Monét joined girl group Fifth Harmony on the North American leg of the 7/27 Tour, which began on July 25, 2016, as an opening act along with pop singer JoJo. 2016–2018: Life After Love and touring įollowing the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the Dallas Police shooting, Monét released 'Better Days' with Ariana Grande on July 10, 2016. Monét chose the name as it represented the sound of the EPs: a dark beat mixed with soft melodies. On October 30, 2014, Monét released her debut EP Nightmares & Lullabies: Act 1 and on June 17, 2015, she released her follow-up EP Nightmares & Lullabies – Act 2 under Atlantic Records. Her songwriting remained her main form of income during the beginning of her music career. Even though she was signed, Monét acknowledged that her songwriting 'took off' before her music, while she was working on both. Ītlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman heard one of her demos in a meeting and offered her a record deal later that day. Her hope was that the labels would like her version enough that they would keep her on the track as a feature. She continued to write song hooks and sang the demos herself before sending them out.

The first song she worked on was a track for Diddy Dirty Money's 2010 album, Last Train to Paris. After the group's disbandment, Monét turned to songwriting to earn money while she waited for her own music career to build up. The group landed a record deal with Motown a year later, but was dropped before releasing any music. Shortly after that, he invited her to come to Los Angeles and audition for a new girl group he was forming, Purple Reign. She learned about Rodney Jerkins (aka Darkchild) and decided to add him on Myspace. Meanwhile, she had been educating herself on the production world, learning about producers, and making music at a local recording studio. This soon translated into her writing her own music. Outside of dance rehearsals, Monét began exchanging poetry with an older cousin and found a new passion. Career 2010–2015: Songwriting and Nightmares & Lullabies She attended Sheldon High School in Sacramento after pleading with her mother to change their address so that she could participate in Sheldon's performing arts program. In junior high school she formed her own dance group this led to teaching at two dance studios. In Catholic elementary school, she appeared on stage in holiday plays, and in church she sang in the youth choir. She has a half-brother named Michael Cubit, Jr. Her mother is L'Tanya Chestang-Cubit (née Lovett) and her maternal grandmother was Cassaundria Lovett of Mobile, Alabama. Monét was born in Georgia and moved to Sacramento, California, as a child. 2.2 2016–2018: Life After Love and touring.

2.1 2010–2015: Songwriting and Nightmares & Lullabies.In 2019, Monét received two Grammy Award nominations for Album of the Year for her work on Grande's Thank U, Next and Record of the Year for ' 7 Rings'. Monét has written songs for a number of artists including Nas, Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, T.I., GOOD Music, Lupe Fiasco, Chrisette Michele, Coco Jones, Chris Brown, and Dirty Money. Part one of her debut album, Jaguar, was released on August 7, 2020. 2 EPs in February and September 2018 respectively.

Monét would follow this with the Life After Love, Pt. Previously signed to Atlantic Records, Monét released her debut EP Nightmares & Lullabies: Act 1 in 2014 and her follow-up EP Nightmares & Lullabies: Act 2 in 2015. She soon took to writing and began working with producer Rodney Jerkins. She became involved in performing arts at a young age, singing in the youth choir at her church, and performing in a city dance team. Victoria Monét McCants (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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