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Planet Her
Studio album by
Doja Cat
ReleasedJune 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)
GenreR&B[1]Trap[2]Pop Rap[3]
Length43:59
Label
Producer
Doja Cat chronology
Hot Pink
(2019) 		Planet Her
(2021)
Singles from Planet Her
  1. "Kiss Me More"
    Released: April 9, 2021
  2. "You Right"
    Released: June 29, 2021[4]

Planet Her is the third studio album by American singer and rapper Doja Cat, released by Kemosabe and RCA Records on June 25, 2021. The album features guest appearances by the Weeknd, Young Thug, Ariana Grande, JID, and SZA, as well as production from frequent collaborators Yeti Beats and Tizhimself, among others.

It is named after the fictional planet self-originated by Doja Cat on which all species and races of space exist in harmony. She emphasised the visual aspect of the record and has described it as her most visually captivating project yet, prioritising its cohesion by ensuring that each associated music video occurs on different locations across the planet.

The album's lead single, "Kiss Me More" featuring SZA, was released on April 9, 2021, and reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The second single, "You Right" with the Weeknd, was announced on April 22 and will be released on the same day as the album. A promotional single, "Need to Know", was released on June 11, 2021.

Background

Doja Cat released her second studio album Hot Pink in November 2019, and spent most of 2020 promoting the album and its singles. She first introduced the concept of "Planet Her" during the opening sequence of her performance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, where she impersonated a television commentator and stated "Performing live on Planet Her is Doja Cat. Enjoy!".[5][6] Following the performance, she told MTV that her then-untitled third studio album would incorporate multiple music genres including dancehall, afrobeat, funk and house, also stating that each song has its own "personality".[7][8] Later in September 2020, Doja Cat revealed that her third studio album was complete and "all ready" for release.[9][10] She also told iHeartRadio in December that it has a number of features and collaborations, and that each song has a "different kind of vibe" to one another.[11] In late December 2020, Doja Cat began teasing the album on Twitter, using the phrase "Planet Her 2021".[12][13]

On January 5, 2021, Doja Cat followed eight musicians on her Twitter account, and subsequently tweeted "Following them for a reason. Guess why.", alluding to imminent collaborations with the followed artists.[14][15][16] The title of the album, Planet Her, was confirmed in an interview with American magazine V in March 2021.[17][18] The track "Kiss Me More", featuring SZA, was confirmed in the same interview.[19] "Kiss Me More" went on to become the lead single from the album; it was released on April 9, 2021.[20][21] It topped the charts in New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore, and also reached the top 5 in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and seven other countries. In the same month, Doja Cat revealed that the song "You Right" with the Weeknd would serve as the second single from Planet Her.[22][23] The track "Need to Know" was also revealed at the same time.[24] On June 8, 2021, Doja Cat announced that "Need to Know" would serve as the first promotional single from the record, announcing the release date as June 11.[25] The day after, June 9, she announced the album's release date as June 25, the artwork and the track listing via Instagram.[26] The album was made available to pre-order on the same day "Need to Know" was released on June 11, 2021.

Music and lyrics

Planet Her is largely a pop, trap and R&B record.[27][28] Much like her previous efforts, Amala (2018) and Hot Pink (2019), the album was praised for its genre versatility and Doja Cat's variety in vocal delivery, with one critic noting that she "shape-shifts her way through fleet rap verses and soaring hooks, warping her delivery a little or a lot as the song demands."[29] The album opens with "Woman", which was described as a "romantic Afrobeat anthem" on which Doja Cat lyrically explores the different roles she plays as a woman while detailing "the stresses that make life difficult for talented professional women".[29] It is followed by an "airy reggaeton" song in "Naked" and then a "hyperpop banger" in "Payday" featuring American rapper Young Thug.[29] Described as "squeaky swag rap", the song "Get Into It (Yuh)" was noted to be influenced by the early rap verses of American rapper Nicki Minaj, whom Doja Cat references in the song by means of name-dropping.[29] "I Don't Do Drugs" featuring American singer Ariana Grande was described as a "perfect pop-rap ballad".[29] The succession of tracks "Love to Dream", "You Right" and "Been Like This" was noted to channel feelings of self-pity.[29] The "zillionth batch of sultry pickup lines" on Planet Her, "Imagine", was identified as the "deep cut" of the record, as it "entertains without saying all that much".[29]

