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Victoria Monét Returns: The R&B Star on How She Overcame Vocal Issues and Embraced Motherhood for Her New Album ‘Frequency of Love’

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Victoria Monét Returns: The R&B Star on How She Overcame Vocal Issues and Embraced Motherhood for Her New Album ‘Frequency of Love’. At her Los Angeles home, Victoria Monét sits perched on the edge of her off-white couch, enjoying the stillness in the moments leading up to her sophomore album, “Frequency of Love,” dropping in less than 48 hours. A lit candle with three wicks burns in front of her as she gazes at the open-format living […].

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