Doja Cat releases Vie and returns to pop music

The American singer Doja Cat launched Vie In the early hours of Friday, 26. The title, which means “life” in French, is the artist’s fifth studio album and represents a change of direction. In principle, the project marks the singer’s official return to pop music, leaving aside the rap and hip-hop sound of the previous album, Scarlet (2023).

Vie (2025) arrives with 15 unreleased tracks, focusing on themes of love and romance. The production explores references from the 80s and 90s, mixing pop with elements of New Wave and R&B. In addition, the album has the producer Jack Antonoffknown for work with big names of pop as Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter.

The album was preceded by single main “Jealous Type“, Launched in August, and the highlight, at first glance, is“Take me dancing“, Which has a participation of the singer SZA.

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Meet Doja Cat

The trajectory of Doja Cat It shows an artist who has always challenged gender boxes. She has achieved global success with her irreverent pop-rap and consolidated her name with the album Planet Her (2021). This album yielded hits as “Kiss Me More” and “Need to Know”which spent a lot of time in the charts of the Apple Music and Billboard. With the purpose of exploring a different sound, she launched Scarlet (2023), which focused on a harder and more introspective rap.

However, the launch of Scarlet (2023) generated controversy, as the singer had stated that she was “tired of pop music” and committed to just rap. Even if this phase produced the single “PAINT THE Town Red“The album Vie (2025) represents a retreat. Thus, the artist uses this new project to embrace again the genre that consecrated it.

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