Doja Cat's first two projects mainly revolved around femininity, especially her second one titled "Hot Pink," and it appears that the musician is heading in a different direction with her new album as she mentioned in a recent interview; is she switching genres?
Two years after dropping her smash record "Planet Her," the pop star spoke to Variety to tease about her highly-anticipated album and discussed what fans could expect, especially its aesthetics what it would sound like.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper was popularly known for her hyper-feminine aesthetics over the past years, as she mentioned, Doja has done "a lot of pink and soft things," but she wanted to switch things up in her upcoming era.
"For this next era, I'm going in a more masculine direction," she said. (via Hot New Hip Hop)
Hinting about the genre of the project, the "Kiss Me More" hitmaker said the music industry has a lot of pop-punk artists today and she wanted to see more musicians explore the genre even more, but she also clarified that she's not the one "to do it."
However, the musician, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, noted that she will be exploring "raw, unfiltered, hardcore punk sort of thing."
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Regarding the sudden change of her sound, Doja said it's something that she's doing for her "own personal fun." In order to do so, she collaborated with guitarists and drummers. However, the pop star clarified that she's still not sure if it's "gonna make it out there."
Although the "I Don't Do Drugs" hitmaker has experimented with her music in the past by combining different genres (R&B, rap, hip-hop, and pop) into several songs, her new sound won't "mesh" with each other and she wanted the hardcore punk to be isolated.
As of this writing, Doja Cat has yet to reveal more information about the official release date, collaborators, and tracklist of her new album.
This was not the first time the musician opened up about the sound of her upcoming record, as she previously mentioned in an interview that she was inspired by the German rave music of the 90s and it's a big hint about what her fourth album would sound like. (via NME)
However, she backtracked her initial statement by tweeting that she was "pranking the outlet" that interviewed her.
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