Sophia Michaels
Doja Cat sure knows how to keep the internet talking. After debuting her life-imitates-art, literal cat look at this year’s Met Gala on May 1, the 27-year-old “Say So” artist later ruffled some feathers on Twitter over her music — which has long since been the center of arguments over which genre it belongs to (many argue either hip-hop, pop, or that no label is needed).
On May 9, Doja tweeted that she seemingly tricked fans into investing in her last two albums released in 2019 and 2021, writing, “‘Planet her’ and ‘hot pink’ were cash-grabs and yall fell for it. now i can go disappear somewhere and touch grass with my loved ones on an island while yall weep for mediocre pop.”
planet her and hot pink were cash-grabs and yall fell for it. now i can go disappear somewhere and touch grass with my loved ones on an island while yall weep for mediocre pop.
— DOJA CAT (@DojaCat) May 9, 2023
After her controversial tweet set social media ablaze, Doja then followed up with another to reveal the name of her next album and wrote, “Its not called hEllMoUth either its called ‘First of All’ and yes I’m announcing the album title right now.”
its not called hEllMoUth either its called “First of All” and yes I’m announcing the album title right now.
— DOJA CAT (@DojaCat) May 9, 2023
Doja’s new revelation about her music may not shock those who caught her other tweets earlier this month, in which she revealed what she thought about her previous pop releases. On May 7, when a Twitter user asked, “At what point do you feel like you moved away from the mentality of doing what others wanted?” Doja wrote back, “After coachella when I felt so tired of doing a bunch of sh*t i didn’t believe in and not telling my side or my story with my music.” She added, “When I realized I hadn’t done anything personal and that i was cranking out digestible pop hits for children on twitter to get into fights about.” On April 8, Doja also tweeted that “pop isnt exciting to me anymore. I dont wanna make it.”
In recent years, Doja has been vocal about wanting to move away from the sound that’s earned her several pop Grammy nominations, as well as her first win with SZA in 2022 for their “Kiss Me More” collaboration — which took home best pop duo/group performance. But there’s still no telling what her next album will sound like, as we know Doja loves to troll sometimes. Though she tweeted a fan on April 8 to share that her next project would be “rap only,” she also told CR Fashion Book in September 2022 that she was “very into this ’90s German rave kind of vibe” at the time, adding, “That’s kind of a hint to the album.”
Right now, not much else is known about Doja’s “First of All” album, though she shared a snippet of a new song on Instagram Live on May 9. Whenever the next update comes, though, we’re sure she’ll share it on social media first.
