Doja Dimension

### Producer

Doja Cat (exec.) • Mica Tenenbaum • Matthew Lewin • Damon Albarn • Max Martin • Neo Joshua • Timothy Mosley • Patrick Hyland

## Singles from Doja Dimension

1. "Glitter Freeze"
Released: November 28, 2021

2. "More Than a Woman"
Released: April 4, 2022

3. "And It Was All Beautiful"
Released: April 22, 2022

3. "Moon"
Released: May 6, 2022

***Doja Dimension*** is the debut studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat, released on April 8th, 2022 through Roc Nation. Inspired by sci fi media like Star Trek, Doja enlisted writers and producers such as Magdalena Bay and Neo Joshua in order to create a record with influences from 80s synth music while feeling futuristic. The album debuted at number 1 on the *Billboard Top Albums Chart*, making it Doja's first to do so. The album would go on to be one of the top three best performing albums of all time, and would later be nominated for Album of Season and would win Best #1 Album at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.

## Background

Starting her music career with two mixtapes in 2021, Doja Cat mostly ignored a messy breakup with indie singer Johnny Utah while her career  began. She’d spend much of 2021 delving into making music, earning two top ten singles in the process, meanwhile hiding her at the time confused sexuality and newfound relationship with rapper Bree Runway. The majority of Doja Dimension was written and recorded during the Omicron surge of late 2021 at Doja’s home studio in Los Angeles. At home in quarantine, Doja dived into sci-fi shows such as Star Trek, which helped inspire the album.

## Composition

### Songs

The opening track, **“And It Was All Beautiful”**, opens with narration from Cher and Lil Nas X acting as space commanders aboard the ‘ship’ guiding the listener through the dimension. The song then lyrically dives into self acceptance, with Doja all but literally singing to herself. The song rises and falls through synth filled climaxes, establishing the feel of the album. **“Glitter Freeze”** furthers this sound with a cold yet mellow synth production. The song itself is about a relationship gone cold, and slows the album a bit at the beginning. **“He Wonders Why”** heats things right back up with a heavy electronic dance instrumental, which slows down during Doja’s rap verses as she curses her lover out.

However, **“Between the Stars”** slows the energy down a bit with a more slow synth-type ballad. This song covers the almost-complete death of a relationship, however neither parties are willing yet to accept this. **“Moon”**, the middle of the album, is the saddest and ‘slowest’ song on the album, however no track on this 10 track lp isn’t midtempo. Lyrically Doja sings of her lover’s narcissism, singing that she'd rather go to the moon than stay.

**“For All We Know”** picks the energy back up with a full electric dance song with R&B elements. Lyrically, Doja finds herself in a new relationship, however is shy to show it due to the fears she has about how it would affect her career. **“In the Worst Way”** follows very similarly to the previous song in production. Lyrically Doja admits more to her lust and desires with her girlfriend Bree Runway.

**“More Than a Woman”** is the standout single from the album, borrowing heavily from Aaliyah’s hit single by the same name. This song follows the same lyrical themes of being the best lover possible. However, Doja and Dua carry the new dancepop and electric heavily instrumental to make the song feel new.

**“To Collide”** is the conclusion of the lyrical longing with Bree that Doja has set up in the later half of the album. The song dives more away from dance and towards electronic themes, but lyrically dives hides very little. Doja compares their bodies to comets colliding together. **“Enter the Void”** concludes and wraps up the album as Doja sings about love and continuing her new relationship. Instrumentally the song is more electric and glitchpop than the rest, slowly building up to a complete climax. Then Cher and Lil Nas X return to narrate the outro as they discuss that the ‘Doja Dimension’ is eternal. The song then seamlessly transitions back into the beginning song, starting the cycle over again.

## Art direction

The cover artwork depicts a metallic bust of Doja Cat appearing through a musical vortex made of speakers and cats, with space lasers in the background against a space backdrop. The cover is supposed to represent the ‘portal’ to the ‘Doja dimension’. The cover artwork was designed by Doja Cat herself with help from an unnamed intern at Hyunty Management.

The album’s artwork was shot by David LaChapelle, featuring  shots of Doja Cat interlaced with space photography and digitally produced artwork.  Doja Cat has stated multiple times that the aesthetic of the album was “Space; retro yet ethereal.”

## Release and Promotion

### Singles

The album spawned seven singles to critical acclaim. “Glitter Freeze” was released on November 28, 2021 as the album’s lead single to critical and commercial success. “He Wonders Why” was released on March 30, 2022 and served as the album's first promotional single. “More Than a Woman” featuring Dua Lipa was released a few days prior to the album as the second official single. The second promotional single "For All We Know" was released on April 14, 2022. The third official single, "And It Was All Beautiful" was released on April 22, 2022, while the third promotional single "In the Worst Way" was released shortly after on April 27, 2022. The fourth and final official single, "Moon", was released on May 6, 2022.

"Glitter Freeze""He Wonders Why""More Than a Woman"
"For All We Know""And It Was All Beautiful""In the Worst Way"
"Moon"
## Critical Reception

Upon release, *Doja Dimension* received universal acclaim from music critics, who praised the art and sound direction for capturing the retro yet futuristic aesthetic. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted score of 76 based on 3 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Critics pointed the song "And It Was All Beautiful" out as a highlight.

On October 28, 2022, *Doja Dimension* received two official nominations for Album of the Season and Best #1 Album at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. As such, it became Doja Cat's first nominations in both categories. During the awards show, *Doja Dimension* officially won the award for Best #1 Album, being one of six of her wins for the evening.

### Accolades

**Billboard Music Awards and nominations for *Doja Dimension***

 Best #1 Album

## Commercial Performance

*Doja Dimension* debuted at number 1 on the *Billboard Top Albums Chart,* also topping all minor charts on release, making it Doja's first album to do so. The album would spend a second consecutive week at number one, joining a list of less than 20 albums to do so. The album itself would end up becoming one of the top 3 best performing albums of all time. Its lead single, "Glitter Freeze", debuted at number 3 in the *Billboard Hot Singles Chart* before peaking at number 2 and staying in the top 10 for three weeks. The second single, "More Than a Woman" featuring Dua Lipa, debuted at #1, becoming Doja's first number-one single as a lead artist and third overall. Both singles went on to be certified diamond, becoming her second and third singles to do so, and first two as a lead artist. Both would go on to reach the top 10 best performing singles of all time. The album's third single "And It Was All Beautiful" would also debut within the top 2 of the Hot Singles Chart, while the fourth and final single "Moon" would becomes Doja Cat's fourth #1 single.

Doja Dimension would go on the be certified diamond, becoming Doja's first album to do so and becoming her best performing album.

## Track Listing

***Doja Dimension***

***Doja Dimension: Collector's Edition***

### Notes

* "Glitter Freeze" samples elements from "Broken" by Gorillaz
* "He Wonders Why" samples elements from "She Wonders Why" by Shiloh Dynasty
* "In the Worst Way" samples elements from "Are You That Somebody?" by Aaliyah
* "More Than a Woman" is a cover of the song by the same name by Aaliyah