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Doja Cat isn’t here for the stream-count hysteria. In a long, no-holds-barred X.com message to her fans obsessed with chart performance, the Agora Hills songstress encouraged them to breathe, reflect, and touch some grass.
“The amount of streams on a song isn't indicative of the quality or effort put into it. If you disagree with this you could be having an episode and should seek love from the outside.”
The genre-blurring artist didn’t stop there. She also urged fans to step away from the screen, go for a run, and do a little soul-searching.
“Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself in the safety of your mind if you are proud of that person or if you even like what you see. Next, do not punish yourself. Do not sabotage. Rather take it as an opportunity to become an even better version of who you once were.”
Her message eventually turned into a full-blown wellness wake-up call:
“Look at it as the beginning of a fulfilling life. You deserve an adventure. You deserve to feel the sun on your skin. Don’t trade that for being on this app with the blinds drawn. You deserve more.”
Though the post has since been deleted, fans were quick to screenshot, and reactions on X haven’t stopped spiraling since.
Fans react to Doja Cat’s message to the stream chasers: “She clocked it”
Following Doja Cat’s lengthy post on X, fans quickly swarmed the social media app with hot takes on the Paint the Town Red star’s pointed message. While many commended her for speaking truth to toxic stan culture, others clapped back by bringing up her stats.
“She put everyone in their place without being mean. This is what kindness looks like even when you are trying to prove an important point,” @MsAnjaliB commented.
“Shes right but she is also equally missing something. Its not the fans who use that metric to determine artists success… its the advertisers that judge and pay off the deception. Making the music business a racket for manipulation. Now those who run the show are in the manipulation business,” @tweetsofWIZARD noted.
“Regina Spektor should be a household name with her talent… but how many know of her? Or the millions of other great voices that cant pay for marketing?” they added.
“She’s saying this cuz she tanked,” @xdiqsea claimed, alongside crying emojis.
“shes right, they’ve been indoors too much that’s why they so obsessed with the charts,” @danielgenius81 wrote.
“Doja Cat’s critique of streaming metrics aligns with her artistic roots, but its timing after Scarlet and "Lose My Mind" underperforming sparks debate, art vs. commerce at play,” @TheScreenWire stated.
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Meanwhile, Doja Cat is revving up for the release of F1: The Album, slated to drop on June 27. She is joining a stacked lineup of heavy-hitters like Ed Sheeran, ROSÉ (BLACKPINK), RAYE, Madison Beer, and more
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