You might’ve known that Victoria Monet and Kehlani have a song together, but did you
know they dated briefly?
For those of you who don’t know her, Victoria Monet is a singer, songwriter, and producer.
She’s collabed with artists like MGK and Ariana Grande.
Her and Ariana are actually good friends and Victoria has written for her a few times.
She actually helped write thank u next and 7 rings.
Both Victoria and Kehlani have been open about their queerness in the past, talking about
it in their songs like Honey and Monopoly.
The two made similar music and ran in similar circles in the industry.
The two eventually got closer and according to an interview Victoria did with the gay
times, the alleged relationship happened in late 2018.
Its never been made super clear how casual or how serious things were
At the time they got together, Kehlani was in a polyamrous relationship.
Victoria herself was in a relationship with her boyfriend when she fell in love with Kehlani,
so they eventually broke up.
Victoria mentioned the breakup publicly a couple months after in a tweet that said "I
secretly and respectfully went through a difficult break up this summer but enough is enough.
I also like girls.
Thank U, Next.
Bye."
She tweeted this at the end of 2018, and Kehlani had coincidentally also come out earlier that
year.
As of 2021, Kehlani has said they identify as lesbian, but at the time, she just identified
as queer, and called herself a “lil poly pansexual”.
In late 2018, Victoria posted a couple tweets that alluded to a mystery woman, and the vibe
seemed romantic.
Victoria never said who she was talking about, and didn’t drop any straightforward hintst.
In the interview, Victoria also said the woman ended up getting pregnant by a boyfriend she
was in a polyamorous relationship with.
Coincidentally, In October of 2018, Kehlani announced their pregnancy.
The child’s father was her partner and guitarist Javaughn Young-White.
The timeline of events with the mystery woman Victoria talked about seemed to point to her
having a relationship with Kehlani.
They’d both come out withi a couple months of each other, Victoria broke up with her
boyfriend, announced the breakup, and Kehlani announced her pregnancy all within the same
year.
After Victoria’s interview, Twitter began to put the pieces together, realizing the
relationship had gone under the radar.
Fans who’d noticed ariana grande unfollowing Kehlani around the time of the pregnancy announcement
began to speculate Victoria was the reason why.
Allegedly, Ariana grande made a shady subtweet at Kehlani about hurting her friend, and Victoria
and Kehlani threw Twitter Shade at each other and unfollowed each other too.
I can’t find any of the tweets but I’ll link the thread talking about it below.
After they split ways, it seemed Victoria and Kehlani didn’t really keep in contact
for a while.
They both went on to pursue their respective relationships, and Kehlani welcomed a daughter
in early 2019.
The next spring, Kehlani released her album “It was good until it wasnt.”
Victoria’s interview with the Gay times had come out a couple months earlier, but
it had been over a year since their alleged relationship.
Fans speculated that the song “Hate the Club” was about Victoria.
The song is about going to a club in hopes of running into an ex.
Two of the lyrics “Drunk when I call you Monet” and “You’re a Taurus let me feed
you” seemed to be direct references to Victoria, confirming something had probably happened
between them.
Also, this is just my interpretation but the song also has a lyric saying “Would have
to be with you to cheat you”.
Maybe thats a reference to the fact that they were never officially together and maybe it
was just a fling?
Or maybe its about the betrayal Victoria probably felt when she found out Kehlani was pregnant.
Regardless, by late 2020, it seemed like Victoria and Kehlani had officially made up.
In October of that year, they collabed on a remix of Victoria’s song Touch Me.
The song was featured on Victoria’s album Jaguar, and reviews called the song sexy and
flirty.
Kehlani and Victoria sang about a steamy romance in a car.
Though they still hadn’t confirmed whether they’d dated, Victoria said the song was
a very personal one to her.
She went on to say, “As artists, it’s special when we let the music document the
details of real experiences and that’s what ‘Touch Me’ does.
I think it’s beautiful for so many reasons and I hope people can find their own reasons
with every listen.”
Victoria also tweeted at Kehlani “It feels so nice to finally have music WITH you and
not just about you lmao”, which implied there’d been some sort of relationship between
the two that inspired some of Victoria’s music.
I honestly can’t believe that this relationship went unnoticed until over a year after they
split.
But good for Victoria and Kehlani because if they wanted it to be public I guess they
would have announced it.
The whole situation does seem messy though, with the timeline, and the twitter drama but
im glad they all made up.
Victoria Monet has since moved on as well.
In February 2021, she gave birth to a daughter with her partner John Gaines.
She’s done a couple performances at festivals, and she’s working on her second album.
It seems like her and Kehlani are on good terms but their relationship is a thing of
the past I still cant believe I knew nothing about
this when it was happening.
And was a fan of them both at the time so I don’t know how I didn’t catch it.
Did you know about Kehlani and Victoria?
Like it seems kind of random but it makes sense.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments and I’ll see you soon.
Bye!