151-628: Hot Pink is the second studio album by American rapper Doja Cat . It was released on November 7, 2019, by Kemosabe Records and RCA Records . A departure from the sound of her debut album Amala (2018), Hot Pink is a pop , hip hop , and R&B record containing elements of funk and soul . The album features production from Doja herself, Yeti Beats , Tyson Trax , and others, with guest appearances from Smino , Gucci Mane , and Tyga . The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics , who praised Hot Pink for its versatility and incorporation of various music genres . Hot Pink
302-447: A Billboard interview, Doja Cat stated that she is "in love with everything Nicki Minaj has put out into the world." On the song " Get Into It (Yuh) " from her third studio album, Planet Her (2021), she pays tribute to Minaj and borrows lyrics and rap delivery from her debut 2010 single " Massive Attack ". Critics noted that the album as a whole was largely influenced by Minaj, with The New Yorker noting that she "build[s] upon
453-489: A Grammy nomination, the Recording Academy defines a producer: The person who has overall creative and technical control of the entire recording project, and the individual recording sessions that are part of that project. He or she is present in the recording studio or at the location recording and works directly with the artist and engineer. The producer makes creative and aesthetic decisions that realize both
604-528: A Satanist , and a member of the Illuminati . In mid-June 2023, she released the album's first promotional single, titled " Attention ", alongside an accompanying music video directed by Tanu Muino . The album's lead single, " Paint the Town Red ", was released in early August 2023 to commercial success, breaking a number of streaming records, and becoming her first solo song to top the charts in both
755-538: A concert tour of North American and Europe in support of the album, entitled the Hot Pink Tour, featuring support from rappers Ashnikko and BigKlit. Tickets for this tour sold out within ten minutes, yet it was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Making her late night television debut, Doja Cat performed "Juicy" on Late Night with Seth Meyers with Tyga on November 12, 2019. At
906-429: A " girl-power , [...] early- aughts pop-punk" aesthetic and featured a variety of "teenage hijinks" including skateboarding, egging , vandalism and pranking police officers. Coinciding with the official announcement of the album on social media, the album's third single, "Rules", was released on October 24, 2019, along with a music video in which Doja Cat portrays a reptilian mafia boss . The single reached number 19 on
1057-420: A "healthy" relationship with his daughter and that her management team had tried to block all his attempts to contact her out of the fear that they "might lose her." Soon after her birth, Dlamini moved from Tarzana to Rye, New York , where she lived for five years with her maternal grandmother, an architect and painter. At the age of eight, Dlamini returned to California with her mother and brother to live at
1208-403: A 2015 song by Doja Cat titled "Dindu Nuffin" resurfaced. "Dindu Nuffin" is an alt-right term used to ridicule African-American detainees protesting their innocence. After apologizing, Doja Cat said that although the song was intended to flip the term's meaning, it was a "bad decision". Doja Cat denied that the song was a response to the death of Sandra Bland , calling the allegation "one of
1359-554: A March 2021 interview with V . On April 10, the song " Kiss Me More " featuring SZA was released alongside a music video as the lead single for the album. It received critical acclaim, and commercial success, spending nineteen consecutive weeks within the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record for the most weeks in the top 10 by a female collaboration. The song peaked at number three and became Doja Cat's third top 10 hit. Later that month, Doja Cat performed
1510-423: A broad project, the creation of a popular music recording may be split across three specialists: the executive producer , who oversees business partnerships and financing; the vocal producer or vocal arranger, who aids vocal performance via expert critique and coaching of vocal technique, and the record producer or music producer, who, often called simply the producer, directs the overall creative process of recording
1661-510: A cover of the song " Celebrity Skin " by American rock band Hole , as part of a Taco Bell commercial in which she starred, and premiered it at the Super Bowl LVI . The cover contains reworked lyrics written by Doja Cat and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love . Later that month, her second collaboration with Tyga, entitled " Freaky Deaky ", was released as a single alongside a music video directed by Christian Breslauer. She contributed to
SECTION 10
#17327901285461812-471: A cylinder. By the 1930s, a gramophone etched it laterally across a disc. Constrained in tonal range, whether bass or treble, and in dynamic range , records made a grand, concert piano sound like a small, upright piano, and maximal duration was four and a half minutes. Selections and performance were often altered accordingly, and playing this disc—the wax master—destroyed it. The finality often caused anxiety that restrained performance to prevent error. In
1963-480: A dance created by user Haley Sharpe went viral. Initially entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96 with no label promotion or radio airplay, it began to climb the charts after being sent to US contemporary hit radio and serviced as the fifth single from the album. This was followed by an accompanying music video on February 27, 2020, which features cameo appearances from Sharpe alongside fellow TikTok user Donté Colley . The song marked Doja Cat's first song to reach
2114-533: A few days later. She performed it once again on The Late Late Show with James Corden in June 2020. At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards , Doja Cat performed a medley of "Say So" and "Like That", and also hinted at the Planet Her concept which would later feature in her third studio album. She also performed a Broadway -themed medley of "Say So", "Juicy" and "Like That" at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards . At
2265-468: A firm restart for her career, and the most "refined, chiseled" representation of herself. Doja Cat's escapist fantasy worldview is reflected in the music by its upbeat production style. The record was inspired by some drastic lifestyle changes, and sees Doja Cat finally "coming into [her] own" and embracing her strengths as an artist. On the concept of the record, she said: I named the album Hot Pink because I wanted people to feel that before they got into
2416-411: A forced-on maturity." Reflecting on 2020 in music , Ben-Beaumont Thomas of The Guardian described the record as "superb" and wrote that Doja Cat's "facility with earworms has made her the darling of TikTok ". Jordan Bassett of NME wrote that Doja Cat is "taking no chances here and, now that the smoke's lifted, it's clear she's a pop contender with the nous and drive to go as far as she wants". In
2567-409: A hefty dose of humor". On its influences and variety of genres, Doja Cat said: "Yeah, this album is a lot more African influenced. I can sample Blink-182 but put an African vocal sample in there. The whole song feels like you're in a tropical forest ." Hot Pink opens with " Cyber Sex ", in which Doja Cat expresses her desires to engage in the titular virtual sex encounter . This is followed by
2718-480: A job, frequently making music and uploading it to SoundCloud . In late 2012, " So High " became the first permanent upload on her SoundCloud account. Doja Cat began her career in the Los Angeles underground hip-hop scene, performing at parties and cyphers, and connecting with rappers such as Busdriver , Ill Camille and VerBS, the latter of whom claims to have helped hone her craft and find her first gig. It
2869-407: A leading A&R man of the 1950s. During the decade, A&R executives increasingly directed songs' sonic signatures, although many still simply teamed singers with musicians, while yet others exercised virtually no creative influence. The term record producer in its current meaning—the creative director of song production—appearing in a 1953 issue of Billboard magazine, became widespread in
3020-493: A medley of the songs "Say So" and "Like That". She was credited as a lead artist on the remix for Chloe x Halle 's song "Do It", which also featured City Girls and Mulatto , the following month. She was featured alongside Australian singer Sia on the track " Del Mar " from Puerto Rican singer Ozuna 's 2020 album Enoc , also released in September. The "Juicy" remix featuring Tyga was nominated for Top R&B Song at
