Scarlet (character)

**Scarlet** is an alter ego taken on by Doja Cat during the era of her album with the same name, Scarlet.

Scarlet, according to Doja, represents, "the reimagination of the self", "the birth of a new creative, or new thought, or new way of style that you're expressing", and overall, a reflection of who Doja Cat truly is. Scarlet appears as a bloody, naked version of Doja with short black hair and black high heels. In, "Doja Cat answers the hard - hitting questions YTP", she appears wearing a yellow vest and a cross necklace around her neck.

Scarlet has been featured in the music videos for Attention, Paint the Town Red, and Agora Hills. During the Attention music video, Scarlet makes a short cameo as the reflection of Doja in a puddle of water.

In the music video for Paint the Town Red, Scarlet features in a dark office with a record player. She moves the tonearm and Paint the Town Red begins to play. Then, she rips her eye out of its socket and rolls it off of the office desk, which leads into the music video. During the music video, she appears in the reflection of the Grim Reaper's scythe. As well as this, several duplicates of her eyeball can be seen hanging from the sky. After the music video, she appears again and places her eye back in its socket. Then, she takes a wet metal rod and mixes it in a glass of water (supposedly). The camera zooms into her face, and she moves the tonearm again to turn the music off.

In the music video for Agora Hills, Scarlet is shown recording on a camcorder. She walks up to a showerhead, and places the camcorder down. She turns the shower on and washes the blood off of her body, as the camera shows it seeping down into the drain below.

Scarlet also made an appearance in the video, "Doja Cat answers the hard - hitting questions YTP", posted to Doja's YouTube channel on November 11, 2023. In the video, she appears with Doja and questions her akin to a talk show host.

## Trivia

* Scarlet only appears as reflections during the music videos of the Scarlet era, excluding the beginning and ending of the Paint the Town Red music video and the beginning of the Agora Hills music video.
	+ This pushes the idea of Scarlet being a reflection of who Doja truly is, with Scarlet literally being Doja's reflection in the Attention music video.
	+ This also includes, "Doja Cat answers the hard - hitting questions YTP".
* Scarlet being completely naked represents how Doja is not fearful at all to hide herself against people who are against her.
	+ This is supported in the music video for Attention, with the pedestrians who are wearing masks and shielding their faces from Doja, who is walking the opposite direction, also symbolizing her disagreement with the on-goers (who represent the media and its users).
* Scarlet rolling her eye off of the table and into the land below represents Doja looking into her true self. With this in mind, the entirety of the Paint the Town Red music video would be Doja exploring herself within and gathering new knowledge, as at the end, she places her eye back into her socket, and seems surprised.
	+ The stirring of the glass represents Scarlet (Doja) preparing the Scarlet album, as she has gained newfound information about herself and is ready for the change to come.