Timing is the whole lot. After dropping “On My Mama” this summer season, many followers campaigned for Victoria Monét to affix the spectacular lineup of performers at the MTV VMAs on Sept. 12. Despite all of the folks championing her new music, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter nonetheless ended up at the award present as an attendee as an alternative of a performer. Hearing the frustration from her supporters, she defined the state of affairs in additional depth on social media.
“I see your advocation for me to have performed tonight and I’m so grateful to you!! Sincerely!” Monét wrote on X (previously Twitter). “My team was told it is ‘too early in my story’ for that opportunity so we will keep working!” She went on to thank followers, sustaining a constructive angle as she pointed to the upcoming tour for her new album “Jaguar II,” with exhibits starting on Sept. 15.
“My team was told it is ‘too early in my story.'”
Understandably, not everybody was comforted by this rationalization. “I love you and your beautiful positive SWEET ASS SELF OMG but also they’re full of sh*t lol,” former Fifth Harmony member Lauren Jauregui responded. Others identified that Monét has been a game-changer within the music business for years, making the reported reasoning behind her missed efficiency alternative much more irritating.
Disappointment apart, Monét beforehand instructed POPSUGAR in an Aug. 21 interview that she considers herself to be in her “level-up” period. “I feel really thankful whenever the opportunities come,” she stated. “Obviously, in my life span, I don’t feel like a ‘new artist.’ I’ve been an artist since I was 17. So I’m never really surprised at doing new things still . . . I think everything happens when it’s supposed to.”
Maybe the VMAs weren’t prepared for Monét simply but, however she nonetheless has religion they’re headed in her path. “The things that I’ve been wishing for are on the way,” she stated. And after they lastly arrive, we’ll be prepared.
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