Victoria Monét, Anita Baker.Photo:Paras Griffin/Getty
Paras Griffin/Getty
Victoria MonéthasAnita Baker’s stamp of approval!
“I wanna make a classic love song that Anita Baker would be proud of,” the songstress wrote in a February 2022tweet.
“You’ve Already Done it.@VictoriaMonetBy Using *ALL of Your Gifts. How does it feel is A Melodic Masterpiece. CONGRATULATIONS on ALL your, well deserved Nominations & Accolades & Keeping R&B in Your World/Your Generation,” Baker wrote in a retweet, signing, “ABXO.”
“How Does It Make You Feel” is a song on Monét’s latest album,Jaguar II, which was released last August. She earned sevenGrammy nominations, making her the second-most nominated artist at the Feb. 4 ceremony.
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Last month, the “Coastin’” singer spoke to PEOPLE exclusively after learning that her 2½-year-old daughter Hazel is theyoungest person ever to be nominatedfor a Grammy for her involvement in her mother’s music.
“It’s a really big deal. I think it’s another full circle moment for me because during pregnancy, everything was really scary,“she told PEOPLE. “People were telling me how bad of a career move it could be, how detrimental to everything it could be.”
Victoria Monét and daughter Hazel.Victoria Monet/ Instagram
Victoria Monet/ Instagram
“Pregnancy, it’s going into unknown territory and no one’s story is the same. So, to have one of the more fearful moments career-wise turn into one of the best moments ever of my career is really magical. I’m honored to have the accolade for her.”
The mother-daughter duo collaborated on Monét’s track “Hollywood,” which earned Hazel a nomination for best traditional R&B performance.
Before shewelcomed her first childwith her fitness trainer boyfriend John Gaines in February 2021 and before blossoming into a mainstream performer, Monét was a songwriter to stars such asKendrick Lamar,Kanye WestandFifth Harmony. She has also written songs forAriana Grande.
Ariana Grande and Victoria Monét.Dave Hogan/Getty
In 2019, as a token of her appreciation, Monét was one of six women the “thank u, next” singer, 30, famously gifted a matching ring to, alluding to her hit song “7 Rings.”
“I have two of them, becauseat one point I had lost one, and I was so devastated because I’m sometimes a bit irresponsible. That was the old me, this is the new me, but Ariana felt so bad she got another one,” Monét told PEOPLE last month.
She added, “Then I found the other one. So she’s like, ‘Just keep both,’ so I have two, and I wear them stacked.”
Speaking about the inspiration for naming her album, Monét said, “I correlated the music industry to the jungle… The jungle is a jaguar’s environment, but it’s not always the first thing you see. I felt that way about being behind the scenes in music.”
source: people.com
