Victoria Monét REACTS to Ariana Grande's Message After GRAMMY WIN (Exclusive)
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00:00 No words.
00:01 I do not want to cry.
00:02 You have worked so hard and given so much of yourself to this industry for so long while
00:06 quietly being in your absolute own league.
00:09 We've talked about this happening since the day we met and over many tour bus sleepovers.
00:14 It is the greatest joy to see the goodness you have poured into others, into your collaborators.
00:19 I am so incredibly lucky to be one of them over the years pouring right back into you.
00:24 Happy does not begin to cover it.
00:25 This is your mother jumping moment.
00:27 Mother jumping.
00:28 Oh my God.
00:29 I love you Ari.
00:30 If you're hearing this, I love you so much.
00:32 Thank you for being a believer and supporting me from the very beginning.
00:35 You knew things that other people didn't know and saw things in me that other people didn't
00:39 see and you've just been so ride or die.
00:41 So this is my love letter to you.
00:43 Thank you so much.
00:44 I'm going to tell you in person obviously, but I love you.
00:47 Mama, I'm natching tonight.
00:49 Thank you so much.
00:51 This is her nap time, but she'll appreciate it later.
00:53 Okay, well we're about to celebrate because you've won two already.
00:57 You have won two babies already.
00:59 I found out in the car on the way here and I'm shook.
01:01 I'm like, wow, what a great start to the night.
01:03 My song just went number one on Rhythmic Radio today.
01:06 I'm like, what a day.
01:07 I mean, you are the hardest working quote unquote overnight success because I know you've
01:11 been in the game grinding.
01:12 It's been long.
01:13 That's a long night right there.
01:16 And like right next to you here is Verdeen.
01:19 So Verdeen, I'm interrupting because Victoria's right here.
01:21 They did the song together.
01:22 You look amazing.
01:23 What's up?
01:24 How are you?
01:25 Oh, how you doing?
01:26 Victoria's my favorite.
01:27 I'm your favorite.
01:28 Oh my God.
01:29 Nice to meet you.
01:30 You look amazing.
01:31 She was the first one to turn me on to do.
01:32 You guys did a moment cover.
01:33 Yes.
01:34 I have loved you since 90s baby.
01:35 Oh my God.
01:36 That's long ago.
01:37 Thank you.
01:38 Congratulations on best album.
01:39 Thank you.
01:40 Thank you.
01:41 This is good, huh?
01:42 It worked out, didn't it?
01:43 I know.
01:44 I know.
01:45 I know.
01:46 This is good, huh?
01:47 I'm going to go get my coffee.
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02:19 It was nap time, so it's very, like, you have to get her at a specific point in her day.
02:25 Like, right after sugar, not nap time.
02:28 So, this was, like, right in that window where she's like, "Uh-uh."
02:30 She's 2.
02:31 I'd be like, "I'm like that and I'm 48."
02:34 Yeah, same.
02:35 It's interesting to me because in this day and time, I mean, I know you couldn't have even predicted the success,
02:41 number one, of the album and then on "My Mama," but then the viral sensation of it as well.
02:46 I mean, I can't turn my head anywhere without hearing it.
02:50 Yeah.
02:51 You know what?
02:52 I always did want to be one of those people who had a song that eventually annoys people because it's played so much.
02:56 And I think, I don't know, maybe we're, like, maybe a month out from that place.
03:00 You're like, "Turn on 'My Mama' off," you know what I mean?
03:02 But I'm still happy.
03:03 My radio team has been killing it, my manager.
03:06 And I really attribute a lot of the success to the dance, the viral dances.
03:11 So Sean Bankhead, Aja, the dancers that were in the music video really brought it to life.
03:16 And everyone who decided to recreate it and do it with their families, that's what makes it a collaborative effort with the fans to make it feel very, very big.
03:25 So I appreciate that.
03:26 We don't see R&B singers, and especially women anymore, sing and dance.
03:30 I mean, it hearkens me to the Janet Jacksons and those like "When I Watch You."
03:33 They're my favorite artists, yes.
03:34 Seriously.
03:35 Thank you.
03:36 Did you come into this thinking, like, "I want to be R&B, like, I want to hearken back to those R&B people that I love and that we love that did it all"?
03:45 I really think it's just what I grew up on.
03:47 I feel like even Whitney Houston, the vocalist that she was, had some performances where she was dancing.
03:52 She was hitting some moves.
03:53 So I feel like--
03:54 Whitney didn't have a real one-two step, but she tried.
03:56 She did, and she had some energy on that stage and certain stage presence.
03:59 And so I value artists who really just put that effort in.
04:02 I'm just a huge fan of dance.
04:05 It's part of what performances I adore the most.
04:08 So Michael, Janet, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Usher, like, performers who just kind of incorporate movement into it.
04:16 And I know how much breath work it takes and stamina and how much work goes into it.
04:20 So I just always really appreciate it.
04:22 Didn't you get a little gift from Miss Beyonce?
04:24 She did send me flowers.
04:25 I looked at that card and I was like, "No. No, no, no, no, no."
04:28 And I love white flowers, and they were all white flowers.
04:31 I know she sent it to a few people who attended her Renaissance film premiere.
04:36 But it's still the most valuable thing in my home.
04:39 So just, you know, I saved the bowl.
04:42 The flowers didn't make it, but I saved the bowl.
04:44 It's now my fruit bowl, my Beyonce fruit bowl.
04:46 I love it.
04:47 I'm trying to reap the fruits right now.
04:48 I know that you've got, like, 50 million things to do, and you're being pulled in 8 million directions.
04:52 What is it that keeps you grounded?
04:54 What is it that keeps you, like, good so you don't, you know, fall off that cliff
05:00 or get too much or have too much?
05:02 You know what? I just really love to do this.
05:04 I think that it's not--it's just what I do.
05:08 I guess maybe if it was more of, like, I don't know, something that I felt braggadocious about, like, having.
05:15 It's not really, like, something that I have. It's something that I am.
05:18 So I just--around existing and loving music and just wanting to do more, you know.
05:23 Okay, when you were deciding your dress tonight, and was it always, "We're going to match"?
05:28 I didn't know that. I didn't know that from the beginning.
05:30 Oh, look at the tears.
05:32 She's so--she wants her mama.
05:34 You want mama?
05:35 She can come to you.
05:36 Come.
05:37 John.
05:38 She can come to her.
05:39 Come.
05:40 You come to mama.
05:44 You want to come to mama?
05:45 Hi, pretty.
05:48 We're going to talk a little bit, okay?
05:49 Hi, pretty.
05:50 It's all right.
05:51 Anyone with a 2-year-old understands.
05:53 Absolutely.
05:54 But before I let you go, you're going to get these dresses.
05:57 You guys look great.
05:58 Oh, my God.
05:59 Custom Versace, styled by Colin Carter.
06:01 He's right here. He's the man.
06:02 I'm so appreciative.
06:03 We're wearing Bulgari jewelry, and I'm so thankful that they were willing to do both of our dresses.
06:09 Mommy daughter does--
06:10 You look pretty.
06:12 Thank you.
06:13 Bye!
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