Tones and I announces engagement with boyfriend Jimmy Bedford

Dance Monkey singer Tones and I has announced her engagement to her boyfriend, after earlier revealing they had been secretly dating for 18 months.

Australian singer Tones and I has announced her surprise engagement.

The Dance Monkey hit maker took to Instagram to reveal the exciting news, after her boyfriend of two years Jimmy Bedford popped the question on New Year’s Eve.

She posted a photo of the pair kissing as she flashed her ring to the camera, while Bedford wrote that he “can’t wait for my best friend to be my wife”.

Tones and I (Toni Watson) appears to announce her engagement to Jimmy Bedford (@Jimmybedd) on Instagram on January 1, 2022. Picture: Instagram

Tones – real name Toni Watson – is notoriously private about her personal life, revealing her “secret boyfriend” for the first time in July last year.

Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie O Show, Tones revealed at the time she had been dating Bedford for 18 months.

“I have actually been with my partner for a year-and-a-half now. It’s going so well. He’s just the perfect person for me,” she said. “He was a brickie [bricklayer], and now he’s my stage tech. In the last year-and-a-half, he’s gone to university, studied, got his bachelor’s.

“He comes on tour with me. He lives with us. He plays footy for Frankston Bombers. He’s my best friend, he’s hilarious.”

The pair have been dating for two years. Picture: Instagram

The couple have only appeared together in a few posts on social media, mostly on Bedford’s personal Instagram page.

The four-time ARIA winner from Victoria shot to fame in 2019 with the release of the smash hit Dance Monkey, which reached number 1 in over 30 countries.

Last year marked the released of her debut album, Welcome to the Madhouse, which debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Tones won four ARIAs at the 2019 awards. Picture: Don Arnold/WireImage

Prior to her rise to mainstream prominence, Tones lived in a van in Byron Bay where she spent her time busking.

This led her to meeting Jackson Walkden-Brown, who soon became her manager.

“I came up to Byron and on the first night of busking a guy walked past and he was like, ‘Here’s my card.’ A month later, I was like, ‘What have I got to lose?’” Tones told ABC.