3171-753: A metaphor for lesbian sex. Doja Cat is reported to be "eager to deflect interest in her personal life." She lived in a home in Beverly Hills, California , which she bought in 2021 for $ 2.2 million and sold in September 2022 for $ 2.5 million. She was in a brief open relationship with American musician Jawny from August 2019 until separating in February 2020. Despite not having formally come out or openly stated her sexual orientation , Doja Cat has hinted at queer themes, stating that she likes "people [she] can have sex with. And you can kinda have sex with anybody." In June 2020, Doja Cat donated $ 100,000 to
SECTION 20
#17327901285463322-659: A modern reenactment of the song " You're the One That I Want " from the musical film Grease , as part of a campaign celebrating the launch of the Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop. Her first-ever gig as a television presenter, Doja Cat hosted the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, where she also performed the songs "Been Like This" and "You Right". She won the awards for Best Collaboration (shared with SZA for "Kiss Me More") and Best Art Direction (shared with Saweetie for "Best Friend"), among nominations for Artist of
3473-516: A musical element while playing a previously recorded record, Les Paul developed a recording technique called "sound on sound". By this, the final recording could be built piece by piece and tailored, effecting an editing process. In one case, Paul produced a song via 500 recorded discs. But, besides the tedium of this process, it serially degraded the sound quality of previously recorded elements, rerecorded as ambient sound. Yet in 1948, Paul adopted tape recording, enabling true multitrack recording by
3624-403: A musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director though there are important differences. It is distinct from
3775-583: A new artist campaign organized by MTV titled Push , Doja Cat performed "Say So" and "Juicy" in April 2020. For a continuation of the Vevo Lift campaign, a live performance of "Say So" was uploaded to YouTube in May 2020. Doja Cat performed "Say So" on The Voice , wearing a pink '70s inspired costume and performed on top of a giant disco ball . She performed the song at the 2020 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2020
3926-542: A new technique, " overdubbing ". To enable overdubbing, Paul revised the tape recorder itself by adding a second playback head, and terming it the preview head . Joining the preexisting recording head, erase head, and playback head, the preview head allows the artist to hear the extant recording over headphones playing it in synchrony, "in sync", with the present performance being recorded alone on an isolated track. This isolation of multiple tracks enables countless mixing possibilities. Producers began recording initially only
4077-482: A performing arts high school in Los Angeles. She frequently skipped school to participate in online chatrooms. After becoming discouraged about her education and career path, Dlamini claims that she realized in eleventh grade that "performing and music was all [she] ever cared about." She eventually dropped out at age 16 while in her junior year, attributing this decision to her struggles with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), saying that "it felt like I
4228-455: A rambunctious journey equipped with snappy lyrics, live video streams, outlandish outfits, and memorable viral moments. It's not just the music that gets her fans riled up, it's also her live performances which typically are infused with a touch of eccentricity." As one of the biggest and best-performing commercial artists of the 2020s decade, writers at Billboard expressed that "it'd be tough to name three artists of any kind who feel more like
4379-527: A result of the controversy, Doja Cat was declared the Milkshake Duck of 2018 by NME . In March 2020, she received backlash after saying on Instagram Live that COVID-19 was "only a flu" and that she was not scared of it. Later that October, Doja Cat was criticized for participating in Kendall Jenner 's Halloween and birthday celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic . In May 2020,
4530-462: A review for Consequence of Sound , Lucy Shanker opined that "[ Hot Pink ] serves as a testament to Doja's skill set: Her singing, rapping, and producing shine effortlessly on the record on tracks that range in genre and topic [...] There's no question that she's in control throughout the record, even as the format reveals some weaknesses." Lakin Starling of Pitchfork said that Doja's versatility
4681-437: A selfie of her wearing a t-shirt that features alt-right comedian Sam Hyde on Instagram. The picture garnered widespread online backlash and she later deleted the photo, reposting a different selfie with Hyde's image edited out of the frame. Doja Cat has been noted for being versatile in her music. This includes her ability to sing, rap , and produce , as well as perform and dance. Often described as eccentric , she
Hot Pink (album) - Misplaced Pages Continue
4832-471: A set of recordings in Los Angeles. Later, folklorist Archie Green called this perhaps the earliest printed use of A&R man . Actually, it says neither "A&R man" nor even "A&R", an initialism perhaps coined by Billboard magazine in 1946, and entering wide use in the late 1940s. In the 1920s and 1930s, A&R executives, like Ben Selvin at Columbia Records , Nathaniel Shilkret at Victor Records, and Bob Haring at Brunswick Records became
4983-435: A solo version of the same song in a medley with "Streets" and "Say So" at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards , where she won the award for Best New Pop Artist. The song " Need to Know " was released alongside a music video as the first promotional single from Planet Her on June 11, 2021. Doja Cat wrote that it was released in anticipation of the "more important" second single, which was confirmed to be " You Right " with
5134-512: A suburban teenager, as well as the artists her mother exposed to her as a child, such as Fugees , Erykah Badu , Jamiroquai , Earth, Wind & Fire , Black Eyed Peas , Seal , Tupac , Aaliyah , DMX , India Arie , and TLC . The Hindu culture of her childhood as well as Japanese culture have also been noted as sources of inspiration for Purrr! (2014) and other aspects of her early career. In an interview with Big Boy , she stated her admiration for Janet Jackson and Prince . As
5285-459: A teenager in 2012, Doja Cat gained her stage name from one of her cats as well as her favorite strain of marijuana , stating, "I was heavily addicted to weed and weed culture , so when I began rapping I thought of the word 'doja' and how it sounds like a girl's name." She has since expressed slight disdain towards the name and the persona that it carries, stating in November 2021 that "my image
5436-449: A total of the twelve tracks included on the album. A remixed version of the single "Juicy" featuring Tyga served as Hot Pink 's lead single after being released on August 15, 2019, alongside an accompanying music video . Directed by Jack Begert, the remix's music video sees Doja Cat dressed in a number of food-inspired costumes such as a sliced watermelon , a cherry sundae , and a pitcher of lemonade . The remix debuted at number 83 on
5587-478: A while amid what she describes as a "creative limbo", which was influenced by her record labels not paying her much attention, as well as the effects of "finding herself" and smoking too much marijuana . Her first major commercial release in four years, Doja Cat released the song "Roll with Us" in February 2018 following a brief hiatus. The following month, she released "Go to Town" as the lead single from her debut album, with an accompanying music video. " Candy "
5738-448: A woman the reins of an immense, creative project like making a record." Ultimately, the reasons are multiple and not fully clear, although prominently proposed factors include types of sexism and scarcity of female role models in the profession. Women producers known for producing records not their own include Sonia Pottinger, Sylvia Robinson and Carla Olson. In January 2018, a research team led by Stacy L. Smith, founder and director of
5889-592: Is a pop , hip-hop and R&B record, with songs varying widely in genre. The songs contain elements of rap- disco , electro-pop , pop punk and emo rap . The album was praised for its versatility, genre fluidity, and quirky lyricism. Doja Cat's usage of double-entendres and declaratives in addition to frequent pop-culture references caused the record to be described as a witty, irreverent, transgressive encapsulation of her abilities. Joshua Espinoza of Complex noted that it "delivers everything fans love about Doja Cat: catchy beats, sex-positive messages, and
