Doja Cat: Planet Her Album Review | Pitchfork

The third album from the wildly erratic pop diva, battle rapper, and edgelord is an exhilarating journey that fully exhibits her eclecticism.

Doja Cat is a triple threat who is also a hottie and an edgelord. She looks more like an e-girl making fart jokes who would reach a Twitter peak of 70,000 followers than a talented, all-around artist. Or the even more intensely hermetic version of that: a well-known anonymous forum shitposter whom everyone assumes is a man because it is believed that women, particularly Black women, mobilize against offense rather than inflict it.

Doja's second single off her third studio album, Planet Her, "Need to Know," was made available on June 11. It is one of the three tracks from the album that hitmaker Dr. Luke created (the greatest tracks are those that Y2k produced). These days, Dr. Luke is best known for his legal conflict with Kesha over alleged assault charges. Doja, like many other women, started dating a man while she was working together, which is not all that scandalous in today's society. However, Doja's history of not showing repentance to her audience is disgraceful. Whether it was her use of the f-word in her apologies for using it or her seeming apathy in the wake of the "showing feet in racial chatrooms" controversy,

Planet Her is a pop versatility kaleidoscope that notably benefits from the current market's appreciation of eclecticism. It has the feeling of being well-planned but also carelessly informal. Doja's music is all flimsy and uninteresting, from her early SoundCloud songs to 2019's Hot Pink. She doesn't need to emulate retro aesthetics as a gimmick (like Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa do), forego long-term replay value in favor of chasing TikTok hits (like Megan Thee Stallion), or try to out-diva her peers by misguidedly channeling her efforts into sentimental ballads that no one wants to hear.
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