Victoria Monét Says Beyoncé And Ye Inspired Her Desire To Do A Visual Album
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Victoria Monét wants to do it all, but first, the JAGUAR II singer wants to create a visual album.
In her new ESSENCE digital cover story, the mother of one told the outlet that she would love to release more visuals for her music and credited Beyoncé’s Lemonade and Ye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy as inspiration for her future visual album.
That aside, Monét also desires to become Grammy-nominated in the coming weeks and hopefully, a Grammy winner in 2024. Her goals include “creating a natural skincare and beauty line, designing hair care products, and writing for TV and film—maybe even doing some scoring for these projects.”
When speaking about her work ethic, the Sacramento, Calif. native admittedly multitasked while in active labor with her daughter, Hazel, to plan a surprise party for her boyfriend, John Gaines, and promote her then-single, “F.U.C.K.”
“I’m hooked up to all these things. I’m having contractions, but also trying to text my team,” she recalled. Monét explained that she’s able to do it all because it doesn’t feel like work.
“If you asked me to work, I don’t like it,” she confessed. “I made a promise to myself when I moved to L.A. that no matter how broke I was, I wouldn’t go get a job that I hated, at an office or anything that I felt like I didn’t have a passion for. I went through it, being that stubborn Taurus—or determined, if you look at it a certain way, not to do anything less than what I came here for. Not to give up. Not to move home and take the easy way. So, because I don’t view what I’m doing as work, I think that’s why I’m so dedicated to it.”
The full story will appear in ESSENCE‘s holiday issue, starring The Color Purple cast, that’ll be on stands on Oct. 31.
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