Doja Demolition

## Singles from Doja Demolition

1. "Be Sweet"
Released: October 28, 2022

2. "Far Too Soon"
Released: March 24, 2023

3. "Blame It On the Rhythm"
Released: April 7, 2022

***Doja Demolition*** is the second studio album by American rapper and producer Doja Cat. It was released on April 7, 2023 through Roc Nation Records. Written primarily by Doja Cat and Troye Sivan, the album was produced and recorded by the duo in Troye Sivan’s home studio and Doja Cat’s home studio in Beverly Hills. The album features guest appearances by Demi Lovato, Grant Gustin, and Megan Thee Stallion. As well, the album also includes additional vocals by Gloria Gaynor, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Coolidge, and Tiffany Pollard.

## Background

Following the release of her debut studio album *Doja Dimension*, Doja Cat focused on producing and filming the first season of her reality television show ‘Death On My Spaceship’ alongside expanding her nightclub brand and embarking on her “Star Voyage Nights” tour from April to September 2022. While touring, Doja Cat worked on half of the album, finalizing a few songs such as “Be Sweet” during summer 2022. During which she asked her label executive Rihanna with help producing her record. Rihanna introduced Doja Cat to Troye Sivan in June of 2022 and they completed the album as a whole by February 2023.

> “It was just absolutely magical and awesome getting to know [Troye Sivan]. We’d sit in the studio for hours together, we just synced together so well. Every idea or beat one of us came up with, the other had a way to improve it and it was like that for the entire process. It was insane.”
>
> Doja Cat, *Billboard Magazine*

Doja Cat teased the title of the album during the guessing game for the deluxe edition of Demi Lovato's album "Rhythm of Love", during which when artists were guessing her track "Devotion", Doja tooted out "Demolition" twice. The album was released on April 7, 2023. To further promote, Doja Cat held an album release party titled "Doja Demolition Night" at her Club Doja location in Las Vegas. Doja Cat also appeared in the cover story of Billboard's April 2nd 2023 issue

## Art direction

David LaChapelle shot the cover artwork in August 2022. With a set theme of club culture and color theory, Doja Cat wore a red leather lingerie set custom designed by Yeha Leung. Troye Sivan came up with the idea for a colored border, which became a staple across the era's artwork. The album draws inspiration from actress Jennifer Coolidge, who makes appearances throughout the album.

*Doja Demolition* was chosen as a title, both a pun to Doja's status in the industry as well as a reference to 1979's Disco Demolition Night. During which, vinyls by black and queer artists were destroyed in an explosion at a baseball game, effectly bringing an end to the disco era.

As a black, queer woman herself, Doja Cat wanted to reclaim "Disco Demolition" not only for herself but for all the queer women of color that have come before her.

## Composition

"Doja Demolition" is a primarily Eurodance and Dance-pop record, taking heavy influence from 90s raving, 2000s video games, and nightcore. Every song was written and produced by either Doja Cat or Troye Sivan, with writers of samples songs receiving credit and featured artists also writing their sections.

### Songs

Like a loading screen or the main page of a video game, **"Amala's Theme"** is the theme song for this album. A breezy funk song plays on video game-esque elements while Doja sings about feeling empowered. Like a theme song, this song is all about self-reassurance and starts the album with a fresh sound. The song transitions right into **"Be Sweet"**, which sounds like a perfect blend of 2000s Eurodance. Sampling "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston, Doja brings the 1987 single to a new generation as she begs for her lover to treat her with respect. This is followed up by **"Should've Fallen"**, a more rave-inspired song with an erratic house beat, this song lyrically about asking for a second chance after having turned down a relationship, and realizing that you should have pursued a relationship before the other person moved on.

The energy continues into another rave track, **"Fault"**, which describes a toxic relationship where both sides blame each other for every issue. With both spouses blaming each other to the point of the term "blame" becomes useless, this track is a sadder song lyrically, the bright dance instrumental easily hides the meaning of the lyrics. The pace of the album comes to a halt with **"Out of the Picture"**. Sticking out in the tracklist like a sore-thumb, this synth-heavy rap song sounds more like a climactic boss battle in a video game as Doja sings about wanting to murder her spouse and her spouses' lover.

