Doja Cat’s meteoric rise to fame started with her infamously viral track and music video, “Moo!” Then, her smash hit, “Say So” had fans abandoning the phrase “b**** I’m a cow” to create trending dance videos on TikTok set to the lyrics “I'd let you had I known it, why don't you say so? Didn't even notice, no punches left to roll with.”
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And then came Doja’s third studio album, Planet Her, which has reached stratospheric levels of notoriety due to its perfectly packaged Pop/Hip Hop offerings paired with Doja Cat’s effortless flow tinged with her personal eccentricities and obscurities. Beyond achieving viral success, chart success and commercial success, the project allowed the notoriously transparent, social media s*** posting e-girl to bring millions of fans and music industry big wigs into her kinky, chaotic, interstellar ecosystem.
Whether Doja’s lead single “Kiss Me More” was your song of the summer in 2021 or you discovered the album because “Get Into It (Yuh)” was used in a Taco Bell commercial, it’s been nearly impossible to miss the firm grasp Planet Her has had on pop culture since it’s debut. Walking every red carpet, performing at every award show, and delivering a confident and otherworldly, alien-like chicness, the Tarzana-born rapper is addictive, whether it comes to listening to her radiant falsetto over and over again on “Ain’t S***” or waiting on the edge of our seats to see her next graphic eyeliner look on Instagram.
Doja’s third project paints a cinematic picture that assists its listeners in escaping from reality while still being grounded in real topics like temptation, success, and breakups. On “You Right” Doja’s second single, featuring The Weeknd, the rapper explores adulterous urges while still inserting her idiosyncratic sensibilities with words like “I got a man, but I want you/ And it’s just nerves it’s just d***/ Makin’ me think ‘bout someone new.”
On “Kiss Me More” Doja turns radio fodder into a nonchalant Pop track, where her breezy and proactive attitudinal lyrics make her sugary-sweet harpsichord laden beat even more crave-able. When she sings, “I feel like f***in somethin’/ But we could be corny, f*** it,” the lyrics ooze with Doja’s bizarre way of perfectly balancing her lackadaisical yet zealous personality. When SZA cuts in on the track, her verse delivers a heavier anxiety-ridden sentiment that hookups and “gushy stuff” often evoke, flawlessly contrasting Doja’s compelling yet flippant tone.
The weird girl in middle school, who lives inside all of us, now has a queen and a soundtrack. With Planet Her, the artist born, Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, debuted a project that teeters on the edge of debauchery and poised Pop stardom, welcoming listeners of all walks of life to bask in their oddities and take pleasure in the blissful satisfaction that comes with embracing the freaky and fanciful.
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