Victoria Monét and Usher Team Up for Sensual New Single 'SOS': 'Hope You Enjoy the Escape'

Mar. 15, 2025

Victoria Monét and Usher pose for their new single ‘SOS’.Photo:Adrienne Raquel

Adrienne Raquel

Victoria Monétis back with another acronym-laced single. And this time, she has some assistance from R&B royalty!

The Grammy winner, 35, unleashed the latest track from her forthcomingJaguar II Deluxeproject, “SOS” featuringUsher, on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

The release marks Monét’s first collaboration since her breakthrough albumJaguar IIin 2023, as well as the first team-up between Monét and Usher, 45.

“SOS,” which Monét defines in the song as “sex on sight,” also marks yet another sensual jam from the hitmaker. As she explains in a press release, the new single is about “desire” and the “urgency you feel when you need some love, physical touch and quality attention.”

“Sometimes that desire can feel as urgent as being rescued from a natural disaster, or in this case rescued from your own sensual urges. Just like a storm, SOS summons and forewarns a lover of the rainfall that is to come and welcomes the beautiful relief from that desire," Monét added. “It feels romantic, playful, sultry and direct. Based in fantasy and the warmest tones of R&B. It feels timeless and we hope you enjoy the escape!”

Victoria Monét and Usher.Adrienne Raquel

In the track, Monét and Usher swap verses over a groovy bassline, with production fromCamperand a horn section calling back to Monét’s award-winningJaguarreleases.

The “SOS” acronym should be no surprise to fans of Monét, who has long been playful with her songwriting, like on 2021 track “F.U.C.K.” (or, “friend you can keep”).

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Before sketching her name in Grammy history books withJaguar IIearlier this year and taking home three awards, Monétcaught up with PEOPLE in July 2023about how her growth in popularity at the time and how she tries to be a “perfectionist” when it comes to her solo material.

“There’s been a lot of talk on Twitter that I’m underrated, and I really always appreciate that because I feel like it means that people see more for me than I currently have, which is always good,” she said, before her 2024 best new artist victory. “I’d always rather be underrated than overrated. I feel like there’s so much more to be said, shown and seen.”

“I like that some people feel like they were early,” she added. “They’re like, ‘I knew about her years ago,' which creates some pride and camaraderie and then gives people an incentive to spread the word, too.”

Monét, who has has yet to reveal a release date for herJaguar II Deluxeproject, has two upcoming performances in the fall at both iHeartRadio Music Festival 2024 in Vegas on Sept. 21 and ONE Musicfest in Atlanta on Oct. 27.

source: people.com