6040-621: Is a "gift", and unlike Amala (2018), Hot Pink ' s sound does not feel "scattered" or "semi-rushed". Erin Bashford of Clash called it "an album that knows exactly what it is, [...] the work of a well-crafted hip pop star with something to prove". Hot Pink was included on multiple year-end lists. XXL included the album on its list of "50 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects in 2019". Vibe included Hot Pink on its list of "the 30 Best Albums of 2019". Complex listed
6191-402: Is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in
Hot Pink (album) - Misplaced Pages Continue
6342-431: Is also famed for her absurdist online personality and stage presence. She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from sixteen nominations, five Billboard Music Awards , five American Music Awards , and five MTV Video Music Awards . She is one of the biggest commercial artists of the 2020s according to Billboard , and was included on the 100 most influential people in
6493-468: Is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Los Angeles , California , she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. Her song " So High " caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records , with whom she signed a recording contract prior to the release of her debut extended play, Purrr! in 2014. After a hiatus from releasing music and
6644-463: Is believed to have "irrefutably proved" to her record labels that Doja Cat was a marketable artist, which led them to start paying more attention to her. A remix version of Doja Cat's song "Juicy", from the deluxe version of Amala , added a verse from American rapper Tyga and was released alongside a music video in August 2019 as the lead single from her second studio album. Following the release of
6795-431: Is known for her absurdly humorous personality and posts on social media platforms. Bryan Rolli of Forbes wrote that "Doja Cat's aloof, irreverent, chronically online persona masks a tireless work ethic; she sings better, raps faster and dances harder than many of her peers, all at once." In an article for Okayplayer , Robyn Mowatt noted that "as a singer, rapper, songwriter, and entertainer Doja has led her fans on
6946-660: Is more forgiving of overmodulation , whereby dynamic peaks exceed the maximal recordable signal level: tape's limitation, a physical property, is magnetic capacity, which tapers off, smoothing the overmodulated waveform even at a signal nearly 15 decibels too "hot", whereas a digital recording is ruined by harsh distortion of " clipping " at any overshoot. In digital recording, however, a recent advancement, 32-bit float , enables DAWs to undo clipping. Still, some criticize digital instruments and workflows for excess automation, allegedly impairing creative or sonic control. In any case, as production technology has drastically changed, so have
7097-525: Is not a "finished album" and that it does not entirely represent her as an artist. She has also stated that constantly partying and being under the influence of marijuana during its recording did not aid her in "perceiv[ing] what was going on musically". While recording Hot Pink , Doja Cat ceased to smoke marijuana and subsequently discovered that her songwriting improved significantly. She found that she had felt "more concise and clear and levelheaded." In an interview with Paper , she referred to Hot Pink as
7248-574: The Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The fourth single and music video, "Cyber Sex", were released on November 7, 2019, the same day as Hot Pink . "Cyber Sex" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2020. Originally appearing as an album track on Hot Pink , "Say So" became a sleeper hit after gaining popularity on the social media platform TikTok , where
7399-678: The Billboard Global 200 . In May 2020, Hot Pink peaked at number nine on the US Billboard 200 , becoming Doja Cat's first top 10 entry on the chart. It has been certified double platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album peaked in the top 40 of 12 other countries including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden and Norway. It
7550-500: The Los Angeles Times that she wanted Hot Pink to earn her more respect as a rapper. In March 2019, her debut album Amala (2018) was repackaged into a deluxe version featuring the solo version of "Juicy", as well as "Mooo!" and " Tia Tamera ". Within the next two months, Doja Cat revealed that she was finishing up her next album, stating that she'd "never been this excited about an album in [her] life". Doja Cat revealed
7701-503: The 10th Streamy Awards . Doja Cat uploaded six videos on YouTube as a series dubbed the Hot Pink Sessions , which includes performances of "Talk Dirty", "Streets", and "Juicy". At iHeartRadio 's 2020 Jingle Ball , Doja Cat performed "Say So" and "Juicy" as well as a cover of the song " Santa Baby " in late December 2020. She performed "Say So", "Like That" and "Juicy" at the annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve show. At
SECTION 50
#17327901285467852-620: The 1992 film adaptation . The two had a brief relationship after meeting in New York City where Dumisani performed on Broadway, but he was too busy on tour to spend time with Amala and her brother. He said that he left his family in the US for South Africa out of homesickness, in the hopes that they would join him there, yet Dlamini has suggested on multiple occasions that she is estranged from her father, stating that she "never met him." Her father has denied these claims, claiming that he has
8003-627: The 2020 Billboard Music Awards . In October 2020, Doja Cat was featured on American singer Bebe Rexha 's single " Baby, I'm Jealous ", the lead single from Rexha's second studio album, Better Mistakes . She performed a burlesque -themed medley of "Juicy", "Say So" and "Like That" at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, inspired by Chicago and Moulin Rouge . That same month, Doja Cat performed both "Baby, I'm Jealous" with Rexha and "Del Mar" with Ozuna on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! , respectively. Doja Cat
8154-494: The 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards , Doja Cat performed a hard rock version of "Say So" while referencing Samara Morgan from the horror film The Ring (2002). Australian guitarist Plini accused Doja Cat of using snippets from his 2016 song, " Handmade Cities " in this performance without his permission, however she shortly admitted to doing so by issuing an apology to him in the form of voice notes via Instagram private messages . In December 2020, Doja Cat performed "Say So" at
8305-520: The 37th AVN Awards in late January 2020, she performed the songs "Cyber Sex" and "Juicy". In early December 2020, she performed "Rules" for Boiler Room 's Energy segment in London , England. Doja Cat performed "Say So" for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February 2020. In early March 2020, she performed "Streets" for Vevo 's 2020 Lift campaign, with one writer calling it Doja Cat's "latest step toward world domination". In
8456-539: The 46th People's Choice Awards . She additionally won both New Artist of the Year and Favourite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2020 American Music Awards ceremony, where she performed "Baby, I'm Jealous" with Bebe Rexha. On December 24, 2020, Doja Cat released a series of videos on her YouTube channel named "Hot Pink Sessions" where she performed three songs twice with two different "looks". On December 31, 2020, Doja Cat performed "Say So", "Like That", and "Juicy" at
8607-514: The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in March 2021, Doja Cat performed "Say So" for the last time. Hot Pink received generally positive reviews from music critics , with many praising its musical versatility, sex positivity, quirky lyricism, and genre variety. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album has an average score of 73 based on six reviews. Sandra Song of Paper summarized
8758-492: The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards . Hot Pink and "Say So" also won Doja Cat "Best New Artist" awards at the 2020 American Music Awards , 2020 MTV Video Music Awards , 2021 NAACP Image Awards , 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards , 2020 People's Choice Awards , and 2020 NRJ Music Awards . Hot Pink was released on Thursday, November 7, 2019. This decision was considered unconventional, as Friday is often Global Release Day for new music. Consequently, Hot Pink debuted at number 93 on
