With six EPs under her belt, it's hard to believe Victoria Monét released her debut album this year. "Jaguar II" is a follow up to her 2020 EP "Jaguar" and the subsequent holiday album, "A Jaguar Christmas: The Orchestral Arrangements." For Monét, who loves to release her music in series, "Jaguar II" is the culmination of years in the music industry.
While all three "Jaguar" releases were originally meant to be shared as EPs and combined to form her first studio album, "Jaguar II"'s release date was delayed, reducing the EP series to two parts. Monét released the album's first lead single, "Smoke" feat. Lucky Daye, in March. She followed the single with "Party Girls" feat. Buju Banton and "On My Mama."
"I was wanting to establish myself as an artist, and I thought the best way to do that was to create this universe that would be the world of 'Jaguar,' but give it to people in microdoses," she told POPSUGAR of the album, which dropped on Aug. 25. The same day her album arrived, fellow artists came out to celebrate Monét at a party in Los Angeles.
Monét also announced that she will be accompanying her debut album with a tour. According to Monét's Instagram post, The Jaguar Tour will kick off in Detroit on Sept. 6 and conclude in London on Nov. 15.
