The Ones: Doja Cat’s “Rules”
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Doja Cat - “Rules”
Memes may have launched Doja Cat into the spotlight, but her music is what has kept her there. Only a couple of months removed from her bouncy, Tyga-assisted, “Juicy,” the L.A. rapper cements her knack for singles with “Rules.” The Western-themed video for “Rules” has the usual theatrics we’ve come to expect from a Doja Cat video, though the song itself is more simple, in the vain of Kendrick the way she whispers, chants, and speeds up her flow all within a couple of seconds. And even if she is influenced by the Compton rapper, like many are, lyrically she’s completely her own: “Said play with my pussy/But don’t play with my emotions,” says Doja on the catchy hook.
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Originally Appeared on Pitchfork
