10 Years Later, Muni Long Reveals How Fifth Harmony’s ‘Worth It’ Came to Be: ‘3 Different Songs Put Together’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Muni Long in 2025; Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello, Dinah Jane, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui and Normani in 2014.Photo:Monica Schipper/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty; Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Monica Schipper/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty; Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty

Muni Longisn’t “acting shy” about sharing the origins ofFifth Harmony’s “Worth It,” the group’s hit song that just marked its 10th anniversary.

The two-time Grammy winner, 36, exclusively told PEOPLE while discussing hernew single, “Slow Grind”how she had a hand in co-writing “Worth It” — and the surprising way she found out the song was released in 2015.

“They took the hook off of the song I wrote, a verse from another song I had written, they took the Kid Ink verse from a song that he had did with them and reproduced it,” Long explains. “And they basically made, like they engineered this song. It was like three different songs put together.”

Muni Long winning a Grammy on Feb. 2, 2025.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

Fifth Harmony released the track on March 2, 2015.

“By the time I found out that it was out, it was already No. 10 on iTunes. I got a text like, ‘Congratulations!’ I was like, ‘For what?’ ” Long recalls with a laugh.

The song peaked atNo. 12 onBillboard’s Hot 100 chart. Long is credited as a writer on “Worth It” under the name Priscilla Renea, the birth name she used in the music industry until debuting her Muni Long transformation with a new look and sound in 2020.

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At the time “Worth It” came out, Fifth Harmony was composed ofAlly Brooke,Normani,Dinah Jane,Lauren JaureguiandCamila Cabello.

“Worth It” now has more than 2.3 billion views on YouTube alone.

Since then, Long has won two Grammys in the R&B performance category for“Hrs & Hrs”in 2023 and“Made for Me (Live on BET)”in 2025.

After this year’s Grammy win, Long declared in her acceptance speech, “Please stop calling me Priscilla — it’s Muni Long now.”

Looking ahead, Long will make herdebut Coachella performancein April.

source: people.com