As Doja Cat teases a Sept. 1 launch on her Instagram and prepares to drop her third studio album, she and her co-manager Gordan Dillard are doing it with a brand new business association in place.
The “Say So” singer parted methods with the administration arm of Wassim “Sal” Slaiby’s SALXCO earlier this yr, sources say, after her contract expired with the corporate. She follows Dillard who left SALXCO final yr for an govt A&R position at Capitol Music Group, whereas persevering with his administration position with Doja Cat. He is co-managing her with Josh Kaplan at Good Day Management.
Kaplan has been working with’s administration Doja Cat since 2018 and Dillard since spring of 2019.
Though Doja Cat is not on Slaiby’s administration roster, she and her managers will proceed to make the most of SALXCO’s artist providers, sources say, and the assorted events stay on good phrases.
SALXCO continues to be the administration home of The Weeknd, Metro Boomin, Diddy, Swedish House Mafia and Bebe Rexha, amongst many others.
A consultant for Doja Cat declined to remark.
Doja Cat is recent off the discharge of two summer season singles: the hip-hop-forward “Attention,” which debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June, and the Dionne Warwick-sampling “Paint the Town Red,” which not too long ago bowed at No. 15 (and stayed there in its present second week). Both are anticipated to look on the star’s upcoming fourth album on RCA, believed to be titled Scarlet. In a cryptic Instagram submit early Wednesday (Aug. 23), Doja hinted at one thing coming “9.1.23” — with no additional context.
A 24-date “Scarlet Tour” kicks off Oct. 31.
The new album follows her 2021 album, Planet Her, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced quite a few Hot 100 top-10s together with “Kiss Me More,” “Need to Know,” “Woman,” and “Vegas.” She scored a No. 1 hit with the Nicki Minaj-featured model of “Say So,” initially off her 2019 sophomore breakthrough album, Hot Pink.
In a recent Harper’s Bazaar cowl story, the rapper-singer-songwriter-producer expressed a need so as to add extra hyphens to her job title. “I would have to stop the music for a minute,” she mentioned. “But I would be down to immerse myself in acting for a certain period of time. I love comedies and action films.”
