Janelle Monáe, Chance the Rapper and More Attend Met Gala After Party at the Public Hotel

It just wouldn’t be a night of Met Gala after parties without Janelle Monáe. Two years ago, she hosted the annual Boom Boom Room after party, where she performed atop the bar in a bedazzled bikini. This year, she took her hosting efforts to the Public Hotel’s lower level club Artspace for a late-night bash post-Met. 

After wearing a Thom Browne look on the Met red carpet, complete with an optical illusion outer layer that she took off to reveal a deconstructed suit, Monáe slipped into another Browne look (this one, which involved nipple pasties, was a tad more revealing). 

The party, titled “A Phenomenal Affair,” featured DJ sets by Kaytranada, DJ Kitty Cash and DJ Miss Milan and drew guests such as Chance the Rapper, Padma Lakshmi, Leon Bridges, Yara Shahidi, Bebe Rexha, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Willow Smith, Caleb McLaughlin and Ryan Destiny. 

Cocktails by Lalo tequila and Belvedere Organic Vodka flowed, while 7th Street Burgers arrived to sustain energy into the wee hours of Tuesday morning.

The party scene stretched across Manhattan, with parties at The Mark hotel uptown, the Apres Met bash down at WSA, Met Gala cohost A$AP Rocky’s party at Jean’s and Richie Akiva’s party at Casa Cipriani.