Brandy and Monica reunite for 'The Boy Is Mine' tour, 27 years later

The once-clashing R&B songstresses Brandy and Monica are backmost — together.

The titans announced their first-ever co-headlining tour, “The Boy Is Mine,” connected Tuesday, paying homage to their 1998 deed of the aforesaid name. Kelly Rowland, Muni Long and caller “American Idol” victor Jamal Roberts are scheduled to look arsenic peculiar guests on the road.

“This truly is simply a full-circle moment,” Brandy said successful a connection to Variety. “Monica and I coming unneurotic again isn’t conscionable astir the euphony — it’s astir honoring wherever we came from and however acold we’ve some come. ‘The Boy Is Mine’ was a defining section successful R&B, and to stock the signifier each these years aboriginal is bigger than a reunion — it’s a solemnisation of growth, sisterhood, and the emotion our fans person fixed america from time one.”

She added that she recognized the emotion “The Boy Is Mine” inactive received, saying that the opus “means everything to me.”

Upon its release, the opus spent 13 weeks astatine No. 1. That was 27 years ago, and though the brace person been connected “different journeys” since, they’ve travel backmost unneurotic to springiness “the radical what they’ve been asking for.”

“God’s timing perfectly aligned us,” Brandy said.

Presale for the circuit begins June 26, with wide tickets going connected merchantability June 27. The tally presently includes 1 Los Angeles-area amusement Nov. 9 astatine the Kia Forum.

Brandy and Monica had a wide publicized fallout successful 1998. Monica is said to person punched Brandy successful the look conscionable earlier they took the signifier astatine that year’s MTV Video Music Awards to execute their deed single.

The duo was seen arsenic a monumental operation of ‘90s talent, with some Brandy and Monica being lauded for their debut records. Brandy had already achieved RIAA platinum presumption with her self-titled medium released successful 1994 erstwhile she was conscionable 15. “The Boy Is Mine” was an instant deed erstwhile it was released 4 years later, but the VMAs incidental seemed to spawn acrimony.

Though some would stay successful the euphony industry, Brandy would besides prosecute an acting career. Her nickname “Vocal Bible” took disconnected pursuing her relation arsenic the archetypal African American histrion to play Cinderella successful a movie successful 1997. More recently, she starred arsenic a rapper successful the ABC play bid “Queens” successful 2021.

Monica’s 1995 debut, “Miss Thang,” went platinum erstwhile she was 14, but the vocalist mostly remained retired of the spotlight pursuing the merchandise of “Code Red” successful 2015. She teased a pivot into the state euphony genre successful 2022 with “Open Roads,” which she says was produced wholly by 11-time Grammy victor Brandi Carlile. Though she confirmed its completion successful 2023, it has yet to beryllium released.

After the kerfuffle successful 1998, it wouldn’t beryllium until 2012 that the 2 collaborated again connected “It All Belongs to Me” and 11 years much earlier they worked connected a remix of “The Boy Is Mine” for Ariana Grande. In 2021, Brandy and Monica appeared connected “Verzuz,” a fashionable webcast bid made by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland wherever 2 artists pit their champion hits against each other.

The matter went down smoothly until astir 30 minutes in, erstwhile Monica spoke of however she had travel a agelong mode from “kicking successful doors” and “smacking chicks,” a (seemingly autobiographical) enactment from her deed opus “So Gone.”

“You definite was,” Brandy replied. “I was 1 of the ones.”

But Monica refuted the quip, claiming, “People deliberation I’m abusive. That’s not what happened.”

After a small backmost and forth, Brandy conceded, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t person said that … I didn’t mean nary shadiness by that.”

“It was a misunderstanding,” Monica replied earlier moving on, arsenic some singers seemed to person done with the announcement of the upcoming tour.