8909-622: The 65th Annual Grammy Awards , where she also earned nominations for Record of the Year ("Woman"), Best Pop Solo Performance ("Woman"), Best Music Video ("Woman"), and Best Rap Performance ("Vegas"). Doja Cat was made the subject and namesake of the song " Doja " by British rapper Central Cee , which was released in July 2022 and achieved global success, becoming the most streamed UK rap song on Spotify . Doja Cat later began sharing her experiences of career burnout , expressing her disdain for "unnecessary" obligations, while admitting that she
9060-769: The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, based in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism , issued a report, estimating that in the prior several years, about 2% of popular songs' producers were female. Also that month, Billboard magazine queried, "Where are all the female music producers?" Upon the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's second annual report, released in February 2019, its department at USC reported, "2018 saw an outcry from artists, executives and other music industry professionals over
9211-643: The Billboard 200, while its lead single " Paint the Town Red " became her most successful song to date, as it marked her first solo number-one on the Hot 100 among eight other countries. Described by The Wall Street Journal as "a skilled technical rapper with a strong melodic sense and a bold visual presence", Doja Cat is known for creating videos and performances which achieve virality on social media platforms such as TikTok . Well-versed in Internet culture, she
SECTION 60
#17327901285469362-405: The Recording Industry Association of America as part of their Class of 2020 program. Hot Pink was certified gold for having sold more than 500,000 album-equivalent units in the United States, while "Say So" was certified triple-platinum for selling three million units, "Juicy (Remix)" featuring Tyga was certified double-platinum for selling two million units, and "Like That" featuring Gucci Mane
9513-623: The UK Albums Chart in mid November 2019, and later peaked at number 38 in March 2020. The album was certified gold for selling 100,000 album-equivalent units in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry in May 2021, and has spent over 35 weeks on the UK Albums Chart as of March 2021. Hot Pink also peaked in the top 20 in countries such as Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand,
9664-429: The demo song "Unisex Freestyle" to SoundCloud in late June 2020. At the 20th BET Awards , Doja Cat was nominated for two awards, Best Female Hip Hop Artist and Video of the Year . In August 2020, her song " Freak ", which had been on SoundCloud since 2018, was officially released on digital platforms. Doja Cat won the award for Push Best New Artist at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards , where she also performed
9815-707: The "bed tracks"—the rhythm section , including the bassline , drums, and rhythm guitar—whereas vocals and instrument solos could be added later. A horn section , for example, could record a week later, and a string section another week later. A singer could perform her own backup vocals, or a guitarist could play 15 layers. Across the 1960s, popular music increasingly switched from acoustic instruments, like piano, upright bass , acoustic guitar , and brass instruments , to electronic instruments, like electric guitars , keyboards , and synthesizers , employing instrument amplifiers and speakers. These could mimic acoustic instruments or create utterly new sounds. Soon, by combining
9966-432: The 1940s advent of tape recording —which Les Paul promptly innovated further to develop multitrack recording —and the 1950s rise of electronic instruments, turned record production into a specialty. In popular music, then, producers like George Martin , Phil Spector and Brian Eno led its evolution into its present use of elaborate techniques and unrealistic sounds, creating songs impossible to originate live. After
10117-462: The 1940s, during World War II, the Germans refined audio recording onto magnetic tape—uncapping recording duration and allowing immediate playback, rerecording, and editing—a technology that premised emergence of record producers in their current roles. Early in the recording industry, a record was attained by simply having all of the artists perform together live in one take. In 1945, by recording
10268-522: The 1960s. Still, a formal distinction was elusive for some time more. A&R managers might still be creative directors, like William "Mickey" Stevenson , hired by Berry Gordy , at the Motown record label. In 1947, the American market gained audio recording onto magnetic tape. At the record industry's 1880s dawn, rather, recording was done by phonograph , etching the sonic waveform vertically into
10419-501: The 1980s, production's move from analog to digital further expanded possibilities. By now, DAWs, or digital audio workstations , like Logic Pro , Pro Tools and Studio One , turn an ordinary computer into a production console, whereby a solitary novice can become a skilled producer in a thrifty home studio. In the 2010s, efforts began to increase the prevalence of producers and engineers who are women, heavily outnumbered by men and prominently accoladed only in classical music. As
10570-492: The 1999 Blink-182 song " What's My Age Again? " and was noted to have taken on a more punk approach to pop, while also being inspired by the punk rock and skating scene of Southern California . On the fifth track, " Say So ", Doja Cat gives a nod to the 1970s , as she "seamlessly switches between floaty vocals and skilfully contained flows over a disco-inspired beat". It is followed by " Like That " featuring rapper Gucci Mane , an upbeat R&B, hip hop song. Doja Cat described
10721-405: The 2020s so far than Doja Cat." Doja Cat has received many accolades throughout her career, including one Grammy Award , five Billboard Music Awards , five American Music Awards (AMAs), five MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), and six iHeartRadio Music Awards (including four Titanium Awards for 1 BILLION total audience spins). Record production A record producer or music producer
10872-529: The African-influenced song "Won't Bite" featuring Smino , which samples the song "My Angel ( Malaika )" by Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte , and was "made with Donald Glover 's handiwork in mind." A fully rap song in " Rules " follows, which Nerisha Penrose of Elle found to be influenced by Kendrick Lamar , with Doja Cat making statements such as "Said play with my pussy , but don't play my emotions". The fourth song, " Bottom Bitch " samples
11023-566: The Justice for Breonna Taylor Fund, in support of Taylor's family. In January 2024, Doja Cat's mother Deborah Sawyer filed for a temporary restraining order against her older brother, Raman Dalithando Dlamini; who has allegedly been physically and verbally abusing both Doja Cat and their mother. Sawyer was previously granted a restraining order against her son back in 2017. She is dating actor Joseph Quinn as of August 2024. During an interview with Billboard , Doja Cat revealed that she
11174-647: The Kinks produced some of their own songs, although many such songs are officially credited to specialist producers. Yet especially influential was the Beach Boys, whose band leader Brian Wilson took over from his father Murry within a couple of years after the band's commercial breakthrough. By 1964, Wilson had taken Spector's techniques to unseen sophistication. Wilson alone produced all Beach Boys recordings between 1963 and 1967. Using multiple studios and multiple attempts of instrumental and vocal tracks, Wilson selected
11325-738: The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden. It was also a top 10 hit in Norway, Iceland, and all three Baltic states . Hot Pink has also earned gold certifications in France, Singapore, and Sweden, platinum certifications in Australia, Denmark, and New Zealand, double platinum in Poland, and a diamond certification in Brazil. In late 2020, Doja Cat was awarded with a number of certifications from
11476-669: The Sai Anantam Ashram, a commune in Agoura Hills , and practiced Hinduism for four years. While living at the commune, Dlamini started wearing head-covering scarves and singing bhajans at temple, yet disclosed how she felt like she could not "be a kid" during her time there. Her family then moved to Oak Park , where she started attending dance lessons and experienced a "sporty childhood", often skateboarding and visiting Malibu for surf camps. Dlamini and her brother were also subjected to racial prejudice as some of
