Introducing NYLON's April 2020 It Girl: VictoriaMonet!
Victoria Monét is finally taking a breather. It's 4 p.m. on a cold Tuesday in February, and happy hour has just kicked off at a lively vegan Mexican restaurant in Manhattan's Chinatown. Putting in their tropical drinks order, Monét and her crew — a publicist and manager — have cause for celebration.
"It feels like more pressure to make [Apple Music] proud because they're putting their name on the line to support me and bet on me," she explains."This feels like an opportunity to me and I don't want to f*ck it up." But still, she shied away from the spotlight, taking to dance as a way to"hide but still perform." In high school, she fell in with the famed Jabbawockeez-affiliated Boogie Monstarz dance crew. Inspired by her fellow creative crew members, she also began writing songs, taking writing trips to Los Angeles and, like many musicians before her, posting music on MySpace.
In the years since, Monét has earned credits on songs by Fifth Harmony and T.I., though her most prolific work has come out of her partnership with close friend Grande, going all the way back to the singer's debut album, Yours Truly."She's from Florida, the opposite side of the U.S; I'm from California. Her being Caucasian, I'm a Black woman. We feel like opposites that have so much in common and [who] connect," Monét says of their friendship.
"The fact that [my sexuality] has to be mentioned is necessary for me because it's rare," she states frankly, in between bites of taco."But I also want to be human. When a straight person is putting out an album, it's not like, 'Straight artist puts out [album].'"
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