Doja Cat.Photo: Gary Gershoff/Getty
IfDoja Catdoesn’t like her own music, why shouldn’t she say so?
The “Woman” performer struck a nerve with her fans on Tuesday after taking to Twitter and claiming her latest two albums — which spawned her breakthrough hit “Say So” and the Grammy-winning “Kiss Me More” withSZA— were merely created so she could make money.
“planet her and hot pink were cash-grabsand yall fell for it,” tweeted Doja Cat, 27. “now i can go disappear somewhere and touch grass with my loved ones on an island while yall weep for mediocre pop.”
While the musician’s debut albumAmalalargely flew under the radar,Hot Pinkfeatured “Say So” and other multi-platinum singles including “Juicy” withTyga, “Like That” and “Streets.” Beyond “Kiss Me More,“Planet Heralso spawned the multi-platinum hits “You Right” withthe Weeknd, “Need to Know,” “Woman” and “Get Into It (Yuh).”
“i really love her but to totally degrade your past work feels very wrong. these albums CREATED your fan base,“tweetedanother listener. “as an artist you should at least be half proud of albums that have shaped your entire career but that’s just me.”
“doja cat is allowed to make or do whatever she chooses but this just seems like a slap in the face to people who liked her music,” someone elsewroteon the social media platform.
“they were good albums actually,” one fan simplystated.
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“Feel sorry for the girl that made you famous on TikTok and basically built your whole career, if it wasn’t authentic music you were creating,” theywrote. “Please give your GRAMMY to the people that weren’t making cash-grab music.”
On the other hand, some fans came to Doja Cat’s defense. “idk why y’all are mad at her !! it’s her work. If she doesn’t like it anymore or didn’t at all, then it shouldn’t be something we argue with her about,” said oneTwitteruser.
“i really can’t be mad at her for feeling like this even though i disagree. this is what living in a profit-first culture does to its artists. everything you make, even if it’s truly innovative, starts to feel hollow and corporate,“wroteanother fan.
Doja Cat has recently been teasing her next album, and she revealed on Tuesday that it’ll be titledFirst of All. It seems like the upcoming record will be a departure from the pop and hip-hop sounds she’s become known for, though she’s consistently made jokes misleading fans about what’s to come.
She previously said the album was calledHellmouthand has jokingly claimed it’ll be constructed of either"rap,” “rock/spoken word,““french conceptual experimental country/bohemian fusion with the essence of blue-grass,“country,“pop"or"classical"sounds.
source: people.com