11627-506: The US Billboard 200 , selling 7,900 album-equivalent units . The next week, Hot Pink rose to number 19, earning 20,000 album-equivalent units. The album later reached a new peak of number nine on the US Billboard 200, as a result of "Say So" reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 37,000 album-equivalent units. It became her first album to reach the top 10 on the chart. Elsewhere, Hot Pink debuted at number 96 on
11778-590: The US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Doja Cat's first career entry on the chart. Following the album's release in November 2019, it later re-entered the same chart at number 67. The song later reached a new peak of number 41 in February 2020, also peaking at number two on the Rhythmic chart. The second single from Hot Pink , titled "Bottom Bitch", was released on October 3, 2019. Its release coincided with that of its accompanying music video, which sported
11929-476: The United States and the United Kingdom, among several other countries and the Billboard Global 200 chart. The album's title was later revealed to be Scarlet in mid-August 2023. The second promotional single, " Demons ", was released in early September 2023, alongside a music video directed by Christian Breslauer and co-starring American actress Christina Ricci . Scarlet was released to mostly positive reviews on September 22, 2023, and debuted within
12080-541: The Weeknd's After Hours til Dawn Tour . In 2018, Doja Cat sparked controversy on social media when her Twitter history revealed a continuous usage of the word " faggot ". In a tweet from 2015, she used the word to describe hip hop artists Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt . Doja Cat initially defended her past remarks but later issued a series of apologies for her words and has since deleted her tweets. As
12231-550: The Weeknd. Doja Cat officially announced the release of Planet Her and revealed its tracklist and album art via social media a few hours before the release of "Need to Know". The album was released to generally positive reviews, and opened at number two on the Billboard 200 where it remained for another two weeks, becoming the first album to spend its first three weeks at number two on the chart since The Pinkprint (2014) by Nicki Minaj in January 2015. Elsewhere, it topped
12382-460: The Year , Video of the Year and Best Visual Effects . It is the first time in history where a nominee in the Video of the Year category hosted the ceremony in that same year. Doja Cat was praised for her presenting abilities, with Pitchfork noting that she "reinvent[ed] award-show hosting". Doja Cat was featured on the song "Scoop" from Lil Nas X's debut studio album Montero (2021), which
12533-557: The Year and Performer of the Year at the 2022 XXL Awards . She received nominations for eight awards at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards , the most for any female artist. "Kiss Me More" won the award for Best Pop Duo Performance , while her other nominations included Album of the Year ( Planet Her and Montero ), Record of the Year ("Kiss Me More"), Song of the Year ("Kiss Me More"), Best Pop Vocal Album ( Planet Her ), Best Rap Song ("Best Friend") and Best Melodic Rap Performance ("Need to Know"). In February 2022, Doja Cat released
12684-512: The age of 17. This deal also came with a temporary artist management partnership with Roc Nation . In August 2014, Doja Cat released her debut EP, Purrr! , described as "spacey, eastern-influenced R&B" by The Fader . "So High" was repackaged and released as her solo commercial debut single prior to the EP's release, and was later featured on the Fox series Empire in the third episode of
12835-577: The album at number 49 on its list of "the Best Albums of 2019". Kyle Rice of the Rolling Stone listed Hot Pink at number 7 on his list of the "10 Best Albums of 2019". NME listed Hot Pink at number 40 on its list of "the 50 best albums of 2019". Apart from the nominations received by Hot Pink itself, Doja Cat was selected as a candidate for Best New Artist as well as Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance with "Say So" at
12986-457: The album's title in July 2019, and began sharing minor details in subsequent interviews. One week before the official release of the album, Doja Cat hinted at the release of new music via Instagram . On November 2, 2019, she officially announced Hot Pink via her social networks. With this, Doja Cat also revealed its track listing and cover . Doja Cat has frequently expressed disdain for her debut studio album Amala , stating that she believes it
13137-424: The album, before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . She was featured on a remix of the Weeknd 's single " In Your Eyes " in May 2020, as well as on the single "Shimmy" by rapper Lil Wayne from the deluxe version of his 2020 album Funeral . In June, she was featured on the single "Pussy Talk" by the rap duo City Girls . She released the music video for her single " Like That ". She also uploaded
13288-501: The annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve show. According to sales in the United States, Billboard ranked Doja Cat at number five on both the Top New Artists of 2020 and Top Female Artists of 2020 charts. After her on-demand audio streams in the U.S. increased by 300% from 2019, Rolling Stone ranked her at number one on their list of the ten biggest breakthrough artists of 2020. Forbes named Doja Cat "one of
13439-409: The artist's and label's goals in the creation of musical content. Other duties include, but are not limited to: keeping budgets and schedules; adhering to deadlines; hiring musicians, singers, studios, and engineers; overseeing other staffing needs; and editing (Classical projects). The producer often selects and collaborates with a mixing engineer, who focuses on the especially technological aspects of
13590-685: The backlash from an incident that occurred during her time in Paraguay . The artist was in Paraguay for the 2022 Asunciónico festival which was eventually canceled due to severe weather conditions. After the cancellation, fans reportedly gathered outside the hotel she was residing at in order to get a glimpse of Doja Cat. She did not come outside to meet with her fans and was consequently accused of being rude and apathetic. She did not post anything involving Paraguay on social media, leading fans to express frustration about her lack of acknowledgement. She
13741-469: The best combinations of performance and audio quality, and used tape editing to assemble a composite performance. The 1980s advent of digital processes and formats rapidly replaced analog processes and formats, namely, tape and vinyl. Although recording onto quality tape, at least half an inch wide and traveling 15 inches per second, had limited "tape hiss" to silent sections, digital's higher signal-to-noise ratio , SNR, abolished it. Digital also imparted to
13892-517: The capabilities of tape, multitrack recording, and electronic instruments, producers like Phil Spector , George Martin , and Joe Meek rendered sounds unattainable live. Similarly, in jazz fusion , Teo Macero , producing Miles Davis 's 1970 album Bitches Brew , spliced sections of extensive improvisation sessions. In the 1960s, rock acts like the Beatles , the Rolling Stones , and
14043-427: The chart. On March 30, 2018, Doja Cat's debut studio album Amala was released through RCA and Kemosabe Records, and included the three singles. Its release was largely uneventful, as it was ignored by critics and failed to chart in any market. Doja Cat has since expressed strong disdain toward the record, claiming that it doesn't entirely represent her as an artist and that it isn't a "finished album" since she
14194-533: The charts in New Zealand, and landed in the top 5 in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Norway and Ireland. Doja Cat guest starred as the temporary romantic interest of American rapper and comedian Lil Dicky in the second season of the TV series Dave , which premiered on June 16, 2021. On September 10, she was announced as a Pepsi ambassador and starred in an advertisement in which she performs
14345-460: The corresponding #SilhouetteChallenge went viral. The song was pushed as the seventh single from Hot Pink after impacting contemporary hit radio in the United States in February. A corresponding music video directed by Christian Breslauer was released in early March 2021, starring American actor Kofi Siriboe as a taxi cab driver and Doja Cat as a display window mannequin as well as a reckless and seductive Spider-Man -like woman. Doja Cat announced
