AMERICAN rapper, singer and songwriter Doja Cat’s latest single Masc alerts the beginning of a brand new musical period for the artiste along with her return to rap.
Her most recent studio work dates again to September final 12 months when she launched her fourth studio album Scarlet.
The Los Angeles-based artiste, whose actual identify is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, just lately introduced on Instagram concerning the upcoming music, which might be launched this Friday. She shared a quick preview of the monitor together with the put up, that includes ethereal, layered synth accompanying her vocals.
In January, the 28-year-old shared a whiteboard, which contained a monitor itemizing suggesting {that a} deluxe version of Scarlet was within the pipeline. Among the seven songs listed, Masc was included alongside Acknowledge Me, Head High, Gang, Rider, Urrrge and Hungry.
In a recent look on The Therapy Gecko Podcast final month, she revealed that the deluxe model of Scarlet might be titled Scarlet 2: Claude Frollo, named after the character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
“I feel like it connects to the story of Scarlet in some way. . . and if you look up his personality traits and who he is and his story, you’ll understand the whole connection. There’s a control aspect. He just abuses his power and his control,” Doja defined.
Scarlet was crafted as a return to Doja’s rap origins, aiming to deal with criticisms that she had leaned too far into pop territory, with some followers and critics dismissing her earlier two albums as “cash grabs”, or worse, “sell outs”.
The venture debuted at fourth on the Billboard 200 and generated hit singles corresponding to Agora Hills, and Paint the Town Red, the latter topping the Hot 100 chart.
Doja is presently set to headline at Coachella, adopted by her inaugural headlining enviornment tour within the UK and Europe as a part of her Scarlet world tour.
