The writing has been on the wall for quite some time. After Janelle Monáe released the music videos for “Make Me Feel” and “Pynk,“ both of which have explicitly queer overtones, the rampant chatter about Monáe’s sexuality became louder than ever. And now, the 32-year-old singer and actress, who has never publicly commented on her relationships, is ready to come out.

“Being a queer black woman in America, someone who has been in relationships with both men and women—I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker,” she told Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos for the magazine’s May cover story, which published Thursday. Spanos wrote that the singer took a deep breath as she said the words she has never said publicly until now. Monáe continued, saying she originally identified as bisexual, “but then later I read about pansexuality and was like, ‘Oh, these are things that I identify with too.’ I’m open to learning more about who I am.”

Monáe, who, in February, released the music video for “Make Me Feel,” has never been explicit about her own sexuality, but she’s also never been entirely private. “Make Me Feel” is a remix of Sylvester’s 1978 gay anthem, and the music video features actress Tessa Thompson, Monáe’s rumored girlfriend.

“It’s a young gay boy coming to his first gay club, and I’m a bar queen coming in,” she told Billboard of the video. “It’s supposed to be that first experience that everyone has at a gay club.”

“Pynk,” which features Thompson again, was hailed as a queer anthem in its own right.

Spanos added in the piece that while the artist was always coy about her sexuality, fans never had to look far to find the answers, if they wanted them.

She always ducked questions about her sexuality (“I only date androids” was a stock response) but embedded the real answers in her music. “If you listen to my albums, it’s there,” she says.

Though there are still plenty of questions surrounding the special person she might be seeing, Monáe told Spanos she doesn’t discuss her dating life. Instead, she focused on the work that she has done for her third studio album, Dirty Computer, out April 27, and specifically for whom she made this album.

“I want young girls, young boys, non-binary, gay, straight, queer people who are having a hard time dealing with their sexuality, dealing with feeling ostracized or bullied for just being their unique selves, to know that I see you,” she said in the Rolling Stone cover story. “This album is for you. Be proud.”