The Eurodance sound re-emerges with **"Far Too Soon"** featuring Demi Lovato, this Cascada inspired dance track feels like a breath of fresh air after the heavy prior track. Like letting go for new adventures, Doja and Demi sing of giving things a second shot, with many references to their discographies. Following the trend of each song being oppositional to the previous, lyrically **"Don't Dance With Me"** comes off as both self-empowering but also bragadocious. This song instrumentally is the most abrasive club song on the record, described as "Cascada on steroids" by critics. Sampling "Face to Face" by Daft Punk, **"Blame It On the Rhythm"** is a 70s inspired house-funk song builds upon the 2003 song, adding a video game-esque sound and finishing the song off in a climactic synth riff. Lyrically the song is about hooking up with someone at a club, but letting them know you have no intentions of anything long term.

Heavily sampling and inspired by Nelly Furtado and Timbaland's "Promiscuous", **"Winsome"** comes across as a sequel to Furtado's hit. Playing off the word "winsome", the three artists refer to "winsome" in it's definition of "an attractive person in character" as well as wanting to "win some" like a hook up. A true blend of each artists talents, the three are very united on this lyric heavy track. **"I Dream of Love"** samples 1993 Eurodance hit "Another Night" by Real McCoy. More like a rebuttal to this song instead of a follow-up, this song discusses the toxicity that can go with a friends-with-benefits type situation. As Doja feels like she's only in love in her dreams. Towards the end of the album is **"Lonely at the Disco"**, the first and only pure disco-funk track on the album. A more relaxed and groovy record, Doja sings about being content with herself in comparison to her lover. **"Wasting Rainbows"** starts off unexpectedly as a ballad. However, this quickly transitions into an anthemic rave-esque instrumental as the first chorus begins. Lyrically, the song is about not letting someone damper on the good times in your life.

## Release and Promotion

### Singles

The album spawned three singles and four promotional singles. “Be Sweet” was released on October 28, 2022 as the album’s lead single to critical and commercial success. “Lonely at the Disco” was released on November 4, 2022 and served as the album's first promotional single. “Far Too Soon” featuring Demi Lovato was released on March 24, 2023 as the second official single. The second promotional single "Don't Dance With Me" was released on March 31, 2023. The third official single, "Blame It on the Rhythm" was released alongside the album on April 7, 2023. The third promotional single "Amala's Theme" was released a week after on April 14, 2022. The fourth and final promotional single, "Winsome", was released on April 21, 2022.

"Be Sweet""Lonely at the Disco""Far Too Soon"
"Don't Dance With Me""Blame It on the Rhythm""Amala's Theme"
"Winsome"
## Critical Reception

Upon release, *Doja Demolition* received acclaim from music critics, who praised the art and sound direction, calling it a natural evolution of Doja Cat's style from her debut. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from publications, the album has a weighted score of 70 based on 3 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable". Critics pointed the song "Don't Dance With Me" out as a highlight.

## Commercial Performance

*Doja Demolition* debuted at number 1 on the *Billboard Top Albums Chart,* also topping the Streaming Albums Chart upon release. A week later, the album would also rise to number 1 on the Digital Albums Chart. The album itself would end up becoming one of the top 5 best performing albums of 2023. Its lead single, "Be Sweet", debuted at number 3 in the *Billboard Hot Singles Chart* before peaking at number 1, becoming Doja Cat's fifth number 1 single. The second single, "Far Too Soon" featuring Demi Lovato, debuted at number 3 before peaking at number 2, only blocked by P!nk's Visit Me, which is the biggest single of all time. Both "Sweet" and "Soon" went on to be certified diamond, becoming her fourth and fifth singles to do so. Doja Cat would become the first artist to earn five diamond certified singles. The album's third single "Blame It on the Rhythm" debuted and number 1 and became her sixth #1 single.

### Notes

* "Be Sweet" contains an interpolation of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston
* "Blame It on the Rhythm" contains an interpolation of "Face to Face" by Daft Punk
* "Winsome" samples elements from "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
* "I Dream of Love" samples elements from "Another Night" by Real McCoy

## Mashup album by Doja Cat

### Genre

Pop • electronic • dance • r&b • rap • rock • synthpop • alternative

### Producer

Doja Cat (exec.)

**Doja Dynamic** is a reissue of American singer, rapper and songwriter Doja Cat's second studio album, *Doja Demolition*. It was released through Roc Nation Records on April 14th, 2023. The album is a "mashup" album of past songs released by Doja Cat with songs by various artists from the industry.

### Track Listing

***Doja Dynamic***

All tracks produced by Doja Cat.