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Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Doja Cat Teases New Album ‘Vie' Is a ‘Pop-Driven Project': ‘This Album Is Very Much About Love'
Doja Cat is coming. The Grammy-winning artist graced the cover of V magazine on Tuesday (July 1), which sets the stage for her anticipated Vie album arriving this fall. While she faced backlash for saying in her 2023 cover for the same magazine that making 'palatable, marketable and sellable' music didn't allow her a 'mental release,' Doja reveals her upcoming LP is a 'pop-driven project.' More from Billboard Doja Cat, Tems & J Balvin to Headline First-Ever FIFA Club World Cup Final Halftime Show Amyl & The Sniffers Defend Bob Vylan, Kneecap Over Glastonbury Backlash Post Malone Falls Off Stage Mid-Toast During Arizona Show 'I do want to be self-aware enough to admit the fact that this is a pop-driven project,' she said. 'I know that I can make pop music, and 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, but maybe also don't respect it or what it is, which is just music … They see it as if this is some kind of football for girls and gays.' Although the project is pop-leaning, the publication points out that there's plenty of rapping from Doja across Vie. The 29-year-old has plenty to say about 'love' and 'romance,' but also reflects on how she wants her relationships to look in the future. 'The concept is very pointed towards love, romance and sex — and discourse in relationships,' Doja said. 'Really just relationships in general, and relationships with yourself, even. I think right now, you hear a lot of songs about breakups, and a lot of songs about how we're just kind of sick of men. I have a song like that on this album. But the thing is, there are so many ways to talk about that feeling — like, ugh, men.' She continued: '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. Because I remember there was a time when people were talking about wanting to be with each other, and it seems to have gotten a bit more vapid and just sort of like, not real … Not loving, not romantic.' Even if her first-week sales dip, Doja Cat wants to embrace the unknown of what's ahead, but be happy with the product she released into the world. 'What I want to avoid is that little monster that just wants success,' Doja added. 'I want to focus more on 'How does the mix sound? Do I even need these instruments here? Do I need to recut this verse?' It's how things sound that makes the music worth listening to. I would not be an artist if I didn't care, right?' She went on: 'If for any reason a project of mine does a little less good than the last one, I don't want to be up in arms and upset about it. I want to embrace that.' Doja has yet to give fans a taste of the album, but she's been active in recent months with an appearance on the F1 soundtrack alongside Don Toliver for 'Lose My Mind,' and she guested on Lizzo's rap-heavy 'STILL CANT FUH.' The Los Angeles native's most recent album, Scarlet, arrived in 2023, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Vie is expected to hit streaming services in the autumn. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Perth Now
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
The Weeknd is 'brainstorming' end of stage name
The Weeknd is "brainstorming" the end of his stage name. The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - has previously spoken about the desire to get rid of his persona and suggested his upcoming movie 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' would be his last project under the moniker, but he isn't quite ready to drop it yet because of his career commitments. He told The Hollywood Reporter: 'We're brainstorming it right now. I feel like we don't have any definite answers, but I haven't dropped it yet because I'm on tour, so I've still gotta get out there and see the fans.' The 35-year-old star also teased he is "getting there" in the process of ditching The Weeknd. He told People magazine: "Have I started? Yeah, it's getting there. "I mean, I'm on tour right now, so I can't fully retire it." The Grammy-winning star was pressed on whether the idea has brought up any emotions. He said: "Oh, I can't tell you too much." The Weeknd finds the idea of being famous "weird". He said: "I've always wanted my work to be famous. I don't know if I ever wanted to be famous, so that whole skill set I haven't really mastered and I don't plan to. "It's a weird situation, but here we are." The 'After Hours' hitmaker recently told how he knew it was time to quit his job in a clothing store when his colleagues were enjoying his music without realising he was behind it. Speaking to Jenna Ortega in conversation for V magazine, he said: "I've been recording since I was about 14 or 15, but I didn't really blow up until my early 20s. "But even then, you know, inspired by Daft Punk, I wanted the music to speak for itself, right? When I put music out, nobody knew what I looked like. I was just getting off the street, not quite homeless anymore. "I had a day job at American Apparel, and people at my job were playing my music. I had put it out. So, people were playing my music and had no idea that I was standing and working right beside them. So that to me was the validation I needed to quit my job and focus on this 110%." The 35-year-old musician is grateful he had the "luxury" of adjusting to success while remaining anonymous for some time. He told Jenna: "Our experiences are a little different. When I was your age, I was able to hold on to being anonymous a little longer. "My fans didn't really know what I looked like until maybe three projects in. "So I was very calculated because I didn't want to get thrown in, and I wanted to experience life behind the camera. It was a luxury I was able to kind of carve out for myself. "But you're able to handle it with so much grace. I mean, the only advice I can really give you is to stay close to the people who knew you before all this."
