Key Takeaways:

• Coco Jones shared that Donovan Mitchell messaged her earlier than they met, however she didn’t see it.
• The couple started relationship in 2023 and introduced their engagement in July.
• Mitchell’s voice seems on Jones’ album Why Not More?, which is Grammy-nominated.

Donovan Mitchell slid into Coco Jones’ DMs earlier than they met in actual life, however wanting again, she’s glad she by no means noticed it. On Tuesday (Dec. 16), whereas talking with Complex’s Tiffany Hunt, the “ICU” singer opened up concerning the NBA star’s message and why it “wouldn’t have worked anyway.”

“He had known of me years before [we met] because ‘Bel-Air’ had done a collab with his shoe line, so he’d kind of seen the show before it came out, and he was like, ‘Who that?’ And he said he hit me up on Instagram. I ain’t see it though,” Jones defined. When requested concerning the DM, she revealed Mitchell despatched “something with a red heart.”

“I’m like, ‘Oh, good, that wouldn’t have worked anyway. I don’t want no heart, I don’t know you,’” Jones added. “That’s how you know it’s above us. It’s God. We’re meant to be.” The couple, who started relationship in 2023, introduced their engagement in July.

Later within the dialog, Jones shared which monitor on her debut album, Why Not More?, was impressed by or reminded her of Mitchell, together with a little-known truth about his involvement within the LP. “I think the song ‘You,’ for sure,” she answered.

The “Double Back” artist then revealed that Mitchell is the voice on the intro of “Thang 4 U.” She stated, “He’s the voice on there, talking. I don’t know if people can clock that, but I feel like Why Not More? is kind of the Coco leading up to being in love … My next project will be just me in love.”

Jones’ Why Not More? — which ranked at No. 4 on Rap-Up’s Best R&B Albums Of 2025 list — is up for Best R&B Album on the 2026 Grammy Awards. It’s competing towards Teyana Taylor’s Escape Room and Leon Thomas’ MUTT, amongst different albums. Fans will discover out who takes house the award on Feb. 1, 2026.

Every week after that, she’ll be a part of Charlie Puth and Brandi Carlile to offer a bit of “pregame entertainment” for Super Bowl LX. Jones will carry out the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”