Victoria Monét Calls Out Bratz For Copying Her Music Video Concept: "I Take Payments Via Cashapp"

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Monét has accused the brand of copying her "Coastin'" music video for their latest collaboration.

Victoria Monét has a message for the marketing team at Bratz. On Thursday, March 10th, the R&B singer shared a side-by-side comparison of her "Coastin'" music video and a marketing video from the childhood toy company's latest visual for their collaboration with Cult Gaia, which looks eerily similar to her work.

"Oop @cultgaia @bratz daaaaaang just ask me next time," the mother of one captioned her upload, which has since gotten attention from the likes of Kehlani, Muni Long, Candice, Amber Riley, and countless others. "I coulda wrote the theme song too," she continued. "I take payments via @cashapp."

After her post made its way onto The Shade Room, Monét was hit with some criticism from haters who claimed that everything is a copy of something these days, but for those people, she had a message. "Yes people have driven a car down the street before duh," she began.

"But – they hired the same director, producer, and same editor as my video and then went shot for shot. Hell, the girl is even doing the same thing I'm doing (and they animated that), and using the drop-top was an idea that came from me, not the directors. It's International Women's Month fam. Corny."


At the time of publication, Bratz's marketing video for their Cult Gaia collab remains on their social media page, and it doesn't look as though they've publicly offered any sort of response to Monét; time will tell if they answer to the singer's social media call-out.

Check the ad out for yourself below, and let us know if you think Bratz owes Victoria an apology, or if she's reaching in the comments.



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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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