Popular singer Coco Jones has said that she tried to gaslight herself into not thinking about a Grammy nomination. Recall that Jones recently earned her eighth career nomination at the 2026 Grammys in the Best R&B Album category for her debut full-length project, “Why Not More?”
Reacting, the musician revealed that getting recognized for a full album rather than a single is especially significant.
Coco added that while she can work towards charts, awards and virality, she always leaves Grammy nominations to God.
Her words, “I feel like it’s the biggest compliment to keep people’s attention. I mean, I don’t know many things that do.
It’s so weird. I’ve been on planes the last two times that I got nominated for Grammys, and so I’m just not thinking about it because I’m doing something. I mean, of course I know [the Grammy nominations are coming out], but I’m gaslighting myself. I’m like, “You don’t think about this.” And I’m like, “True.” Then, of course, as soon as I get that Wi-Fi connect on that Delta flight, my phone just goes off. I’m like, “Oh, God.”
No, I don’t expect them. I honestly don’t. I can’t do that to myself. I feel like I can work towards the greatest outcomes, which is charts, awards, accolades, momentum, virality. And then I just leave it up to God.
You know when you had a really big essay or something, an education-defining moment, you put everything that you can into studying for it, and then you see that you got the results? It never stops, that feeling. I don’t know if there will ever be a time where I’m like, “Let’s see if I’m on the Grammy ballot this time.” It’s just not giving that.
Creatively, this time a lot of the yeses and nos were up to me. With my first tour, I wasn’t as confident in if I knew anything about anything, so I didn’t want to decide. Now I’m a completely different version of myself, and hopefully I continue to get more and more confident and decisive.
To give myself some grace. I’m just so tough on myself, and it’s like, “Girl, look at the receipts. I don’t think you have to do this. I think you can breathe a little.” Unless they start telling you they don’t like something, calm it down, and just be along for the ride.
Facts. But you only see it from your point of view, and that just leaves so much room for self-doubt. I remember my first show, I was like, “I feel like we went on tour too soon because they haven’t even had time to learn the songs, and why are people going to go to the show if they don’t even know how the songs go?” And then I just stepped on stage, like, “Whatever happens, I’m going.” And that’s why I was so emotional in that video with my mom afterwards because that’s what was going through my head before I walked on that dang stage.”
