Doja Cat’s Victoria’s Secret World Tour Performance Includes “Ouchies” Live Debut

Famous lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret was nearly cancelled due to fatphobic comments made by those at the head of the company several years ago. They’ve since gone through some major changes just in time to reintroduce their annual fashion show to the world before 2023 ends. The event itself actually took place on September 6, as PopSugar notes. Models like Naomi Campbell, Gigi Hadid, Hailey Bieber, and Julia Fox were all tapped to strut down the runway. VS also recruited an impressive roster of performers, such as Doechii and Doja Cat.

From what we saw of the latter walking the red carpet, she looked as confident as ever. However, she later revealed on Instagram that the dress she wore was incredibly uncomfortable, and even left her feeling “manhandled.” Thankfully, when it was time for Doja to take the stage and showcase some songs from her Scarlet LP, she changed into different looks that allowed her to move with ease.

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Doja Cat Performs “Ouchies” for the First Time

“Ouchies” was one of the titles the blonde beauty picked to debut live at the World Tour. “I don’t need another hit ’cause it’s useless, really / I ain’t lookin’ good? You hallucinatin’,” the songs braggadocious bars go. “Crusty, musty, dusty b**ches / Don’t you ever, ever in your life / Come for me,” Doja declares at the end of the track, seemingly as a message to her haters.

Elsewhere, the “Say So” singer brought her previously released “Attention” single to life. For that, she switched up her outfit in favour of a bold, red look with smokey, black eyeshadow. “Talk your s**t about me, I can easily disprove it, it’s stupid / You follow me, but you don’t really care about the music,” Doja raps on that song.

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Scarlet Singer Has Our Full “Attention”

Scarlet definitely brings a different vibe to the table from the fashionista. So far, the world seems to be receiving her 17-track album very well. Which of Doja Cat’s performances at the Victoria’s Secret World Tour did you prefer, “Ouchies” or “Attention”? Let us know in the comments, and check out the full-length runway presentation on Amazon Prime Video the next time you’re in the mood to be seriously entertained.

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Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Sales Projection Jumps To Over 60k

Doja Cat’s fourth studio album, Scarlet, is now projected to move between 60,000-70,000 units in its first week, according to HitsDailyDouble. The bump is reportedly being bolstered by her “Agora Hills” track, which has climbed up to No. 6 on the Spotify U.S. chart and is following a similar trajectory on Apple Music. Even so, the new album likely won’t reach the top of the Billboard 200.

The figure is also a far cry from her previous effort, Planet Her, which debuted with 109,000 units and a spot at No. 2 on the chart when it released in 2021. Prior to that, Doja’s debut studio album, Amala, peaked at No. 138 in 2018 while her sophomore effort, Hot Pink, reached as high as No. 9.

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Doja Cat Performs At The VMAs

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: Doja Cat performs onstage during the 2023 M.T.V. Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for MTV)

Scarlet dropped back on Friday, September 22, 2023, with no features. Doja recently discussed the meaning of the controversial cover art for the album while going back and forth with fans over its merits on social media. She explained it’s representative of her overcoming her fears, including how he fans feel about her. “The art I chose for my album is beautiful and I like it a lot,” she revealed on Twitter. “The two spiders signify conquering your fear. None of my album covers had meaning until this album. You not accepting me was a fear I used to have. I don’t care anymore about satisfying you.” Check out the new music video for “Agora Hills” below.

“Agora Hills” Helps Lead Boost In Doja Cat’s Sales

Later this year, Doja will be embarking on The Scarlet Tour along with Ice Spice and Doechii. The first show is set for October 31, 2023, at Chase Center in San Francisco while the last will be held on December 13, 2023, at United Center in Chicago. Be on the lookout for further updates on the tour on HotNewHipHop.

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Doja Cat Shares A Photo Dump To Instagram Following Her New Album

Doja Cat has been busy recently but she took to Instagram to remind fans that she’s just a person underneath it all. In a new series of Instagram pics, she shared she can be seen enjoying some ribs, swimming, playing cards with friends, and more. “i’m literally just amala and i like to chill,” she captioned the post. Unsurprisingly, fans in the comments poured out plenty of love for her. Check out the full post below.

