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“Why the Wild Things Are” explores race, mental health, and the ways they intersect, but this time around, Notez aimed to take a more narrative approach, genre-hopping while exploring the dualities in his own life. Lead single “Happy” offers a shot of pop-radio-primed hip-hop; Notez lays out his identity as “a walking double-negative, oxymoron, double entendre.” It builds a sense of defiant hope, even as a verse from Moe Pope interjects images of looming violence and materialism.

“You Oughta Know,” a longtime karaoke staple and the stimulus for a flawless scene in this summer’s indie film “Booksmart,” is coming to Broadway. In “Jagged Little Pill,” the rock musical inspired by the album, which begins previews on Nov. 3, this anthem looks likely to bring down the Broadhurst Theater.

When performance artist, playwright and educator Daniel Alexander Jones created his onstage alter ego Jomama Jones, Jomama wasn’t so much made as discovered. The transcendent diva was born from Jones’ memories of watching “Soul Train” as a child and imitating the music with his friend. Now, as Jomama Jones, he imparts the same wisdom, energy and spirit on his audiences as the soul stars of the 1970s and ’80s.

“The power that comes…is…reminding ourselves of who we are and who we come from, and that we are not alone. If we broaden the lens beyond our individual struggles, the struggle of our group, and also beyond our own lifetime and consider the traditions and lineage of the people that we come from, we connect to wisdom and to energy…”

Dive deeper into the her-story of the six queens.

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the creators of SIX, talk about the show and its inspiration.