If you haven’t heard yet, Victoria Monét just gave the world a 22-track gift called Frequency of Love, and honestly, the timing feels like more than coincidence. The three-time GRAMMY winner dropped the album this week through Lovett Music/RCA, stacked with features from SZA, Bruno Mars, Leon Thomas, Bryson Tiller, Lucky Daye, Chlöe, and even her own daughter, Hazel Monét. It’s the kind of release that reminds you why music still matters: it’s not just something you stream in the background, it’s something that can shift the way you walk through your day.
There’s something to that title that’s worth sitting with for a second. Frequency of Love. Not “the idea of love” or “a love song” — a frequency. Something you tune into, on purpose, like turning a dial until the static clears and the signal comes through. That’s such a good way to think about love, and honestly about good energy in general. It’s not always something that just happens to you. Sometimes you have to decide to tune in.
The album built itself one honest moment at a time
Monét didn’t just show up with this album out of nowhere. She’s been laying the groundwork all year — “Let Me” climbed all the way to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart back in June, and “Reach Out” and “Juicy” kept the momentum going right up to release week. That’s a pretty good metaphor on its own: the big, satisfying thing rarely arrives all at once. It’s usually the result of a bunch of smaller releases, smaller wins, smaller moments of showing up, stacked on top of each other until one day you look up and there’s a whole body of work.
If you’re in the middle of your own “smaller releases” right now — the unglamorous, in-between parts of a goal — consider this your reminder that they count. They’re not the warm-up to the real thing. They are the real thing.
Love, but make it actionable
Here’s the part of this story that actually made us pause: Monét isn’t just singing about love, she’s funding it. Alongside the album, she launched The Frequency of Love Foundation, a youth-focused initiative built around education, wellness, food, agriculture, and culinary arts. When her Frequency of Love Tour kicks off October 27 in Raleigh and runs through December 17 in San Francisco, fans can add just $1 at checkout to support community garden programs for kids.
A single dollar. That’s it. And yet multiplied across a packed tour, that’s real gardens, real meals, real kids learning where food comes from and that someone thought they were worth investing in.
It’s a really good nudge for the rest of us: love doesn’t have to be a grand gesture to count. It can be a dollar. A text you finally send. Showing up for the people who love you back. The frequency doesn’t need to be loud to be real — it just needs to be on.
So, what are you broadcasting today?
Maybe you’re not dropping a 22-track album this week (give it time). But you are putting something out into the world every single day — through your mood, your words, the way you treat the person at the coffee counter, the energy you bring into a room. Monét’s whole project is basically one big, generous reminder that you get to choose your frequency. You can tune into scarcity, comparison, and burnout, or you can tune into love, generosity, and showing up for people, even in small ways.
Put on “Let Me” or “Reach Out,” let the bassline do its thing, and ask yourself honestly: what station have you been tuned to lately? If it’s not the one you want, today’s as good a day as any to turn the dial.
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