“She’s literally just amala god forbid she chills,” the top comment on the post reads. Others throughout the comment section agree. “Doja I love u,” and “i see chillage n chillage only” other commenters agree. It’s not the only thing she’s shared to social media today. She also gave fans a close-up look at a promotional stunt she did over the weekend. In that photo dump, she shared process pics of a painting she made in front of her fans after the release of her new album Scarlet.

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Despite plenty of recent controversy for her embrace of demonic and satanic aesthetics, the sales for Scarlet seem like they’re holding up. After an initial projection predicted a top 10 debut for the album an updated projection released earlier today has even higher ambitions for the album projecting it for a top 5 debut. It would mark her third straight album to debut in the top 10 and second in a row to reach the top 5.

Doja Cat also released a new music video for the newest single from Scarlet. The track is called “Agora Hills” and it connected with fans immediately. It seems like Doja knew it would because she already had a music video ready to go for the track. The video has already racked up over 4.5 million views on YouTube. What do you think of Doja Cat’s newest chilling photo dump? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Performers Take Over U.K. Streets As She Breaks A New Spotify Record

Scarlet is finally here, and if there’s anyone in the United Kingdom who didn’t know, they found out the hard way on Saturday (September 23). Moreover, Doja Cat sent out various actors covered from head to toe in red tights and paint to promote the new project. As they dance and make wild faces for the amused crowd, you can hear some of the Los Angeles native’s new tracks in the background. It’s certainly a creative way to create buzz around a new phase in your career, especially such a seemingly dark aesthetic turn. Still, it’s not like the “Paint The Town Red” MC has never played with aesthetics like these before in her music or with her image.

As such, this is actually quite the cool and fitting promo move for Doja Cat, especially in another country outside of her own. Lots of people are probably tired of hearing about her supposed satanic ties in the States, and maybe other nations haven’t caught up yet. Regardless, it’s something that clearly caught passerby’s eyes, as you can see people pulling out their phones as they approach the dancers. Also, with Halloween right around the corner, the move could be the dawn of the spooky season this year for anyone who saw it.

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Doja Cat’s “Demons” Roam U.K. Streets

What’s more is that the 27-year-old’s promotional efforts proved to pay off, and will likely continue to do so. According to Chart Data, Doja Cat’s Scarlet officially broke Spotify’s record for the biggest debut for a female artist’s hip-hop album in the platform’s history. This puts her in the same league as titans like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, and many more superstars. Of course, the hitmaker was already in that conversation, but this is just adding a little extra proof to silence any doubters.

Scarlet Enters The Spotify History Books

Meanwhile, this commercial success also hints that she will have a top ten debut on the Billboard 200 chart with Scarlet. It’s been interesting to hear fan reception to the album considering Doja’s public controversies and her change in aesthetics. Do you think she stuck the landing? Let us know in the comments and come back to HNHH for the latest on Doja Cat.

Read More: Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Merch Comedically Addresses “Kittenz” & Illuminati Controversies

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Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Headed For Top-10 Debut On Billboard 200

Doja Cat’s new album, Scarlet, is reportedly heading for a top-ten debut on the Billboard 200 with 50-55K units first week, according to Chart Data. She dropped the project as her fourth studio album on Friday.

Despite the successful figure, it’s a far cry from her last effort, Planet Her, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and earned 109k sales in the first week. The news comes after her song, “Paint The Town Red,” already went number one on the singles chart. It was her second song to do so.

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Doja Cat Performs At The VMAs

Doja Cat performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

The new album feels like Doja at her most thematically deliberate. This is even reflected in her cover art choice, which she says represents overcoming her fears. She defended the artwork, which features two spiders, in an interaction with a fan on Twitter, earlier this week. “The art I chose for my album is beautiful and I like it a lot,” she wrote. “The two spiders signify conquering your fear. None of my album covers had meaning until this album. You not accepting me was a fear I used to have. I don’t care anymore about satisfying you.”

Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Heads For Big Debut

Scarlet is Doja Cat’s first album since 2021’s Planet Her. She began promoting the project with the release of the singles “Attention,” “Demons,” and “Balut.” She’ll be embarking on The Scarlet Tour along with Ice Spice and Doechii later this year. The first show is set for October 31, 2023, at Chase Center in San Francisco and the last will be held on December 13, 2023, at United Center in Chicago. Be on the lookout for further updates on the tour on HotNewHipHop.

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Doja Cat’s “Wet Vagina” Song Calls Out Kardashian Family’s “Pretty, Plastic” Faces

Due to near-constant trolling and feuding with her fans, Doja Cat had us thinking that her career was coming to an end earlier this year. Thankfully she managed to deliver her Scarlet album this past New Music Friday (September 22), complete with 17 songs and no features. It finds her exploring far different sounds than we heard of 2021’s Planet Her, such as a nod to Griselda’s distinct work on her controversial “Balut” single. Aside from her team’s incredible production, Doja also has our attention with her lyrics, some of which appear to discuss her relationship with J. Cyrus.

The “Say So” singer’s union with the embattled comedian was a major source of contention for some “Kittenz” as they came forward to share their stories of abuse with Doja. No matter what the world has to say about her man, on “Agora Hills” she makes it clear that she’s in the mood for marriage. In addition to the subliminal messages about Cyrus that appear throughout, the internet is also talking about the 27-year-old’s name-drop of the Kardashian family on “Wet Vagina.”

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Doja Cat’s Scarlet Album Has Hip-Hop Heads Intrigued

“Tell me why ol’ shorty walkin’ like she got a stick in her a**?”” Doja asks on the early fan favourite track. “And pretty face, plastic, it’s givin’ Kardashian.” Of course, the famous siblings have been called out for skirting the truth around their history of plastic surgery in the past. However, recent years have seen them using their platforms more transparently, with youngest sister Kylie Jenner even recently admitting to having a breast augmentation several years ago.

Doja Cat’s bars about Kim Kardashian and her sisters may not be entirely flattering, but still, all publicity is good on some level. The mother of four has been in the spotlight a ton as we move into fall, most recently thanks to her acting performance in the latest season of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story. Read what viewers have been saying about the first episode at the link below, and check back later for more music/pop culture news updates.

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Doja Cat’s “Scarlet” Merch Comedically Addresses “Kittenz” & Illuminati Controversies

The controversies that Doja Cat has been caught up in so far in 2023 would be enough to drive some pop stars batty. Thankfully, the California native has a great sense of humour. This has allowed her to brush off unsolicited advice and profit from critics. On her new Scarlet album, Doja addresses some of the biggest headlines surrounding her name this year, such as her relationship with embattled comedian J. Cyrus. We know little about their romance behind closed doors. Still, the fashionista did hint at wedding bells being in her future on several songs.

Now that the 17-track LP is available for streaming, Doja has revealed what its accompanying merch line looks like. On Friday (September 22) afternoon, she hopped on Instagram to unveil a photo dump with some undeniably comedic pieces. “Wear my merch to increase power and gain XP or don’t & be a little b**ch,” she wrote in the caption. “[Your] choice lol.”

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Doja Cat Continues to Troll Fans with Scarlet Merch

“Recovering Doja Cat Fan” is written across the front of one of the Planet Her hitmaker’s shirts. It comes in both white and pink colorways. Another graphic tee shows a glamorous photo of Doja beside a demon which reads, “Welcome to Hollywood, Beware of Skin Walkers,” along with other warnings. Of course, she couldn’t help but address those rumours regarding her involvement with a certain group by making an “Illuminaughty” tee too, not to mention her pink and white tank top that brushes off the “Kittenz” beef that unfolded between Doja and listeners on Twitter earlier this summer.

Doja Cat fans are no strangers to her trolling antics. However, when she shared her “Balut” single ahead of Scarlet‘s arrival, some genuinely felt disrespected by her. Rather than thoroughly researching the Filipino street food she named her song after, the 27-year-old incorrectly told her social media followers that the dish is a bird which is eaten while still alive. Read what critics had to say to Doja at the link below, and let us know if you’ll be purchasing any of her merch in the comments.

