Monet Weir
Monet Weir
Shala Monet Weir is a student at Chapman University and is originally from San Francisco. Monet is the daughter of Grateful Dead bass player, Bob Weir. [2]
Education
Monet organized Red Dress Gala for her sorority and raised money for the American Heart Association, specifically benefitting women with heart disease.[14]
Early Years & Family Life
Since Weir was an infant, her mother would take care of her on the tour bus.
Monet would go on most of her father's tours until she was about ten or eleven when she couldn’t miss as much school.
Then she would primarily go on the summer tours.[14]
Monet grew up doing pretty much all forms of performance.
She started with ballet and then did musical theater for the majority of her childhood.
Later, she started singing when she got to be about 13, 14.
In high school, she stopped doing theatre and joined the music program at her school, which it’s known for. Every semester, she’d be put in a band with a different genre of music that she had to do, like country, jazz, rock, folk. In an interview to Lifeforlivemusic.com, she said:
I liked doing that, but I think it was more of a hobby for fun.
I don’t think I could see myself doing it as a career.
Weir grew up vegetarian, doing yoga and helping animals.[14]
Monet Weir has struggled with severe anxiety and panic disorder.
In Instagram post she said "I have never publicly shared with my "platform" is that I struggled with severe anxiety and panic disorder throughout high school and into early college.
A lot of this stemmed from my immediate family members severely struggling with mental health as well and having to grow up coping with that for many years.
I decided my freshman year of college to take a semester off to work on myself, and eventually, soon after, those who around me who had affected me so much did too."
Career
Weir collaborated with Victoria's Secret promoting their brand. While she enjoyed modeling and working with the company she says that she would like to slow down on Instagram sponsorships. She does not want to turn Instagram modeling into her career, however she is open to doing some more collaborations with brands. In an interview she explained, "I was like “of course,” because that’s a big company and that would be really cool. I get free stuff from them. I think I’m probably going to slow down on the ad stuff after. Just because, I don’t want my Instagram to turn into a career. I don’t want my career to be based on Instagram, especially because I’m trying to pursue acting. I feel if you make yourself an image in one realm, it’s hard to join another. " [14]
On World Mental Health Day October 10, 2019, Monet Weir promoted www.backline.care a mental health project dedicated to helping people in an Instagram post which read:
The crossover between mental health and the music industry is something that often goes unnoticed unless it is of value to the news and media industry.
As soon as Kendall (of Backline) reached out to me and told me about this budding project, I could not have been more eager to add my piece and share the message of this organization.
Growing up in the music industry is an exciting way to see life, but also a very dark way to see life.
The exciting part is typically highlighted.
I, myself, have watched my immediate family and close friends of my family struggle with mental health.
Some have passed away because of it, and some have come close.
The music industry is a very overwhelming place.
There is a plethora of admiration and attention.
The word "no" is often lost to the notion of everyone wanting to cater to those in power.
Nobody wants to tell you what you don’t want to hear.
When you have that much access to whatever you need, and loads of pressure, a sense of self and boundaries with oneself becomes lost.
Whether it is addiction, depression, anxiety (and more), so many find themselves trapped in a world of mental degradation.
Many feel that it is hard to escape because there are so many expectations from those around them.
Nobody wants to look weak and take some time for themselves, or feel that they are letting down the people who look up to them so much.
This sensation becomes a vicious cycle.