Brandy and Monica reveal who inspired their hit song The Boy Is Mine

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Brandy and Monica revealed the inspiration behind their hit duet, The Boy Is Mine, 25 years after releasing the song.
The pair reflected on their collaborative track, which won a Grammy following its release nearly three decades ago, after announcing their upcoming, co-headlining tour of the same name.
While making a joint appearance on Wednesday's episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the duo discussed the making of the 1998 track.
The late night talk show host asked Brandy, 46, if it was true that she got the idea for the concept from watching The Jerry Springer Show.
She confirmed it and explained: 'Yes, I was a huge Jerry Springer fan, and one of the topics was, "The boy is mine." I'm like, "Oh my god, song idea. Let's do this."'
After getting the inspiration, Brandy said she knew she wanted to get Monica, 44, to work with her on the song — which was also a source of inspiration for the same-name song on Ariana Grande 's latest album Eternal Sunshine.
'I was always a fan of hers and I wanted to work with her, so I called her up and asked her to be a part of the song, and she said yes,' she recalled. 'And here we are.'
When they started working together, Monica said she told Brandy that she thought people would believe they were fighting over a man because of the nature of the song.
'That was the point,' Brandy then added.
The Jerry Springer Show was also included in a snippet of the original music video accompanying Brandy and Monica's beloved duet.
At the beginning of the video, Brandy is seen watching the daytime talk show that ran from 1991 to 2018.
Then, Monica is seen changing the channel.
When Brandy changes it back, the two squabble over the TV right before the song starts.
The song was an instant hit and spent 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts as well as winning the dynamic duo a Grammy.
After getting the inspiration, Brandy said she knew she wanted to get Monica, 44, to work with her on the song — which was also a source of inspiration for the same-name song on Ariana Grande 's latest album Eternal Sunshine
Many years later, the pair released another duet titled It All Belongs to Me in 2012.
After releasing their second duet, the pair were rumoed to be in a longstanding feud.
When Ariana Grande asked them to join in on her remix, they agreed and credited the pop star for reuniting them again and bridging the gap.
Last year, Brandy and Monica earned their 13th and fifth Grammy nominations, respectively, due to their features on Grande's The Boy Is Mine remix.
Last summer, Monica said that 'the process of the new collaboration did a lot of closing the gaps.'
She told ET: 'When you properly communicate something, you can find not only the resolutions and solutions to problems, but sometimes you find that there weren't ever problems, just consistent miscommunications. It made it a lot easier just to talk.'
Earlier this week, the R&B icons announced their first-ever joint tour, more than 25 years after releasing The Boy Is Mine.
The pair will be going on a 24-city arena tour alongside opening acts Kelly Rowland, Muni Long and Jamal Roberts of American Idol.
Their tour will kick off on October 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
And the pair will perform in cities across the United States before closing out the American tour in Houston, Texas on December 7.