Career[edit]
2013–2017: Purrr! and collaborations[edit]
Doja Cat released her debut single "So High" on the streaming platform
SoundCloud in 2013, coming to prominence that year when she later signed to
RCA Records with a joint venture deal with
Kemosabe Records. She signed to them in late 2013 but the deal was finalised in early 2014. She released her debut EP,
Purrr! (described as "spacey, eastern-influenced R&B" by
The Fader) later that year.
[11] Premiering the video for the single "So High",
Vibe described her as an "18-year-old psychedelic prodigy".
[12] The song was featured on the TV series
Empire soundtrack, on the third episode of the first season. "No Police" was released as the second single from
Purrr!. She started releasing more music on SoundCloud and YouTube as she started gaining more attention. In mid-2015 Doja was also signed to
OG Maco's label, OGG. Following this signing, the two artists collaborated on "Monster" off of Maco's 2017 album, "Children of the Rage". She had also started collaborating with other artists, such as
Elliphant, Hellboy, Skoolie Escobar, Pregnant Boy, and frumhere. Doja released the single "Candy" on September 9, 2016. The song gained mainstream traction over three years later due to the use in viral videos on social media app
TikTok, and charted at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2019.
[13] On July 13, 2017, Doja Cat was featured on L8LOOMER's single "Right Side". The song was then featured on L8LOOMER's debut album
Soulm8s in 2018. During this time, she also released multiple songs that she produced and wrote by herself on her SoundCloud account exclusively.
2018–present: Amala and Hot Pink[edit]
On February 1, 2018, she released the single "Roll with Us", which was dubbed as the debut single off her debut studio album. On March 9, 2018, she released the second single from her upcoming album, "Go to Town", with an accompanying music video released the same day on her YouTube channel. As of March 2020, the music video has reached 29 million views on the platform. On March 30, 2018, Doja Cat's first full-length debut studio album
Amala was released. On August 10, 2018, Doja Cat released a song titled "Mooo!" on YouTube. The single is a
novelty song with absurdist lyrics where she fantasizes about being a
cow.
[14] Made with the intention of doubling as a
meme, the song quickly became a
viral music video. The video gathered attention and praise from popular artists such as
Chance the Rapper,
Katy Perry and
Chris Brown.
[15] On August 31, she released the single version of "Mooo!". It inspired several jokes and
memes while the accompanying
music video acquired over 65 million views since it was uploaded to
YouTube on August 10.
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In February 2019, Doja Cat released her single "
Tia Tamera" featuring
Rico Nasty, which is the leading single to the deluxe edition of her debut album
Amala. The following month, she was featured on the hit YouTube channel Colorsklll with a performance of "Juicy", a song taken from the repackage of the album. On August 15, 2019, Doja Cat released a remix of "
Juicy", featuring
Tyga with an accompanying music video.
[17] The song debuted at 83 and peaked at 41 on the
Billboard Hot 100.
[18] The success of "Juicy" also helped her album
Amala to chart on
Billboard 200 at number 162. On October 26, 2019, she released another single called "Rules". On November 7, 2019, Doja Cat released her second full-length album
Hot Pink to generally favorable reviews. It peaked at number 17 on the
Billboard 200. On December 15, 2019, Doja Cat announced that she had contributed a song to
the soundtrack of the superhero film
Birds of Prey in which "Boss Bitch" was released as the album's third single on January 23, 2020.
[19]
On January 28, 2020, Doja Cat's song "
Say So" was sent to radio becoming the fifth single off of her album
Hot Pink.
[20] The song was originally released alongside the album in November 2019, but the song gained popularity through social media, particularly from TikTok.
[21] Doja Cat performed the song on
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on February 26, 2020.
[22] The next day, Doja Cat released the music video for the song, directed by
Hannah Lux Davis.
[23] "Say So" so far has peaked at number seven on the
Billboard Hot 100, becoming Doja Cat's first top 10 single.
[24]The music video includes Haley Sharpe, the TikToker that created the dance for "Say So".
[25] On March 25, 2020, Doja Cat is set to embark on the
Hot Pink Tour, to promote her second studio album. The tour will have fifteen shows spanning across North America, including two Coachella performances.
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