There are plenty of reasons to think Doja Cat will keep her red-hot streak going with „Scarlet,“ the fourth album from the Grammy-winning diva.
When 2021’s “Planet Her” rocketed Doja Cat to next-level stardom — earning her a Grammy Album of the Year nomination and a win for the SZA-assisted “Kiss Me More” — it almost set her up for the sophomore slump, even though it was her third LP.
But the 27-year-old rapper and singer — born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini — had already avoided that before her fourth album, “Scarlet,” dropped on Friday. She hit No. 1 for the second time — following her 2020’s “Say So” — with the LP’s first single, “Paint the Town Red,” earlier this month.
And there are plenty of reasons to think she’ll keep her red-hot streak going with her latest. Here are seven new Doja cuts to sink your claws into on “Scarlet.”1. “Paint the Town Red”
The hit first single samples Dionne Warwick’s ’60s classic “Walk on By” — one of the very best of her many Burt Bacharach-Hal David compositions.
