Monica Says She Is Doing Good Despite Her Recent Breakup

After selling 182,000 copies of the album in its first week of release, R&B singer Monica isStill Standing and is proud of her work. Although she and her fiancee of five years recently put a hold on their relationship, she believes the album and her reality show was a lesson that taught her a lot about herself and her music.

“Throughout the making of my show and some of the process of getting the album done, there were moments where other people were weighing in on what needed to take place. I just started praying and pretty much asking God what is it that I needed to do. It just started to happen on its own. I didn’t get songs from a whole a lot of places. It was a handful of producers. It’s gratifying, but it’s a reminder of the idea that we all do something different for a reason.”

Monica is grateful for her connection to her fans and when she was faced with changing her sound for the album she decided to stick with her gut instinct and sing the soulful R&B music that she and her fans loves.

“R&B/soul music is what I love and it’s just what I do — it’s no need for me to try and change it according to what may be relevant in other places. One of the biggest keys for me, period, is my connection to the people, because I was never ashamed of who I was, I never wasted time on creating facades. I think people connect to realness.”

Still Standing was a shifting moment in Monica’s career as listeners and viewers were able to see her grow into a mature young woman. Monica feels that since she is a young mother and has been in the game for awhile she has had an upper hand as an artist.

“In my life, they saw me grow personally, they saw me grow professionally. I think it has a lot to do with me being young and being a young mother, and just acclimating myself to whatever is around me and adapting. I didn’t understand Twitter in the beginning, now I love it. It’s a way for me to talk to fans, and it’s actually the way we picked my first single. Instead of complaining, people should pick themselves up by the boot straps and go along with what’s taking place and find a way to make it work for them.”

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