14496-419: The eleventh track, was noted for "mix[ing] emo-rap with a sultry pop diva croon". The album closes with the remix of "Juicy", which contains guest vocals from rapper Tyga. It boasts a "fun, playful and devilishly flirtatious melody". Over time, Hot Pink became known for its longevity and ability to produce singles long after its release, ultimately spawning seven singles and accompanying music videos from
14647-549: The era was a firm restart for her career, and the most "refined, chiseled" representation of herself. Her escapist fantasy worldview is reflected in the music by its upbeat production style. The record was inspired by drastic lifestyle changes including an "illuminating" acid trip which made her quit smoking cigarettes and marijuana. Her 2021 song " Naked " contains a tongue-in-cheek sexual reference that refers to bisexuality in that she "like[s] bananas and peaches", while her 2019 single " Bottom Bitch " can also be interpreted as
14798-460: The industry are Logic Pro and Pro Tools. Physical devices involved include the main mixer, MIDI controllers to communicate among equipment, the recording device itself, and perhaps effects gear that is outboard. Yet literal recording is sometimes still analog, onto tape, whereupon the raw recording is converted to a digital signal for processing and editing, as some producers still find audio advantages to recording onto tape. Conventionally, tape
14949-669: The knowledge demands, although DAWs enables novices, even teenagers at home, to learn production independently. Some have attained professional competence before ever working with an artist. Among female record producers, Sylvia Moy was the first at Motown , Gail Davies the first on Nashville's Music Row , and Ethel Gabriel , with RCA , the first at a major record label . Lillian McMurry , owning Trumpet Records , produced influential blues records. Meanwhile, Wilma Cozart Fine produced hundreds of records for Mercury Records ' classical division. For classical production, three women have won Grammy awards, and Judith Sherman 's 2015 win
15100-507: The lack of women in music" and "the plight of women in music", where women were allegedly being "stereotyped, sexualized, and shut out". Also in February 2019, the Recording Academy 's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion announced an initiative whereby over 200 artists and producers—ranging from Cardi B and Taylor Swift to Maroon 5 and Quincy Jones —agreed to consider at least two women for each producer or engineer position. The academy's website, Grammy.com , announced, "This initiative
15251-488: The late XXXTentacion 's fourth studio album, Bad Vibes Forever , however the song was ultimately scrapped when the album tracklist was completely revised for its posthumous release in December 2019. She later released the single " Boss Bitch " as part of the soundtrack for the 2020 film Birds of Prey . In January 2020, " Say So " was sent to radio to become the fourth single off of her album Hot Pink . The song
15402-576: The manufacturing of record discs. After World War II , pioneering A&R managers who transitioned influentially to record production as now understood, while sometimes owning independent labels, include J. Mayo Williams and John Hammond . Upon moving from Columbia Records to Mercury Records , Hammond appointed Mitch Miller to lead Mercury's popular recordings in New York. Miller then produced country-pop crossover hits by Patti Page and by Frankie Laine , moved from Mercury to Columbia, and became
15553-440: The most awful rumors that I've ever encountered." She took to Instagram to address accusations after footage began circulating of her on Tinychat in a chat room saying " nigger ". She apologized to those offended and said she should not have been on certain chat room sites, although she maintained that she had never been involved in any racist conversations. Frequent users of the chat room later came forth and revealed that
15704-774: The music a perceived "pristine" sound quality, if also a loss of analog recordings' perceived "warm" quality and better-rounded bass. Yet whereas editing tape media requires physically locating the target audio on the ribbon, cutting there, and splicing pieces, editing digital media offers inarguable advantages in ease, efficiency, and possibilities. In the 1990s, digital production reached affordable home computers via production software. By now, recording and mixing are often centralized in DAWs, digital audio workstations —for example, Pro Tools , Logic Pro , Ableton , Cubase , Reason , and FL Studio —for which plugins , by third parties, effect virtual studio technology . DAWs fairly standard in
15855-431: The music that it felt passionate, warm and welcoming. The color hot pink describes those things the most. It's my favorite color and has been for my whole life, so for my second project where I've found myself and I'm more refined, I felt that this title was the best choice. However, in 2023 Doja Cat ended up describing the album, along with the following outing Planet Her , as "mediocre pop" and "a cash grab". Hot Pink
16006-675: The nature of the chatroom was not specifically racist, and claimed that Doja Cat never said anything discriminatory in their conversations. Doja Cat's 2020 performance of " Say So " at the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony was criticized when some viewers noted that the guitar solo in the performance was identical to the one in Plini 's 2016 song " Handmade Cities ". The following month, Plini reported that he received an apologetic message from Doja Cat through social media. In March 2022, Doja Cat threatened to quit music due to
16157-407: The only mixed-race children in the area. As she grew older and moved away from the ashram, she attended breakdancing classes and joined a professional poplocking troupe, with whom she competed in dance battles throughout Los Angeles while still attending high school. Her aunt, a vocal coach, had given Dlamini singing lessons to help her audition for Central Los Angeles Area New High School #9 ,
16308-573: The pop-rap legacy established by her predecessor". She has also named Lauryn Hill and Busta Rhymes as some of her biggest influences. While speaking about Busta Rhymes, she stated: "if I hear a beat Busta Rhymes would absolutely kill, I'll use my voice to do a flow similar to his." Additionally, Doja Cat has cited Rihanna , Beyoncé , D'Angelo , Missy Elliott , Christina Aguilera , Pharrell Williams , and Lil' Kim as major influences. She draws inspiration from her background engaging in online activities and delving into subcultures as
16459-438: The precursors of record producers, supervising recording and often leading session orchestras. During the 1940s, major record labels increasingly opened official A&R departments, whose roles included supervision of recording. Meanwhile, independent recording studios opened, helping originate record producer as a specialty. But despite a tradition of some A&R men writing music, record production still referred to just
16610-536: The record as "a witty, irreverent, transgressive encapsulation of [Doja Cat's] abilities", while Meaghan Garvey of Billboard called it "a playful, polished collection of freaky rap and R&B" and "a sultry, eccentric collection of genre-spanning bangers". August Brown of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "The album sounds like how kids live now — endlessly referential, supremely confident in their sexual mores and yet laced with something like longing and
16761-463: The recording process, namely, operating the electronic equipment and blending the raw, recorded tracks of the chosen performances, whether vocal or instrumental, into a mix , either stereo or surround sound. Then a mastering engineer further adjusts this recording for distribution on the chosen media. A producer may work on only one or two songs or on an artist's entire album, helping develop the album's overall vision. The record producers may also take on
16912-437: The release of the remix, the song reached a new peak of number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In early 2021, Doja's song " Streets " became a sleeper hit after live performances of the song went viral on TikTok . TikTok also spawned a viral challenge which uses a mashup of "Streets" and " Put Your Head on My Shoulder " by Paul Anka . This caused the song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 16. Doja Cat
17063-442: The remix, the song debuted at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Doja Cat's first entry on the chart, and ultimately peaked at number 41. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) would later award the song a platinum certification in the United States. The song's success led to Amala debuting for the first time on the Billboard 200 chart that same month. In October 2019, Doja Cat released "Bottom Bitch",
