Lyrics Album

Doja Cat – Scarlet

Updated

May 11, 2024

Full Doja Cat Scarlet Album Lyrics

Doja Cat’s fourth album is aptly named Scarlet as it is a more concentrated, saturated version of Doja compared to previous records such as Hot Pink, since pink is a diluted version of red, which seems to be the color for this era. Doja responds to her previous records’ sounds, telling Variety: “I know that I’ve done a lot of pink and soft things, a lot of pop and glittery sounds,…but for this next era, I’m going in a more masculine direction.”

It was predicted that Doja’s new album would be “predominately rap” which would be accompanied with hooks that are sung. In early 2023, Doja went onto Twitter to talk about her older songs, including her hating on her previous two album, Hot Pink and Planet Her, and talking on her old raps, saying;

i also agree with everyone who said the majority of my rap verses are mid and corny. I know they are. I wasn’t trying to prove anything I just enjoy making music but I’m getting tired of hearing y’all say that i can’t so I will.

Regarding this change in sound, it is worth noting that Scarlet was written during two periods. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Doja explains how some songs on the album differ:

These three songs came out. These were the first three songs I made… there’s a second half where I went to malibu, and I made all this music in ten days; that half is very different from the first half.

While creating the project, Doja often changed the album name, moving from Hellmouth, to Moist Holes, and most recent First of All. Scarlet was confirmed as the title in an interview from Harper’s Bazaar.

On April 17, 2023, Doja posted 19 track titles, 18 of which were finished songs, to her Instagram stories. While on Instagram live that day, Doja played 1-second snippets of each track on the album. The first singles released from the album are “Attention”, released on June 16, 2023, and “Paint The Town Red”, released on August 4, 2023. “Demons” was released on September 1, 2023. The final pre-release single, “Balut”, was released a week before the album’s release.