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Doja Cat’s Relationship Takes Centre Stage With Marriage Hints On “Scarlet” Album

Doja Cat is a celebrity who’s open about most things in the online space. Still, her relationships have always been kept more private. Earlier this year, paparazzi photos of the multi-talent smooching with a man on a yacht nearly broke the internet. Initially, fans were pleased to know that there’s a love in Doja’s life keeping her smiling, but when they found out his identity, things quickly turned in a more sour direction. The hostility is due to allegations surrounding J. Cyrus, who’s been accused of mistreating numerous young women.

Despite the backlash, Doja seems to be sticking by her man’s side, and even notably dropped some bars about marriage on her new album, Scarlet. “Kissin’ and hope they caught us / Whether they like or not / I wanna show you off / I wanna show you off,” she sings on “Agora Hills.” “I wanna brag about it/ I wanna tie the knot/ I wanna show you off,” her lyrics continue.

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Doja Cat Dreams About Marriage on “Agora Hills”

The catchy track’s music video also landed today (September 22), much to fan’s pleasure. “Take you ’round the world, they don’t have to understand / Rub it in their face, put a rock on her hand,” the fashionista croons later on in the same song.

On the following title, “Can’t Wait,” Doja’s sonic romantic themes continue. “I wouldn’t do this for no man / It’s an understatement if I tell you you’s important,” she rhymes in her signature flow. “I’m just tryna bring you drinks and assortments / Hot towels with a mocktail by the ocean / Top down with our ice shinin’ like a snowman / Cook you a crab boil that reminds you of New Orleans.”

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Listeners Think She References J. Cyrus on “Can’t Wait”

Of course, the California native doesn’t actually mention her beau by name, but as HipHopDX points out, he hails from New Orleans, so her mention of the famous city seems awfully fitting. Do you think that Doja Cat’s Scarlet stands a chance at topping what she accomplished in 2021 with Planet Her? Let us know in the comments, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Doja Cat Releases Fourth Studio Album ‘Scarlet’ and “Agora Hills” Video

Doja Cat Releases Fourth Album 'Scarlet' and "Agora Hills" Video

GRAMMY award-winning superstar Doja Cat has unleashed her fourth album, Scarlet, captivating fans worldwide with her latest musical offering. Released via Kemosabe Records / RCA Records, the album promises to be a sensational addition to Doja Cat’s impressive discography.

Accompanying the album release is the music video for her new track, “Agora Hills,” directed by the talented duo of Hannah Lux Davis (known for her work with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj) and Doja Cat. The video showcases Doja Cat’s creativity and showcases picturesque Californian locations, including Pomona and Koreatown in Los Angeles.

Last month, Doja Cat set the music world on fire with her official single and music video, “Paint The Town Red,” which soared to the #1 spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and the Global 200 Chart. Remarkably, it retains its #1 status on the Global 200 Chart. This achievement marks the first time a rap song by a solo female artist has reached the top of the charts in Spotify history.

Doja Cat’s accolades continue to accumulate, with a recent win at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards in the Best Art Direction category for her track “Attention.” Earlier this month, she released “Demons,” accompanied by an enthralling music video filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Christian Breslauer (known for his work with SZA and Chris Brown).

As she continues to dominate the music scene, Doja Cat is gearing up for her first North American headline tour, The Scarlet Tour, set to kick off this fall. Special guests Ice Spice and Doechii will join her on this exciting musical journey.

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Doja Cat Refuses To Be Boxed In On Her Combative New Album, ‘Scarlet’

On Scarlet, her fourth and latest full-length album, Doja Cat sounds both supremely self assured and extremely hacked off at the same damn time. Both states appear to be the result of the last two years worth of accolades and accomplishments and an overwhelming deluge of debates about whether any of it was deserved.

Let’s get one thing out of the way right here and now; absolutely, every damn bit of it was deserved and earned by Doja, by virtue of both her talent and her hard work. But so much success these days comes with caveats; if you’re the best pop star of the nascent 2020s, you simply CAN’T be a rapper. Pretty privilege plays a part, of course. Then there is that forever looming shadow of sexism, the one that says the men in the audience are owed ownership of your sexuality (even though you never made the art for them in the first place).