17214-462: The role of an executive producer , who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the recording technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists do their own production. Some producers are their own engineers, operating
17365-438: The role of executive producer, managing the budget, schedules, contracts, and negotiations. (Artists and Repertoires) In the 1880s, the record industry began by simply having the artist perform at a phonograph . In 1924, the trade journal Talking Machine World , covering the phonography and record industry, reported that Eddie King, Victor Records ' manager of the "New York artist and repertoire department", had planned
17516-403: The second single from her second album. This was followed by the release of the single " Rules " alongside the announcement of her second studio album Hot Pink . Hot Pink was released on November 7, 2019, to generally favorable reviews. The album would eventually peak at number 9 on the Billboard 200. Doja Cat was meant to feature on a track titled "Broward Coward" from an early version of
17667-499: The seventh track, "Talk Dirty", as "angelic" and "heavenly". It is followed by the disco-influenced song "Addiction", which features "heavyweight synths ", and " voguish '90s -inspired R&B". " Streets ", the ninth track on the album, was described as a melancholy R&B ballad that sees Doja Cat "in her most serious form". This track is followed by "Shine", which was praised for its unique use of Auto-Tune and its "enchanting blend of rap and breathy lullaby ". "Better Than Me",
17818-469: The show's first season. In mid-2015, Doja Cat temporarily signed to OG Maco 's label, OGG. Following the signing, in late 2016, Maco and Doja Cat collaborated on the song "Monster", from Maco's 2017 mixtape, Children of The Rage . She had started experiencing writer's block , which led her to decline American singer Billie Eilish 's offer to feature on what would later become her popular 2017 single " Bellyache ". Doja Cat would stop releasing music for
17969-467: The single " Say So "; its remix featuring Nicki Minaj topped the Billboard Hot 100 . Her third studio album, Planet Her (2021), spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top ten singles " Kiss Me More " (featuring SZA ), " Need to Know ", and " Woman ". Her fourth studio album, Scarlet (2023), adopted a hip hop -oriented sound and peaked within the top five of
18120-443: The single version of "Mooo!" was released onto digital platforms later that month as the lead single from the deluxe edition of Amala . This was followed by the release of the second single, " Tia Tamera " featuring Rico Nasty , and its accompanying music video in February 2019. The full deluxe edition of Amala was released on March 1, 2019, and featured the bonus tracks "Mooo!", "Tia Tamera" and " Juicy ". The success of "Mooo!"
18271-431: The song in its final mix. The producer's roles can include gathering ideas, composing music, choosing session musicians , proposing changes to song arrangements, coaching the performers, controlling sessions, supervising the audio mixing , and, in some cases, supervising the audio mastering . A producer may give creative control to the artists themselves, taking a supervisory or advisory role instead. As to qualifying for
18422-407: The songs "Best Friend" with Saweetie, "Rules", "Streets" and a solo version of "Kiss Me More" at Triller 's inaugural Fight Club event . On April 23, 2021, Doja Cat launched an NFT marketplace titled "Juicy Drops". In May 2021, Doja Cat won the award for Top Female R&B Artist at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards , where she performed "Kiss Me More" with SZA. Later that month, she performed
18573-430: The soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann 's biographical film Elvis (2022) with the song " Vegas ", released on May 6, 2022, as its lead single. In June 2022, the track " I Like You (A Happier Song) " by Post Malone featuring Doja Cat was released as the third single from the former's fourth studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache (2023). The track would later earn Doja Cat a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at
18724-440: The technology across the project: preproduction, recording, mixing , and mastering . Record producers' precursors were "A&R men", who likewise could blend entrepreneurial, creative, and technical roles, but often exercised scant creative influence, as record production still focused, into the 1950s, on simply improving the record's sonic match to the artists' own live performance. Advances in recording technology, especially
18875-531: The top 20, and later the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, with the solo original version reaching number five. Following the release of the remix featuring rapper Nicki Minaj , released on May 1, 2020, "Say So" reached number one on the Hot 100, becoming both Doja Cat's and Minaj's first number one single. The song was a top 10 hit in 28 other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. "Like That" featuring Gucci Mane
19026-626: The top 5 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Doja Cat then embarked the opening North American leg of her first arena tour, The Scarlet Tour , featuring rappers Doechii and Ice Spice as supporting acts. A deluxe edition of the album, Scarlet 2 Claude , was released on April 5, 2024 and was named after the Claude Frollo character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame . The deluxe edition features collaborations from American rappers ASAP Rocky and Teezo Touchdown . Doja Cat has cited Nicki Minaj as her biggest influence. In
19177-438: The top breakout stars of 2020" while including her on their annual 30 Under 30 list. Doja Cat was the fourth most- Googled musician of 2020 in the United States. On January 7, 2021, Doja Cat was featured on the single " Best Friend " by rapper Saweetie , and appeared in the accompanying music video. The following week, Doja Cat appeared alongside Megan Thee Stallion on the remix of " 34+35 " by Ariana Grande . Following
19328-415: The uneventful rollout of her debut studio album, Amala (2018), Doja Cat earned viral success as an internet meme with her 2018 single " Mooo! ", a novelty song in which she makes humorous claims about being a cow. Capitalizing on her growing popularity, she released her second studio album, Hot Pink , in the following year. The album later reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200 and spawned
19479-481: The vast majority have been men. Early in the 2010s, asked for insights that she herself had gleaned as a woman who has specialized successfully in the industry, Wendy Page remarked, "The difficulties are usually very short-lived. Once people realize that you can do your job, sexism tends to lower its ugly head." Still, when tasked to explain her profession's sex disparity, Page partly reasoned that record labels, dominated by men, have been, she said, "mistrustful of giving
19630-564: The working title of Hellmouth. Prior to this, she had asserted that the album would be "predominantly rap", a callback to the musical style of her earliest works, and an effort to diverge from the "pink and soft things" and "pop and glittery sounds" that she has become noted for, notably denouncing her previous two albums as "cash grabs" and "digestible pop hits". She also adopted a darker aesthetic and appearance, which she described as " punk ", "experimental" and "manic", while some fans deemed these changes " demonic ", and accused her of being
19781-480: The world by Time in 2023. Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini was born on October 21, 1995, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles , California . Her mother, Deborah Sawyer, is an American graphic designer of Jewish heritage, and her father, Dumisani Dlamini , is a South African performer of Zulu descent, best known for starring as Crocodile in the original Broadway cast of the musical Sarafina! and
19932-466: Was heavily addicted to alcohol as well as chain smoking when growing up and considers quitting cigarettes to be "one of the biggest challenges of [her] life." She has amblyopia . In May 2022, Doja Cat opened up about her nicotine addiction on Twitter , and revealed that she required lancing of an infected tonsil caused by vaping and intended to pursue a tonsillectomy , consequently canceling her summer festival run and her opening act slot for
