It looks as if Doja Cat is branding September as the beginning of spooky season because the pop star has launched her new music and video “Demons,” which she additionally carried out on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.
The music is a part of her new album Scarlet, which is about to launch on the finish of the month. Doja has launched two different singles from the album—“Attention” and “Paint the Town Red”—and all three of the songs appear to be part of her rebrand from bubblegum pop to one thing a bit darker.
This concept of Doja attempting to create a spookier picture for herself within the public eye was all however confirmed with the “Demons” music video because the singer tapped the queen of scary herself, Chrisitina Ricci, to star in it.
Doja Cat’s video sees Ricci haunted by demons
The video, co-directed by Christian Breslauer and Doja Cat, is shot like an ‘80s horror movie, as it begins with Ricci in bed suffering with sleep paralysis as Doja, dressed like a demon complete with devil horns and glowing red eyes, raps at her from the ceiling.
Ricci taps into all the tropes from that era of films as she uses a huge camcorder to try to catch Doja and her fellow demons on tape. There are tons of references to horror films as Ricci is dragged on camera (Paranormal Activity), her two children are seen sitting in front of a television that’s enjoying static (The Grudge), and a creepy hand comes out of the bath water as Doja sits in it (A Nightmare on Elm Street).
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Seeing Ricci in a nightmare-inducing music video isn’t that surprising, because the actress has been in a few of the most iconic goth-inspired/scary motion pictures and exhibits over her profession. Though she’s been appearing since she was eight years old, most followers most cite her spookiest work when referring to her, together with Sleepy Hollow, The Addams Family franchise, and Yellowjackets.
Here’s hoping Ricci continues to take roles in initiatives that make us depart the sunshine on as we sleep!
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