Doja Cat has opened up about working with Jack Antonoff and writing about “love bombing” on her upcoming album ‘Vie’.
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On Friday (August 22), the singer-rapper officially announced that ‘Vie’ is due for release on September 26 (pre-order here), and shared the ’80s-inspired lead single ‘Jealous Type’.
Now, in a new interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, Doja has shared her experience working with former fun. member and Bleachers leader Antonoff.
“I’m working with Jack Antonoff and working with a person that’s new in my life,” she told Lowe. “And so it’s the grappling with talking about something personal and creating something fresh, and then getting to know someone new, and then all of these things fell together really naturally.”
The musician has previously said that the album will be more of a “pop-driven” version of her previous LP ‘Scarlet‘. She went on to explain how the producer has helped in inspiring this sound, saying: “He’s just been such a wonderful person to work with,” adding: “But yeah, I think it’s just been nice to play.
“I really played through the whole thing … I think what I wanted to do was play with my voice in ways that are a little bit less unconventional. And so I’m shrieking a little bit on this album, and that’s been a lot of fun.”
In an interview with NME last year, Antonoff spoke about how he chooses which artists to work with: “If there’s ever something that sounds interesting to work on, I try to meet people and see if I can imagine doing things with them.”
“You know, the ability to make something with someone is so delicate that you could like someone, you could love their work, but it might not work. You just have to try and be very honest when it happens and when it doesn’t.”
“And I tend and intend to follow the things where I feel a lot of inspiration and excitement. It’s all kind of gut feeling, but yeah, it can be a bit awkward if it’s not there. Because you can’t really fake it.”
Doja went on to tell Lowe how events in her love life had shaped the record’s lyrical content. “There’s other things outside of myself that were inspiring me to write about these things,” she explained. “I had been in relationships that made me think about things in a different way, and I think naivety is a big part of this album too. I speak about rushing and love-bombing in a way.
“I think sometimes people don’t know that they’re doing it or they do, but giving excessive compliments and gifts right off the bat, that sort of thing,” she added. “I thought that was a really fun thing to write about.”
In April, Doja Cat began teasing her new era, which she confirmed was being titled ‘Vie’. Since then, she’s been steadily teasing the project, including the nostalgic pop tune ‘Jealous Type’. Earlier this month, she hosted a surprise album-listening preview party.
‘Vie’ will mark her first LP since 2023’s ‘Scarlet’, and while she hasn’t dropped a new album since, she did release a collaborative track with Jack Harlow titled ‘Just Us’ earlier this year, which was accompanied by a star-studded video featuring the likes of Matt Damon, John Mayer, PinkPantheress and Succession actor Nicholas Braun.
‘Scarlet’ scored a three-star review from NME: “It all adds up to an overlong, slightly repetitive but ultimately compelling album of two halves… Still, by this stage, there’s no doubt that Doja has made her point – that she doesn’t owe us anything but to be herself.”
She also gave a performance at the Oscars in March, singing ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ as part of a James Bond medley. She later admitted to having felt nervous ahead of it and conceded that she “hit some flats”.
