Janelle Monáe, "Tightrope"

This week is a ridiculously good one for new albums that you can acquire via legal means — LCD Soundsystem’s pain-suffused This Is Happening, Tracey Thorn’s brilliantly meditative Love And Its Opposite, and Janelle Monáe’s next-level debut The ArchAndroid all landed in stores yesterday. Last night, Monáe made her network-TV debut on Late Show With David Letterman with this raucous performance of her tightly wound new single Tightrope. Be sure to watch her amazing footwork at the 2:51 mark! (And don’t mind the cameo by “Sean” at the end.)