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMon\u00e1e\u2019s most recent album was 2023\u2019s <em>The Age of Pleasure<\/em>, which received nominations for album of the year and best progressive R&amp;B album at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The artist also has several upcoming acting projects in the coming months, including a feature in Amazon MGM\u2019s <em>Is God Is<\/em>, out in theaters on May 15, and a role in Netflix\u2019s upcoming adult animated series, <em>Bass x Machina<\/em>, premiering on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMon\u00e1e founded the Wondaland Arts Society and Wondaland Pictures, which develops film, TV and multimedia projects under a first-look deal with Universal Pictures. They also produce the month-long, city-wide Halloween festival Wondaween in Los Angeles, with the annual event stretching across cemeteries, theaters, the Hollywood Bowl, the Santa Monica Pier and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMon\u00e1e continues to be represented by <strong>Mikael Moore<\/strong>, <strong>Nate Wonder<\/strong>, <strong>Chuck Lightning<\/strong> and <strong>Kelli Andrews<\/strong> at Wondaland for management; <strong>Ben Rubinfield <\/strong>at Ziffren Brittenham, <strong>Matthew Johnson<\/strong> at Johnson Shapiro Slewett &amp; Kole and <strong>Jonathan Leonard<\/strong> for legal representation; and ID PR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMon\u00e1e is scheduled to perform at Freely Fest in Nashville on April 8 and at North to Shore Festival in Newark, N.J., on June 17. Their last major tour was 2023\u2019s <em>The Age of Pleasure<\/em>, which ran from Aug. 30 to Oct. 18, 2023, in support of her most recent studio album of the same name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/janelle-monae-signs-with-uta\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Janelle-Monae-UTA-Billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard United Talent Agency (UTA) announced Wednesday (April 8) that Janelle Mon\u00e1e has signed with the agency for global representation in all areas. \u201cJanelle is a generational talent and the true definition of a multi-hyphenate creative,\u201d Jay Gassner, UTA partner and co-head of talent, said in a statement. \u201cWe are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1872498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}