Doja Cat Shares New Album ‘Scarlet’
Doja Cat’s Scarlet has arrived. The Grammy-winning singer released her fourth studio album on Friday (Sept. 22). As previously mentioned, the album is a true solo effort, as it contains no features. Scarlet has 15 tracks, with the lead single “Attention,” followed by “Paint The Town Red,” “Demons,” and “Balut.” “Paint The Town Red,” was the first hip-hop song this year to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart since August 2022. According to Billboard, the song ended the most extended gap between number ones for the genre since 2001.
The California native also had one of the best performances at the VMAs. The singer performed a Scarlet medley of “Attention,” “Paint The Town Red,” and “Demons.” She also took home a moon man after winning for Best Art Direction for “Attention.”
Prior to the release of Scarlet, Doja had to go through some cosmetic changes to the album cover. It became a conversation on social media that Scarlet’s album cover was very similar to a German metallic band called Chaver, whose LP Of Gloom is also out today. Initially, the cover art for Scarlet had a purple spider with a drop of blood or venom in the front of the insect. Now, the updated look features two spiders with pearls on their backs. The singer captioned the photo, “SCARLET 9.22 (updated cover)” and offered no other explanation.
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What’s Next For Scarlet?
Doja Cat will be taking Scarlet on tour starting on Halloween (Oct. 31) in San Francisco and ending on Dec. 13 in Chicago. She will be joined by rising rappers Ice Spice and Doechii.
To welcome the album release, the singer shared a new video for “Agora Hills.” She co-directed the visual with Hannah Lux Davis. Take a look at the full tracklist and video below:
1. “Paint The Town Red”
2. “Demons”
3. “Wet Vagina”
4. “F— The Girls” (FTG)
5. “Ouchies”
6. “97”
7. “Gun”
8. “Go Off”
9. “Agora Hills”
10. “Can’t Wait”
11. “Often”
12. “Love Life”
13. “Skull And Bones”
14. “Attention”
15. “Balut”