Doja Cat announces completion of new album 'Vie'
She simply wrote, 'L'album est complet,' meaning 'The album is complete,' and added a croissant emoji. This was a playful nod to the album's French title, which translates to 'life' in English.
Scheduled for release this autumn, Vie marks Doja Cat's return to a more pop-driven sound following her 2023 album Scarlet , according to Billboard.
Scarlet debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and featured the chart-topping single 'Paint the Town Red.'
In a recent interview with V Magazine, Doja Cat described the new album as distinctly focused on pop music.
She said, 'I want to be self-aware enough to admit the fact that this is a pop-driven project.' She added insight into the cultural perception of pop.
'Pop is just that, it's popular. It starts to become a bit of a thing that's viewed as a sport by people who are just bystanders to it, who enjoy it. Maybe they also don't respect it or what it is, which is just music'.
Doja Cat also revealed that Vie explores themes around love, romance, and sex with a hopeful and future-oriented perspective.
She shared, 'This album is very much about love in a way that reflects how I want it to be in the future, my hope, my hopefulness.
What I hope it could be.' She contrasted this with the current trend in pop music, which often centres on breakup songs and cynicism about relationships.
Although no official singles from Vie have been released yet, Doja Cat has teased snippets of unreleased tracks on social media.
She recently collaborated with RAYE and LISA on the single Born Again and featured on Jack Harlow's Just Us and Don Toliver's Lose My Mind from the F1 soundtrack.
This has kept her presence strong in the music scene.
Doja Cat will drop her upcoming single, 'Jealous Type,' on 21 August, further building anticipation for the album's full release.
The anticipation for Vie is high as Doja Cat prepares to deliver an album combining infectious pop energy with emotional depth.
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