{"id":13869,"date":"2020-10-12T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=13869"},"modified":"2020-10-12T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:12:14","slug":"janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wEfOATg-7dI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes The First Season Of HBO&#8217;s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY With A Virtual Reality Concert Experience<\/p>\n<p>The Musical Performance Is The Final Part Of HBO&#8217;s Groundbreaking Social VR Event Series <strong><em>Lovecraft Country: Sanctum<\/em><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"morty-2201794535\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>To celebrate the season finale of the new series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, HBO will close out their Lovecraft Country: Sanctum Social VR experience by transporting invited guests into Music of the Cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>In this first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking social VR experience, 100 select influential voices have experienced a series of events consisting of immersive theater, escape rooms, art installations and puzzles via the Oculus Quest headset. The final event is a virtual reality concert given by Janelle Mon\u00e1e, eight-time Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, leading film and TV actress and record producer, who will be giving fans an out of this world performance, and her first ever performance in virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p>The LOVECRAFT COUNTRY season finale airs this Sunday at 9:00PM ET\/PT on HBO, at which point the complete first season and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The first episode of LOVECRAFT COUNTRY has reached more than 9 million viewers across all platforms, and it has been the #1 series on HBO Max since its debut in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited to partner with HBO and The Mill to pioneer the future of concert experiences in Sanctum,&#8221; said Janelle Mon\u00e1e. &#8220;I always strive for innovation, and this project gives me the special opportunity to celebrate<em> Lovecraft Country<\/em>, a show I&#8217;m a huge fan of, and connect with fans in a completely new way using virtual reality. This is the perfect platform to explore the impact of music and movement in a new dimension designed to celebrate Black art, stories and voices.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1584240729\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The musical experience re-imagines the future of performances and live events, featuring a virtual environment that is interactive and directly impacted by the artist&#8217;s physical performance. Ahead of Mon\u00e1e&#8217;s set, guests will be invited into The Reliquary, a mystery room hosted by LOVECRAFT COUNTRY&#8217;S Michael Kenneth Williams, that will be littered with artifacts from throughout the show and virtual experience &#8212; each with an accompanying audio snippet narrated by Williams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As long-standing fans we couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled to be partnering with Janelle Mon\u00e1e on this uniquely immersive virtual reality concert experience,&#8221; said Dana Flax, VP of Program Marketing at HBO. &#8220;Through her art and her activism, Janelle embodies the spirit of innovation, justice and Black joy that makes her the perfect artist to help us send off Lovecraft Country&#8217;s first season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each event has been simultaneously run on the social VR platform VRChat, which allows guests to talk and interact with each other in real time within the environment, and streamed to the world via YouTube Live. Fans on the YouTube Live stream are also able to interact in real-time, solving riddles to trigger spells that directly impact the experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our third and final event Music of the Cosmos ends Lovecraft Country: Sanctum with a celebration of the series. Inspired by the &#8217;50s Chicago block party featured in the first episode of LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, the final experience takes you to a block party set in a virtual world,&#8221; said Aline Ridolfi, Lovecraft Experience Director. &#8220;Using techniques like projection mapping and dynamic, interactive set design, the concert will see Janelle control the space with her performance. All aspects of the environment from the choreography and set design, to the lighting, will interact in a way that wouldn&#8217;t be possible within a traditional concert set-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lovecraft Country: Sanctum was developed as a Social VR space to expand the possibilities of what the future of theatre, games, art installations, concerts, and live events can be. Developed in partnership with Black artists, previous Lovecraft Sanctum events featured an Afrofuturist art show by David Alabo, Devan Shimoyama and Adeyemi Adegbesan, a theatrical performance inspired by the words of James Baldwin, adapted by LOVECRAFT COUNTRY writer Shannon Houston, and performed by star Jurnee Smollett, and voiceover performances by the series&#8217; Jonathan Majors, Courtney B. Vance and Michael Kenneth Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctum was developed in partnership with HBO by creative production partner and experience studio The Mill, whose team of artists, coders and strategists developed the experience during global lockdown, in close collaboration with HBO&#8217;s marketing team.<\/p>\n<p>You can view Sanctum via YouTube Live during the following dates and times this Fall:<\/p>\n<p>Event #3: Music of the Cosmos<\/p>\n<p>Monday, October 19<\/p>\n<p>10:00PM ET\/ 7:00 PM PT<\/p>\n<p>For more information please visit Lovecraftsanctum.com<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT LOVECRAFT COUNTRY<\/p>\n<p>From creator, writer, Misha Green (&#8220;Underground&#8221;), EPs J.J Abrams (&#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; &#8220;Westworld&#8221;) and Jordan Peele (&#8220;Get Out,&#8221; &#8220;Us&#8221;), and based on Matt Ruff&#8217;s novel of the same name, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY is a genre-bending adventure-thriller set in 1950s, Jim Crow America about Atticus Freeman&#8217;s quest, alongside his family and friends, for the truth about himself, his family, and his future in the face of mysteries and monsters, both of our world and otherworldly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes The First Season Of HBO&#8217;s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY With A Virtual Reality Concert Experience The Musical Performance Is The Final Part Of HBO&#8217;s Groundbreaking Social VR Event Series Lovecraft Country: Sanctum To celebrate the season finale of the new series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, HBO will close out their Lovecraft Country: Sanctum Social VR experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#039;s &quot;Lovecraft Country&quot; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO] - Morty&#039;s TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#039;s &quot;Lovecraft Country&quot; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes The First Season Of HBO&#8217;s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY With A Virtual Reality Concert Experience The Musical Performance Is The Final Part Of HBO&#8217;s Groundbreaking Social VR Event Series Lovecraft Country: Sanctum To celebrate the season finale of the new series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, HBO will close out their Lovecraft Country: Sanctum Social VR experience [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morty&#039;s TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"morty\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\"},\"headline\":\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\"},\"wordCount\":843,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"TV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\",\"name\":\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO's \\\"Lovecraft Country\\\" with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO] - Morty&#039;s TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":405},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"description\":\"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Morty's TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/\",\"https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\",\"name\":\"morty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"morty\"},\"description\":\"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO's \"Lovecraft Country\" with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO] - Morty&#039;s TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO's \"Lovecraft Country\" with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]","og_description":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes The First Season Of HBO&#8217;s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY With A Virtual Reality Concert Experience The Musical Performance Is The Final Part Of HBO&#8217;s Groundbreaking Social VR Event Series Lovecraft Country: Sanctum To celebrate the season finale of the new series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, HBO will close out their Lovecraft Country: Sanctum Social VR experience [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/","og_site_name":"Morty&#039;s TV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_published_time":"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"morty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv","twitter_site":"@mortystv","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"morty","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/"},"author":{"name":"morty","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55"},"headline":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]","datePublished":"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/"},"wordCount":843,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","articleSection":["TV News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/","name":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO's \"Lovecraft Country\" with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO] - Morty&#039;s TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-12T19:12:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","width":720,"height":405},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/12\/janelle-monae-closes-the-first-season-of-hbos-lovecraft-country-with-a-virtual-reality-concert-experience-video\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Janelle Mon\u00e1e Closes the First Season of HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; with a Virtual Reality Concert Experience [VIDEO]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","name":"Morty's TV","description":"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Morty's TV","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","width":1226,"height":375,"caption":"Morty's TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/","https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55","name":"morty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"morty"},"description":"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.","sameAs":["http:\/\/mortystv.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv"],"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sanctum.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11134,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/01\/new-drama-series-lovecraft-country-debuts-august-16-exclusively-on-hbo\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":0},"title":"New Drama Series &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; Debuts August 16, Exclusively on HBO","author":"morty","date":"July 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"HBO's new drama series LOVECRAFT COUNTRY debuts SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 (9:00-10:00PM ET\/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, the ten-episode series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he journeys with his childhood friend Letitia\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lovecraft-country.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9640,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/01\/new-hbo-drama-series-lovecraft-country-debuts-this-august-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":1},"title":"New HBO Drama Series &#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; Debuts This August [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"May 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"HBO's new drama series, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff of the same name, debuts this August. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lovecraft-country.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11814,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/25\/lovecraft-country-premieres-sunday-august-16-9pm-on-hbo-hbo-max-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;Lovecraft Country&#8221; Premieres Sunday, August 16 @ 9PM on HBO &#038; HBO Max [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"July 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lovecraft Country follows \"Atticus Black as he joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lovecraft-country-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23260,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/03\/these-shows-will-not-be-coming-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":3},"title":"These Shows will NOT be Coming Back","author":"morty","date":"July 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"HBO has opted not to proceed with a second season of \"Lovecraft Country.\" \"We will not be moving forward with a second season of Lovecraft Country,\" HBO said in a statement. \"We are grateful for the dedication and artistry of the gifted cast and crew, and to Misha Green, who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/show-canceled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":32836,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/04\/hbo-renews-comedy-series-somebody-somewhere-for-a-second-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":4},"title":"HBO Renews Comedy Series &#8220;Somebody Somewhere&#8221; for a Second Season","author":"morty","date":"February 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Starring and executive produced by comedian and singer Bridget Everett, the seven-episode first season debuted January 16, with new episodes airing weekly on HBO and HBO Max. The season one finale debuts on February 27. From Mighty Mint, Duplass Brothers Productions, and creators & executive producers Hannah Bos and Paul\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/106308-somebody-somewhere-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/106308-somebody-somewhere-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/106308-somebody-somewhere-feat.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106213,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/01\/amc-networks-unveils-official-trailer-for-fearfest-featuring-award-winning-artist-halloqueen-and-horror-aficionado-janelle-monae-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":13869,"position":5},"title":"AMC Networks Unveils Official Trailer for &#8220;FearFest&#8221; Featuring Award-Winning Artist, &#8220;Halloqueen&#8221; and Horror Aficionado Janelle Monae [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"October 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, AMC and AMC+ revealed the official \"FearFest\" trailer featuring award-winning artist, musician, and horror enthusiast Janelle Mon\u00e1e (Glass Onion, Antebellum, Homecoming), the official host of \"FearFest.\" Key sponsors are on board for the long-running, annual horror and genre programming event featuring over 650 hours of iconic horror films franchises,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amc-fearfest.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amc-fearfest.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amc-fearfest.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}