20083-664: Was also accused of being more enthusiastic with fans from other countries such as Brazil compared to her behavior with Paraguayan fans. Because of the backlash the artist released a series of tweets where she claimed she was not sorry and she would quit the music industry, she then changed her Twitter username to "I Quit." The artist did not quit music or Twitter and returned two days later with tweets expressing appreciation towards her fans. In July 2023, Doja Cat faced backlash for Threads comments suggesting that she does not appreciate her fans, for which she lost over 250,000 followers on Instagram. On October 6, 2023, Doja Cat posted
20234-658: Was an early female record producer, having produced both of her Ivor Novello award-winning songs. Across the decades, many female artists have produced their own music. For instance, artists Kate Bush , Madonna , Mariah Carey , Janet Jackson , Beyoncé (even that of Destiny's Child and the Carters ), Lana Del Rey , Taylor Swift , and Lorde have produced or coproduced and Ariana Grande who produces and arranges her vocals as well as being an audio engineer. Still among specialists, despite some prominent women, including Missy Elliott in hip hop and Sylvia Massy in rock,
20385-512: Was certified platinum for selling one million units. "Rules" and "Cyber Sex" were also both certified gold for selling 500,000 units. Credits adapted from album's liner notes and Tidal . Notes Sampling credits Credits adapted from Tidal . Sales figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Doja Cat Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat ( / ˈ d oʊ d ʒ ə / ),
20536-522: Was constantly partying or high on marijuana during its recording. She claims it was also rushed in order to meet deadlines from the record labels who paid it "almost no support". In August 2018, Doja Cat self-published the homemade music video for " Mooo! ", a novelty song with absurdist lyrics in which she fantasizes about being a cow . The video promptly garnered viral success as an internet meme , attaining over three million views in one week. Due to popular demand following this viral success,
20687-517: Was during this time that she met producer Jerry "Tizhimself" Powell, who had stumbled upon her SoundCloud account. He introduced her to record producer Yeti Beats , who invited her to record at his studio in the neighbourhood of Echo Park , which also served as "an oasis of sorts for Doja to escape from the turmoil at home". Yeti Beats then connected her with Kemosabe Records , an imprint of RCA Records , where she signed under label executive Dr. Luke and his publishing company Prescription Songs at
20838-476: Was famed for its longevity and ability to produce singles long after its release, spawning seven singles between 2019 and 2021. In 2020, " Say So " became Doja Cat's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 after being remixed by rapper Nicki Minaj . In early 2021, " Streets " became a sleeper hit and entered the top 20 of the Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart , as well as the top ten on
20989-408: Was featured on the album track " Motive " from Ariana Grande 's 2020 album Positions , which peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming both her highest debut and second-ever top 40 entry. Doja Cat performed a metal rendition of "Say So" at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony, where she also won the award for Best New Act . She won the award for The New Artist of 2020 at
21140-404: Was her fifth. Yet in nonclassical, no woman has won Producer of the Year , awarded since 1975 and only one even nominated for a record not her own, Linda Perry. After Lauren Christy 's 2004 nomination, Linda Perry 's 2019 nomination was the next for a woman. On why no woman had ever won it, Perry commented, "I just don't think there are that many women interested." In the U.K., Lynsey de Paul
21291-513: Was no longer enjoying her career. Doja Cat continued to publicise her frustrations during a South American festival tour in March 2022. After an incident involving Paraguayan fans, which followed a storm that prompted the cancellation of her scheduled show, she posted to Twitter: "Everything is dead to me, music is dead, and I'm a fucking fool for ever thinking I was made for this... This shit ain't for me so I'm out. Y'all take care." In early 2023, Doja Cat began teasing her fourth studio album with
21442-480: Was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album at the 2020 American Music Awards and Top R&B Album at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards . Doja Cat first achieved mainstream success as an internet " meme star" in August 2018 with the single " Mooo! ". The consequent revival of material from her existing catalog earned Doja Cat her first two entries on the Billboard Hot 100 , namely a 2019 remixed version of " Juicy " featuring Tyga , and " Candy ". Doja Cat told
21593-422: Was nominated for three awards at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards : herself for Best New Artist and "Say So" being nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . In 2021, she was placed on " Time ' s 100 Next" list, which highlights 100 emerging figures, with her write-up being penned by American rapper Lil Nas X . Doja Cat revealed the title of her third studio album, Planet Her , in
21744-420: Was originally released alongside the album in November 2019, but gained wider popularity through the video-sharing platform TikTok . She performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in February 2020. The next day, she released the music video for the song, directed by Hannah Lux Davis . The solo version of "Say So" peaked at number five on the Hot 100, becoming her first top-ten single, and
21895-400: Was released as the album's second single that same month. The track would later become a sleeper hit after a "dance challenge" on the video-sharing platform TikTok went viral in late 2019. The single consequently charted in countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, with the latter having the song peak at 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making this her first solo entry on
22046-429: Was released on December 3. According to Billboard , Doja Cat closed 2021 as the bestselling female R&B and hip-hop artist in the US, and the fourth bestselling female artist overall, additionally placing six songs on the year-end Hot 100. Planet Her was also the sixth best-selling album in the US, and the fifth most streamed album globally on Spotify in 2021. In 2022, Doja Cat won the awards for Female Rapper of
22197-696: Was released on September 17, and then on the song "Icy Hot" from American rapper Young Thug 's second studio album Punk (2021), which was released on October 15. That same month, she reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Songwriters chart for the first time in her career, and also became the first rapper to place three top 10 songs on the US Mainstream Top 40 , with "You Right", "Need to Know" and "Kiss Me More". She featured alongside Saweetie on French Montana 's song " Handstand " from his fourth studio album They Got Amnesia (2021). The music video for Planet Her 's fourth single, " Woman ",
22348-441: Was serviced as the sixth single from the album in early May 2020. The song was issued to rhythmic , contemporary hit, and urban contemporary radio formats throughout May 2020. A corresponding music video was released on June 25, 2020, and was described as "dreamy" and "intergalactic" while also being noted to channel Sailor Moon . In early 2021, an album track "Streets" became a sleeper hit after gaining popularity on TikTok where
22499-514: Was stuck in one spot and everybody else was progressing constantly." Doja Cat has described life after dropping out of school as "messy", claiming that she slept on the floor and spent "all night and day" browsing the internet, looking for beats and instrumentals from YouTube which she downloaded and used to create her own music. After becoming fascinated with internet culture and websites like eBaum's World and Myspace , she taught herself to sing, rap and use GarageBand while at home without
22650-471: Was the most streamed song of 2020 by a female artist in the United States. In May 2020, following the release of a remix of "Say So" featuring Nicki Minaj , the single topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first number-one single for both artists and the first ever female rap collaboration to peak atop the chart. In March 2020, Doja Cat was set to embark on the Hot Pink Tour in support of
22801-456: Was the pothead hippie girl, and I'm not that." Doja Cat's music has been described as hip hop , pop , R&B , and pop rap . When asked about her legacy, Doja Cat revealed that in future she would like to be remembered for her versatility in not only music but also visual art and dance. Her second full-length studio album, Hot Pink , is built with her own beats as well as a series of videos written and conceived by her. She claimed
#545454