Critical reception

Craig Jenkins of Vulture described Planet Her as Doja Cat's best album to date, noting that the record "makes a case for Doja as our new ice-cool pop-queen supreme" as "she casts a wide net, gliding effortlessly from one style to the next". He opined, "Doja is a veritable toy chest of ideas. She plays well with others as long as they are capable of keeping up," and contemplated whether she's "writing just to make bops, or [if] she [is] so anxious to show off everything she’s capable of that versatility becomes the album’s thematic core? It’s hard to say."[29] Jenkins wrote that Planet Her is "the logical conclusion" to what American rapper Nicki Minaj "first attempted" on her debut studio album Pink Friday (2010),[29] while also comparing it to Ariana Grande's albums Thank U, Next (2019) and Sweetener (2018) in the sense that it uses brevity as a "secret weapon".[29] Meaghan Garvey of Billboard praised the record's "playful versatility" and noted that Doja Cat "celebrat[es] her femininity and revel[s] in her sense of humor".[24]

In a slightly more negative review, Gabrielle Sanchez wrote that the record "lacks the originality Doja made her name on".[30]

Concept

Title

Doja Cat cited the planet TOI 1338B as Planet Her.[31]

In an interview with Audacy, Doja Cat explained that Planet Her is "the center of the universe" where "all races of space exist and its where all species can kind of be in harmony there".[32] She noted that by naming the album Planet Her, she was "just trying to be cute" and clarified that it is not a planet for women nor a "feminist thing".[32] Doja Cat also stated in the same interview that the music videos for the singles from the album would all occur on different locations on Planet Her.[32] In an interview with iHeartRadio, she described the album as the most visually captivating project she has ever done, and noted that, because the album focuses on relationships, "it's not a huge statement, not a political statement. It's just Planet Her, for girls".[33] Creative director Brett Alan Nelson revealed that he initially felt worried when Doja Cat told him that she wanted the record to "feel space age", however he explained further: "We're doing a style of futurism that feels fresh. We don't know what our actual future holds, so we are making what Doja Cat's future is. It doesn’t feel like we're paying homage to something; it doesn't seem like we're on the same Pinterest board as everyone else."[24]

I think in the beginning, I was just trying to be solid and be what a pop artist already was: what I’d seen on TV and what I thought was the right thing to do. But as I move on into this Planet Her era, I want to introduce things to people as opposed to just re-create and rehash. It’s just more inspiring to start from a more innovative spot.

— Doja Cat in an interview, Billboard.[24]

Doja Cat said that Planet Her is the first record that "feels fully her own" and that "instead of striving to be a certain kind of pop star, she's simply embodying one".[24] She said that like her previous record Hot Pink (2019), each song would be distinctly different from one another, yet there would be more consistency on Planet Her as opposed to Hot Pink.[34] Before its release, Doja Cat expressed her excitement about releasing R&B music and "exploring different lanes", ultimately describing the album as “unbelievable”.[34]

Album art

The album cover was shot by American commercial photographer David LaChapelle and was revealed alongside the album's official announcement and tracklist.[35]

Commercial performance

During the week before its release, Planet Her was the most pre-saved album on Apple Music.[36]

Track listing

Planet Her track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Woman"
2:52
2."Naked"
3:43
3."Payday" (featuring Young Thug)
Y2K3:32
4."Get Into It (Yuh)"
  • Dlamini
  • Starace
  • Sheldon Yu-Ting Cheung
  • Y2K
  • Sully
2:18
5."Need to Know"
Dr. Luke3:30
6."I Don't Do Drugs" (featuring Ariana Grande)
  • Y2K
  • Sully
3:08
7."Love to Dream"
  • Dlamini
  • McKenzie
  • Jamil Chammas
  • Khaled Rohaim
  • McKenzie
  • Digi
  • Rohaim
3:36
8."You Right" (with the Weeknd)
Dr. Luke3:06
9."Been like This"
  • Tizhimself
  • Bow
2:57
10."Options" (featuring JID)
  • Hawthorne
  • Y2K
2:39
11."Ain't Shit"
  • Tizhimself
  • Chahayed
2:54
12."Imagine"
  • Dlamini
  • Powell
  • Michael Hector
  • Mike Hector
  • Tizhimself
2:28
13."Alone"
  • Dlamini
  • Sprecher
  • Jay
Yeti Beats3:48
14."Kiss Me More" (featuring SZA)
3:28
Total length:43:59

Notes

  • ^[a] indicates a co-producer
  • On clean versions of the album, "Ain't Shit" is excluded from the tracklist. [37]

Release history

Release dates and formats for Planet Her
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various June 25, 2021
[38][39]
United Kingdom August 6, 2021 CD RCA [40]

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