Victoria Monet has recruited R&B legend Usher, for her steamy new single, “(SOS)”
Usually S-O-S is a used a distress call, signaling for help. But in this case, the radio code has taken on a slightly different meaning.
In a teaser video post, Monet explained that her version of S.O.S. actually stands for “Sex On Sight.” Monet can be heard singing “are you ready for it?” with Usher responding with “I’m ready for it.”
The song, releasing on Aug. 27, is now available to presave. News of its arrival comes after Monet teased “SOS (Sex on Sight)” on her socials and asked fans to guess who the feature was.
Monet’s love for Usher is no secret. At one of the shows during his Las Vegas residency, she gifted him a Super Bowl jacket and gave him his flowers.
“We got one of the last living icons in the building with us right now,” she said at the time. “We just want to congratulate you, we want to celebrate you.
Monet was also one of the many people who helped pay tribute to Usher at the BET Awards 2024, where he received the Lifetime Achievement award. She and Teyana Taylor recreated his 2004 performance of “Bad Girl” with Beyoncé.
“[I don’t know] how me and [Monét] pulled this off in under 48 hours with our crazy schedules, but we did. And we don’t regret one moment of it, knowing that we had an assignment that needed to be OVERstood for one of the GOATs,” she shared on Instagram, adding, “Believe me when I tell you we’d do it all over again and wouldn’t change a thing!”