Last year was a breakthrough year for Doechii: Alligator Bites Never Heal was released to critical praise from NPR, Paste, Consequence, Stereogum and UPROXX while coming in at #1 on Rolling Stone‘s “The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2024” and in the top 10 of their overall “Best Albums of 2024” list. And unless you were living in a cave or just awoken from a coma, you’d recall that earlier this year, the acclaimed artist won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Adding other a boatload of accolades, Doechii was recently named Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music event and Outstanding Music Artist at the GLAAD Media Awards.
Her latest single “Anxiety,” follows “DENIAL IS A RIVER,” which debuted at # 1 on both the Official Physical Singles and Official Vinyl Singles charts, and was released last month through Top Dawg Entertainment/Capitol Records, and has already amassed over 272 million combined global streams, include 85 million domestic streams and more than 23 billion views across her social media. And if you somehow hadn’t heard the song on the radio or on your DSP of choice, you’d be familiar with the song because it’s gone viral and has become a firmly buried earworm. The song is remarkably catchy but it also continues to showcase one of our moment’s most unique and wildly talented artists — and some of the most inventive production you’ll hear in pop and hip-hop.
Directed by James Mackel, the accompanying video follows the acclaimed artist as she makes her way through an elegant mansion with an overly attentive staff. However, the luxurious setting is fraught with disturbing, deeply surreal, anxiety-inducing and/or terrifying situations, including a raging kitchen fire, an enormous and menacing Doberman, a falling chandelier, a team of black-clad, ninja-like intruders, who break through the windows, two creepy twins, before ending with a collection of “Thriller”-like dancers that turns into a Broadway-styled dance scene. It’s playful yet deeply unsettling.
“Anxiety” is Doechii’s first single to enter Billboard‘s Hot 100’s Top 10. Currently, the track is in the Top 20 of the Top 40 and Urban Radio Charts. And it currently ranks in on the To 10 on the Rhythm radio charts. The track is currently #12 on the Spotify Global Charts and Top 5 on the UK’s Official Singles Charts.