Monica has spoken out about the possibility of working with Brandy again.
The Grammy winner talked with Entertainment Tonight at Clice Davis’ annual pre-ceremony Gala at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. During the conversation, Monica looked back on her first Grammy win for her duet with Brandy on The Boy is Mine. The song won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1999.
Monica said of their win, “You know, coming from where I’m from, I didn’t totally expect to win.” She continued, “I knew that the record was amazing enough to win, so I came without expectation, and that made the celebration even greater.”
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Monica added, “I was just happy to be in the audience and to be there and to be a part of it and to have my city on my back.” Monica said when she heard her and Brandy’s names read out, they were “just getting seated.”
The Boy Is Mine was the first number-one hit for Monia and Brandy and was the best-selling single of 1998 in the US. Despite the success of their single, reports of a feud stemming from their time working together followed the singers for years.
In fact, ET even reported in 2016 that Monica had admitted to getting into a physical altercation with Brandy. Monica had told this story in 2012 on Angie Martinez’s Hot 97 radio show. At the time, Brandy and Monica had released another duet called It Belongs to Me.
Monica said that her run-in with Brandy had taken place “many years ago” and also added that she was sorry.
Monica and Brandy Have Both Grown Since Their Earlier Fued
More recently, Brandy and Monica came face-to-face in a 2020 episode of the Verzuz series. At the time, Entertainment Tonight reported that Monica wanted to put the rumors of their beef behind them on the show.
She said both women had “long removed” themselves from “the dramatics of it.” She also said that she and Brandy would “have a very in-depth conversation.” However, Monia also stressed that “the fans have no idea what really took place, what really caused the initial friction.”
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In her most recent ET interview, Monica said that “anything is possible” when asked if she and Brandy might sing together on a song again. She said, “We’re both adult women now who fully understand the business and how much we both mean to it and how much it means when we come together.” She concluded, “Anything is possible, anything. I say that with my heart.”
Brandy has, in the past, agreed with Monica that they had both grown since their initial disagreement. While talking about their upcoming Verzuz series in 2020, Brandy said that “it felt like the right time” for the performers to reunite. She also said that their appearance together would be “bigger than feud, it’s bigger than beef” and concluded that they both needed to “just let that go and just let the music speak.”
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So it sounds like it could be very possible for Brandy and Monica to come together to speak through their music again in the future.
