United Kingdom, Oct. 22 -- Janelle Monae says she once time travelled to see David Bowie perform live.

The 39-year-old musician has claimed she "traveled back into the 1970s' to watch the iconic singer perform his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Speaking to Lucy Dacus for Rolling Stone magazine's Musicians on Musicians series, she said: "I did.

"I travelled back into the 1970s, and I saw him do Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. It was incredible."

Lucy seemed surprised by the claim, and asked if Janelle "traveled back", with the Make Me Feel singer insisting she even made it backstage.

She added: "Yeah, I was backstage. I was like, this is what I want to do.

"I jetted back to the 2000s an...