Doja Cat has spent the last year systematically dismantling every one of these arguments and the majority of Scarlet is directed toward that end, as well.

I already wrote about how Doja has always been a stylistic chameleon, but since then, the wildly eclectic star has revealed more of just how trying the last few years of judgment and scrutiny have been. She has railed against so-called “stan culture,” in which obsessive followers of various pop stars wage never ending and increasingly nasty wars of words on social media on behalf of performers who rarely ask them to.

On Scarlet, she hammers home the point that this is not normal. The parasocial relationship that exists between artists and their listeners has always had ominous implications but they’ve always been sublimated, hazy, just out of sight. On social media, they’ve become unavoidable, and Doja Cat is fed up. She repeatedly lashes out at the speculators and skeptics, offering them several seats to watch the show while simultaneously shushing both their toxic banter and overfamiliarity. “Stop-callin’-me-sis body bitch, we not a kin,” she snarls on “Shutcho.” “You do not exist to me, miss, I’m not your friend.”

Meanwhile, Doja also pushed back at her own public image during this album’s rollout. While the pristine presentation is polished pop perfection has served her well in climbing her way to a successful career, she’s vented many times that it hasn’t been creatively fulfilling. I keep coming back to this point again and again in writing about this artist, but Doja is at heart a backpack rap kid. She was raised by musical influences like Little Brother and Erykah Badu. And while even the staunchest of underground rappers had been unafraid to sonically experiment, for Doja, churning out disco-pop confections like “Kiss Me More” and “Say So” must have eventually worn like an itchy Christmas sweater in early autumn.

Doja wears her influences on her sleeve here; “Often” sounds straight-up like old-school Baduizm. She tried this sort of hazy, incense-tinged thing before,way back when on 2012’s “So High,” but where she didn’t quite have the poise to make it stick then, she sounds much more natural and comfortable here. Meanwhile, songs like “Paint The Town Red” and “97” track like brighter, more futuristic versions of the murky underground rap Doja was surrounded by in the orbit of early aughts Project Blowed spin-offs created by veterans of the renowned open mic.

Scarlet is clearly the album that the snarky battle rapper inside her has wanted to make since the beginning. Her pen game has always been ferocious but here, she elevates barbed wit with specific targets in mind. On the dramatically titled “Balut,” she sneers, “You are fleeting, so you can’t copy this” – a subtle jab at haters recalling the short-lived and ill-advised Twitter feature that sought to force a Xeroxed version of competitors’ products onto its own reticent user base.

Certainly, she’s had enough speculation from concern trolls in her Instagram comments calling her tattoos demonic and theorizing about things she considers nobody’s business but her own. “Skull And Bones” addresses the rumormongers directly; “Y’all been pushin’ ‘Satan this’ and ‘Satan that,’” she mocks. “My fans is yellin’, ‘Least she rich,’ you need that pact / Lookin’ like I got some things you hate I have / And trust me, baby, God don’t play with hate like that.”

On “Agoura Hills,” Doja offers her own theory about the scandals and backlashes that have followed her since she blew up – and those who start the drama. “Boys be mad that I don’t fuck incels,” she muses. “Girls hate too, gun to their pigtail.” In Doja’s mind, it’s all the same thing: Social pressure to conform directed at someone who’s accomplished so much because she refuses to do so. “Agoura Hills” also best encapsulates where Doja is on Scarlet – it’s a love song to her man, it’s a withering diss to her haters, it’s a trolling response to critics of her identity (including herself; her white girl voice on verse one is a thing of comedic beauty).

Doja said during the rollout of the album that it was written over the course of two very different periods in her life. That’s evident in the latter half of the album, when it sounds like Doja is very much in her soft girl era. But Scarlet itself is a rejoinder to the idea that artists must be only one or two things or that their entire existences belong to the fans. They often say “I wouldn’t be here without you,” and to a certain extent, that’s true. But they also wouldn’t be where they are without the quirks and individuality that make them who they are, that draw us to them. They own that part themselves and owe it to absolutely no one else. Scarlet’s as much a reminder of that to Doja Cat as it is to us.

Scarlet is out now Kemosabe and RCA Records.